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Hurricane Harvey Resources for Small Businesses

In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, the Office of Business Opportunity is still committed to promoting the growth and success of local small businesses. The information below are resources for business owners affected by the recent storm.

http://www.houstontx.gov/obo/harvey-resources.html
The Disaster Assistance Improvement Program’s (DAIP) mission is to provide disaster survivors with information, support, services, and a means to access and apply for disaster assistance through joint data-sharing efforts between federal, tribal, state, local, and private sector partners.

https://www.disasterassistance.gov/
Apply for Assistance
https://www.fema.gov/apply-assistance

Hurricane Harvey Page
https://www.fema.gov/hurricane-harvey

Be sure to look at the Rumor Control section on the FEMA Hurricane Harvey resource page.

Disaster Help Desk
https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/disaster-response-and-community-resilience/disaster-help-desk

888-MY-BIZ-HELP
888-692-4943

(formerly RX Response)

http://rxopen.org/

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Regional Resources:
- Houston Disaster Recovery
- City of Houston Emergency Information
- Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Portal
- Local Road Conditions – Houston Transtar
- State Road Conditions – Drive Texas

Federal Resources:
- FEMA Assistance
- FEMA – What to do if your business is damaged
- U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Disaster Loans
- Hurricane Harvey SBA Declaration Info
- National Small Business Association Disaster Relief
- IRS Tax Relief for Victims of Hurricane Harvey

Report Utility Outages:
- Houston 311
  
  Non-Emergency Outages in City of Houston for Water, Sewer and Gas
- CenterPoint Energy
- Entergy
- AT&T

HURRICANE RELIEF

We know many of our members and their families have been affected by Hurricane Harvey. Many people have reached out to ask about ways to support the Houston LGBT community. Disaster relief funds have been established specifically to support the Houston LGBT community in the recovery efforts from Hurricane Harvey (links below).

Houston is a strong and resilient community and that can be said of the Houston LGBT community as well. We will recover but it will take time and many resources. Your support will make a difference. We know the generosity of our community, in Southeast Texas, across the state, and throughout the country. Thank you from Houston.
LGBTQ Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief Fund

The LGBTQ Disaster Relief Fund will be used to help individuals and families begin to rebuild their lives through counseling, case management, direct assistance with shelf stable food, furniture, housing and more. The Center’s dedicated case management team will be on call to help homeless youth, seniors, people living with HIV, hate crime survivors, and those devastated by the storm.
The Transgender Foundation of America created this disaster relief fund because trans, intersex, and genderqueer individuals have historically experienced significant difficulties in natural disaster situations. Worse, recent attacks by lawmakers have resulted in heightened hostility against local trans people. This fund will be used to help our historically underserved community recover from this catastrophic event. If needed, the fund will also assist with burial costs for community members who’ve lost their lives in this historic disaster.

As Houston dries out,
rescues and recovery continue

The Houston Chronicle newsroom is working around the clock to provide you with the most up-to-date news and information you need for Hurricane Harvey.
Click inside for the latest updates from around the greater Houston area.

We want to hear from you. Email your story to citydesk@chron.com.

Visit
www.chron.com/hurricaneharvey/
for full coverage.

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