Around 200 people in Craighead County have applied for state assistance after the May 24th rains that flooded significant parts of Jonesboro and Craighead County. Most of the applicants live in Jonesboro and county officials are now in the process of visiting each applicant. David Moore is the Director of the Craighead County Office of Emergency Services. He tells what is going on now.
“We are processing the applications and we have someone who is doing inspections at the sites. Applicants will be interviewed and information will be collected at this part of the process.”
He says that the process of visiting everyone could take to the middle of July to complete.
“We ask everyone to be patient and know that we will get to everyone. We expect this to be complete in the next two weeks.”
He says Red Cross volunteers are conducting the site visits and will have credentials on them. Moore says there are some things that applicants might need to produce for the state:
“All that applicants’ need right now has been submitted in those applications. What may be needed by the state would include denial letters from insurance companies and additional information that the state can use to make future decisions.”
David Moore. More information can be found by calling 870-933-4575.
