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Soto Leads Bipartisan Effort to Secure Individual Assistance for all Florida Counties in the Wake of Hurricane Ian

September 29, 2022

Biden responds by approving individual assistance for Orange, Osceola, and Polk Counties with more to follow

KISSIMMEE, FL — Earlier today, Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09) led a bipartisan letter with the entire Florida Congressional Delegation asking for an Individual Assistance designation to "provide support to all individuals whose lives have been affected by this hurricane" in the wake of Hurricane Ian.

Tonight, President Joe Biden approved the designation for Orange, Osceola, Polk, and Seminole Counties. This came after a Major Disaster Declaration was approved on Wednesday for nine counties in southwest Florida.

Thanks to this designation, Floridians in the hardest hit communities will have the opportunity to quickly recover from the damage caused. Local residents looking to make a claim can go to DisasterAssistance.gov, call 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) or download the FEMA app.

For the full text of the letter, please click here. For the disaster declaration amendment, please click here.

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