FEMA Funding

PLEASE CALL BOTH OF YOUR U.S. SENATORS AND YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS TODAY: THANK THEM FOR THEIR EFFORTS SO FAR, AND ASK THEM TO ACTIVELY SUPPORT AND CALL ON FEMA TO APPROVE THE FULL 28-DAY DISASTER DECLARATION

(Their Phone Numbers are Listed Below)

THIS IS A SPECIAL ALERT TO ALL CITIES AND TOWNS HIT HARDEST BY THE BRUTAL WINTER OF 2015

PLEASE CALL YOUR FEDERAL CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TODAY TO ACTIVELY SUPPORT THE STATE’S DISASTER AID REQUEST WITH FEMA

THIS IS THE BEST CHANCE FOR FUNDING TO OFFSET YOUR MASSIVE SNOW AND ICE DEFICITS!

Citing record-breaking snowfall, non-stop freezing temperatures, twenty-five storm-related deaths, and initial state and local costs of $400 million, Gov. Charlie Baker has requested a major disaster declaration from the federal government for the 28-day period starting Jan. 26 through late February.

Gov. Baker filed the Massachusetts request with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on March 27. If approved, FEMA would reimburse cities, towns and the state for 75 percent, or approximately $300 million, of eligible storm-related costs.

Our communities were buried by nine feet of snow and record-breaking costs from the January blizzard through February. The Baker Administration has estimated that state agencies and municipalities piled up $350 million in plowing and snow removal costs, along with $50 million in other storm-related expenses. The MMA’s estimate is that communities spent more than double what was budgeted for snow and ice removal, and are running deficits of $142 million because of the unprecedented series of winter storms.

The state’s official request is for President Obama, based on FEMA’s advice, to make the federal disaster declaration for the extended period of time from late January through the end of February, instead of only the largest storm (the January 26-27 blizzard). If the extended declaration is made, the federal government would reimburse 75 percent of costs associated with the unprecedented series of storms, instead of only the one storm at the beginning of the winter barrage.

PLEASE CALL YOUR FEDERAL LEGISLATORS TODAY – THANK YOU!

PHONE NUMBERS FOR SENATORS ELIZABETH WARREN AND ED MARKEY, AND OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS:

Senator Elizabeth Warren
Washington, DC  (202) 224-4543
Boston (617) 565-3170

Senator Edward J. Markey
Washington, DC (202) 224-2742
Boston (617) 565-8519

Congressman Michael E. Capuano
Washington, DC (202) 225-5111
Cambridge (617) 621-6208

Congresswoman Katherine Clark
Washington, DC (202) 225-2836
Medford (781) 396-2900 

Congressman William R. Keating
Washington, DC (202) 225-3111
Plymouth (508) 746-9000

Congressman Joseph Kennedy
Washington, DC (202) 225-5931
Newton (617) 332-3333

Congressman Stephen F. Lynch
Washington, DC (202) 225-8273
Boston (617) 428-2000

Congressman James McGovern
Washington, DC (202) 225-6101
Worcester (508) 831-7356

Congressman Seth Moulton
Washington, DC (202) 225-8020
Peabody (978) 531-1669

Congressman Richard Neal
Washington, DC (202) 225-5601
Springfield (413) 785-0325

Congresswoman Niki Tsongas
Washington, DC (202) 225-3411
Lowell (978) 459-0101