IF YOU NEED ANY ASSISTANCE LIKE DEBRIS REMOVAL
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AND THEN IT WILL ALSO ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY INSURANCE ON IT, WHAT YOUR DEDUCTABLE ITS.SO THE CITY OF GARLAND AND DALLAS COUNTY ARE REALLY PROUD TO PARTNER WITH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCE TO ESTABLISH A JOINT DISASTER RECOVERY CENTER AND DISASTER ASSISITANCE CENTER. WHAT THIS DOES IS ALLOW OUR CITIZENS OF DALLAS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF GARLAND TO A ONE-STOP STOP WHERE THEY CAN COME APPLY FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AS WELL AS THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.
IN ADDITION, WE ALSO HAVE AGENCIES HERE AT THE DISASTER ASSISTANCE CENTER. “SO I WANTED TO GET YOU SOME MORE HELP UP HERE, SO I CONTACTED THE FRIENDSHIP HOUSE.” WHICH CAN HELP WITH VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS AFTER THE DISASTER.
(PULLING BRUSH) AND THAT WILL HELP OUR CITIZENS CONNECT WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN HELP THEM WITH UNMET NEEDS, SUCH AS DEBRIS REMOVAL, FOOD ASSISTANCE AND LEGAL AID.
(CART ROLLING) WE ARE SEEING QUITE A FEW REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE FOR DEBRIS REMOVAL.
FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY WHICH WE CONNECT THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS “SERVING GOD BY SERVING OTHERS,” AND CRISIS CLEANUP, SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE VOLUNTEERS COME OUT AND ASSIST THOSE HOMEOWNERS WITH THOSE TYPES OF NEEDS, AND WE’RE ALSO SEEING A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE.
(ENGINE NOISE, CHAIN SAWS) WITH THE EXTENDED ELECTRICAL OUTAGE, A LOT OF PEOPLE LOST THE FOOD THAT THEY HAD IN THEIR REFRIGERATORS, SO IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THOSE PEOPLE CONNECTED WITH FOOD BANKS THAT CAN HELP THEM.
I THINK THEY’RE A LITTLE AFRAID TO COME TO THE PANTRY, BECAUSE THEY DON’T THINK THAT THEY QUALIFY, BUT THE STORM, EVERYONE QUALIFIES BECAUSE IT’S IT’S THAT FOOD INSECURITY, YOU KNOW , YOU CAN’T REPLENTISH ALL THE FOOD YOU LOST IN ONE WEEK.
“I DIDN’T EXPECT ALL OF THIS, BUT THIS IS FANTASTIC. WELL GOOD. I’M GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HELP YOU.” AND IF YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE, JUST LET ME KNOW. “ “I HEARD ABOUT IT ON THE NEWS AND ONLINE, AND THIS IS NEARBY, IT ONLY TOOK ME LIKE 8 MINUTES TO GET HERE.
I WAS IMPRESSED WITH WHAT THEY OFFER TO HELP YOU OUT AND EVERYTHING.
(CART BEING PULLED) ALL OF THE VOLUNTEER GROUPS PLAY SUCH AND INTEGRAL ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY ABLE TO RECOVER EFFECTIVELY, AND TO BE ABLE TO DO IT QUICKLY AND IT CAN BE LIFE-CHANGING AND IMPACTFUL FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS DISASTER, TO GET THAT ASSISTANCE. “I’M SO SORRY YOU GUYS ARE GOING THROUGH THIS.” SO THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE REALLY A LIFELINE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED ASSISTANCE AND I CAN’T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR HELPING WHO NEED ASSISTANCE AND I CAN’T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR HELPING THE CITY OF GARLAND AND DALLAS COUNTY. (MUSIC)
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.