113th Congress
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), and Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) today announced that the Obama Administration has approved Individual Assistance (IA) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster funds for areas in Napa and Solano Counties impacted by the August 24th earthquake. The Obama Administration also approved U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) loans for homeowners, businesses, and nonprofit organizations.
Individuals and households impacted by the Aug. 24 South Napa earthquake can now apply for federal assistance, the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services and the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced.
Cal OES and FEMA announced Monday night that the Major Disaster declaration for the recent 6.0 magnitude quake will also include the Individuals and Households Program under the Stafford Act. This amendment makes assistance available to help homeowners and renters recover from the earthquake.
Napa County has received the long-awaited word that millions in federal dollars will be available to homeowners, renters and business owners who suffered losses during the Aug. 24 south Napa earthquake.
Homeowners and renters will be able to apply to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for grants under the Individuals and Households Program. FEMA and the Governor's Office of Emergency Services made the announcement Monday night.
In what a federal official Tuesday termed a "close call," potentially millions of dollars in federal disaster assistance is being made available to individuals who were affected by August's earthquake near Napa.
The announcement, made late Monday night, ends weeks of uncertainty over whether people could apply for the direct financial assistance, which covers everything from home repairs to medical expenses.
The decision apparently could have gone either way.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced a $160,727 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) grant to assist homeless women veterans in Santa Rosa. The Grant and Per Diem Program (GPD) Special Need Grant is being awarded to Vietnam Veterans of California, Inc. so it can continue providing housing and necessary services to homeless women veterans, including women who have to care for children.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced $135,867 in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants for the City of Santa Rosa and Sonoma County Community Development Commission. The City of Santa Rosa received a $67,433 Family Self-Sufficiency Program grant, and the Sonoma County Community Development Commission received a $68,424 Family Self-Sufficiency Program grant.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA-5) and Tom Reed (R-NY-23) to improve access to quality hospice care was signed into law by President Obama at a White House ceremony. Thompson and Reed's Hospice Opportunities for Supporting Patients with Integrity and Care Evaluations (HOSPICE) Act was included in the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) today announced a $400,352 Federal grant to provide assistance to homeless veterans in Contra Costa County. The grant was awarded through The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) voucher program.
Legislation co-authored by U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) and New York Republican Tom Reed was signed into law Monday by President Obama at a White House ceremony, Thompson's office announced.
The bipartisan legislation seeks to improve access to quality hospice care, according to the announcement.
The Hospice Opportunities for Supporting Patients with Integrity and Care Evaluations (HOSPICE) Act was included in the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014, Thompson's office said.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson announced that the Sonoma Valley Community Health Center will receive a $211,840 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS).
The funds will be used to hire additional staff for the health center's new dental clinic and support staff for the primary care clinic.