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Volusia County Hotline
(866) 345-0345

United Way
First Call for Help
211 or (386)253-0563

Volusia County Schools
West Volusia
734-7190 ext. 20000
New Smyrna Beach
427-5223 ext. 20000
Daytona Beach
255-6475 ext. 20000
Deltona/DeBary
(386) 860-3322

DeLand
(386) 734-1711

Deltona
(386) 561-2109

Edgewater
(386) 424-2400

Flagler County
(386) 437-8202

New Smyrna Beach Hotlines
(386) 424-2113
(386) 424-2114

Ormond Beach
Public Works
(386) 676-3220
Police non-emergency (386) 677-0731

Ponce Inlet
(386) 322-6711

Port Orange
(386) 506-5999

FPL Hotline
1-800-4-OUTAGE

FEMA
Assistance number
1-800-621-3362.

American Red Cross:
(386) 226-1400 (daily)
(866) GET-INFO (during crisis)

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May 29, 2009 - 5 p.m.
Shelley Szafraniec, APR
Community Information Specialist
Volusia County Government

Volusia County rainfall update #19

Daytona Beach, Volusia County receive $2 million in SHIP disaster funds

The Florida Housing Finance Corp. has awarded $1 million in State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) disaster funds to the City of Daytona Beach and another $1 million to Volusia County to assist families affected by recent flooding.

SHIP generally provides funds to local governments as an incentive to create partnerships that produce and preserve affordable home-ownership and multifamily housing.

In this instance, the funds will be used specifically to help flood victims and must be spent in accordance with the following requirements:

• Funds must be expended under the disaster mitigation/recovery strategy in the local housing assistance plan.
• The funding must meet program requirements, which include providing assistance to eligible persons occupying eligible housing, and the expenditure must be related directly to assisting victims of flooding.
• The funds must be used by Dec. 31 or an extended deadline approved by Florida Housing.

According to Emory Counts, director of economic and community development for the City of Daytona Beach, the SHIP funds will enable the city to expand assistance to include income-eligible residents in rental units. Edward Jasper, Volusia County’s community assistance director, said the county will use the funds to provide assistance to income-eligible residents outside Daytona Beach. City and county officials expect to be ready to accept applications for SHIP funds by the middle of next week.

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