Applicants urged to contact FEMA for updates

Posted On: December 29, 2022

Persons who have applied for disaster assistance, but have not heard back, are urged to contact FEMA directly for a status update. FEMA representatives make multiple contact attempts to provide status updates, but some applicants are not answering their phones or responding to voice messages or emails.

“A very important message for people who have applied for FEMA assistance is to stay in touch with us. We’ll call from an unfamiliar phone number, so check your voicemail messages,” said FEMA Media Relations Specialist Kim Fuller. “Applicants can also check their status without calling the FEMA 800 Helpline, and that is through the FEMA app or disasterassistance.gov. FEMA has several avenues to find out your application status.”

In addition to checking an application’s status on FEMA’s website or app, residents may call 800-621-3362 or visit the Disaster Recovery Center at the Florida Department of Health-Volusia, 1845 Holsonback Drive, Daytona Beach.