NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency released a snapshot of state and federal assistance approved in the six months since Hurricane Ida struck Louisiana on Aug. 29.

Individual Assistance

• More than 563,500 applications for individual assistance have been approved
• More than $1.16 billion has been distributed to survivors
• More than $334 million has been provided in grants for repair
• More than $309 million allotted for rental assistance
• 40 Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) have opened across 17 parishes
• More than 76,000 Louisianians have used the DRCs to submit disaster assistance applications

Small Business Administration

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has approved more than 25,500 applications for low-interest disaster loans totaling $1.28 billion including:

• 25,637 home loans for nearly $1.2 billion
• 1,623 business loans for more than $103 million

Hazard Mitigation/National Flood Insurance Program

• The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) have paid out more than 14,500 claims totaling more than $640 million.
• Mitigation specialists have interacted with 22,000 survivors about repairing and rebuilding their homes safer and stronger.
• Hazard Mitigation’s web resources or Louisiana Vietnamese Mitigation have resulted in more than 18,000 individual page visits.

Public Assistance

• 510 applicants have requested assistance from FEMA’s Public Assistance and more than $150 million has been obligated to date.
• Approximately 22.5 million cubic yards of debris have been removed. That is nearly the equivalent of filling the Superdome 2 times (11 mill cu yd = Superdome).

FEMA Direct Temporary Housing

• 1,481 households are currently in temporary housing units and other facilities directly leased by FEMA
• 4,503 households have been approved for FEMA’s Direct Temporary Housing program