Disaster-assistance advocate urges Oklahoma County residents to apply for SBA loans and FEMA help
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Mary Anne Bradfield, speaking during citizens’ participation, thanked county officials for disaster response and urged residents to apply to SBA disaster loans and FEMA assistance before application deadlines; she noted SBA rates as low as 2.75% and terms up to 30 years.
During the public comment portion of the meeting, Mary Anne Bradfield addressed the Board of County Commissioners about disaster assistance available to residents after recent wildfires and straight-line winds.
Bradfield thanked the commissioners for their work on disaster response and encouraged residents to consider Small Business Administration disaster loans as an option for recovery. "There is, no fee to apply. But if you miss that deadline, you miss that opportunity to have access to these loans with interest rates as low as 2.75% interest and up to 30 years," she told the board. She also reminded residents that FEMA assistance remains available under the presidential major disaster declaration.
Bradfield said her organization has brochures and QR codes to help residents apply online and offered to attend community meetings to help spread information. "If you have meetings, events we can come to, we're happy to do," she said. The board thanked Bradfield for the information and her outreach offer.
Her remarks were presented as outreach advice to residents and not as a request for a specific county action at the meeting.