One Month Left to Apply for FEMA Assistance

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - FEMA is urging those affected by severe storms, flooding and remnants of Typhoon Halong Oct. 8-13, 2025, to apply for state and FEMA Individual Assistance before the deadline of Feb. 20, 2026.

After the deadline, survivors who have already registered can continue to upload information and submit paperwork to their FEMA account.

As of Jan. 19, FEMA has approved $30.2 million in federal individual assistance for 1,713 households.

Eligible survivors may get assistance with disaster-related needs such as subsistence equipment, snowmachines, stove oil, all-terrain vehicles, rental expenses, home repairs, vehicle damage, medical expenses, moving and storage, and reimbursement for temporary housing.

Apply for State Individual Assistance
State designated areas include: North Slope Borough, Northwest Arctic Borough, Bering Straits Regional Education Attendance Area (REAA), Lower Yukon REAA, Yupiit REAA, Lower Kuskokwim REAA, Kashunamiut REAA, and Pribilof Islands REAA.

• Visit https://ready.alaska.gov/IA
• Call 1-844-445-7131 from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays.

Apply for FEMA Individual Assistance
FEMA designated areas include: Northwest Arctic Borough, Lower Yukon Regional Education Attendance Area (REAA) and Lower Kuskokwim REAA.

• Visit DisasterAssistance.gov.
• Call the Alaska Call Center at 1-866-342-1699 from 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. Yup'ik interpreters are available 1-5 p.m. on Thursdays.
• Visit the Bethel Assistance Hub in the AVCP Tugkar Building at 570 3^rd Ave., Bethel, AK 99559.
  It is open 10 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. weekdays through Feb. 20 Yup'ik interpreters are available.
• Submit your application through the FEMA App.

Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration offers low-interest disaster loans to homeowners, renters, businesses and nonprofits. For more information call 1-800-659-2955, apply online at sba.gov/disaster or visit one of the two Disaster Loan Outreach Centers, located at the Bethel City Hall at 300 Chief Eddie Hoffman Hwy. Mondays - Fridays, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., or at the University of Alaska at 1901 Bragaw St., Anchorage, AK 99508. Mondays - Fridays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. The deadline to apply for physical damage has also been extended to Feb. 20, 2026.

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FEMA is committed to ensuring disaster assistance is accomplished impartially, without discrimination on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, English proficiency, or economic status. Any disaster survivor or member of the public may contact the FEMA Civil Rights Office if they feel that they have a complaint of discrimination. FEMA's Civil Rights Office can be contacted at [email protected] or toll-free at 833-285-7448.

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