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Williamson County outlines flood recovery operations; disaster fund crosses $700,000 as FEMA assistance begins
Summary
County emergency management and the Central Texas Community Foundation briefed commissioners on recovery efforts following July 5 flooding: disaster recovery center registrations, a multi-agency resource center, volunteer response and a Wilco Cares fund that had raised over $700,000.
Williamson County emergency management and the Central Texas Community Foundation updated the commissioners Tuesday on response and long-term recovery following the July 5 severe flooding event, reporting early federal registrations, local relief operations, volunteer labor and private donations.
Bruce Clements, director of Williamson County Office of Emergency Management, said the county had shifted from immediate response to a long-term recovery phase. The county opened a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in Georgetown that, as of his update, had registered about 120 families for FEMA assistance and logged 13 applications for SBA loans. The DRC was scheduled to operate through Aug. 10.
Clements also described a three-day Multi-Agency Resource Center (MARC) operated with nonprofit partners that aided roughly 100 families with food, water, cleaning supplies, gift cards, housing referrals, medical and mental-health referrals,…
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