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U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson today announced a $258,600 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services for the Sonoma Valley Community Health Center.
“Sonoma Valley Community Health Center is a patient-focused organization that provides top-notch services to people throughout our valley,” said Thompson. “This funding will help them to further expand their dental services, and allow them to continue offering quality health care services to our community.”
The governor would be wise to scrap his crusade to build massive water tunnels beneath the California Delta, say seven members of Congress, all Democrats.
The governor’s plan to build the multibillion-dollar twin tunnels fails to increase the water supply, will devastate an already fragile Delta ecosystem, and will divert money from more effective statewide water solutions for California, say the lawmakers in a letter to Gov. Edmund Brown Jr.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Individual Assistance and Public Assistance funds will be available to Lake County residents impacted by the Valley Fire, following this week’s presidential declaration.
To qualify for FEMA Individual Assistance funds, individuals must first register with FEMA. This can be done either by phone at 800-621-3362, online at www.disasterassistance.gov or through the m.fema.gov smartphone app.
WASHINGTON, D.C. >> Federal food assistance will be available to Valley Fire survivors. According to U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has approved a Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) for survivors of the Valley Fire in Lake County.
Rep. Mike Thompson announced Friday that Federal Emergency Management Agency Public Assistance funds will be available to Lake County. Examples of eligible activities include the establishment of temporary shelters and community service facilities, critical power generation, demolition of unsafe buildings, and the operation of emergency communications systems.
“Working with FEMA and other federal agencies we have been able to rapidly secure funds to help suppress the fire, repair our towns, reopen businesses and rebuild homes," said Thompson.
Rep. Mike Thompson announced a $125,000 Drug-Free Communities Support Program grant for the UpValley Partnership for Youth, a broad-based prevention coalition led by the Napa County Office of Education and the UpValley Family Centers.
"This grant will support the UpValley Partnership for Youth’s efforts to keep kids off drugs, and help our younger population stay on healthy and successful paths. I am proud to support their important work,” Thompson said in a news release.
WASHINGTON D.C. >> U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, announced on Friday that Federal Emergency Management Agency and Public Assistance funds will be available to Lake County in the wake of the devastating Valley fire.
The nation’s emergency management chief visited Lake County Wednesday to tour areas devastated by the 12-day-old Valley Fire and vowed to help the roughly 3,000 people left homeless by the blaze obtain temporary housing and assistance as they rebuild.
But Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate said residents must begin the process by registering their losses with the agency as soon as possible, either online or by phone.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) on Wednesday announced that low-interest Small Business Administration (SBA) loans are now available to help businesses and residents impacted by the Valley fire.
WASHINGTON, D.C. >> U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) announced on Tuesday a $2 million Emergency Relief grant for the repair or reconstruction of federal-aid highways and roads on federal lands that have suffered serious damage as a result of the Valley Fire. The funds come from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHA).