Warnock Announces Nearly $90 Million in New Federal Funding for Outstanding Helene Payments to Georgia

This follows Senator Warnock's most recent announcement, securing roughly $75 million in outstanding Helene payments

To date, Senator Warnock has helped unlock over a billion dollars in disaster-related federal funding owed to the state

This latest tranche of disaster-related funding comes as South Georgia continues to battle massive wildfires fueled by debris from Hurricane Helene

Senator Warnock: "The people of Georgia stepped up when our communities were devastated after Hurricane Helene made landfall, but for too long this administration has failed to fulfill its promises and pay their share. This trend of incredibly delayed funds cannot become the status quo"

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) announced he has secured an additional $87 million in federal funding for payments owed to Georgia counties and entities following Hurricane Helene.

"The people of Georgia stepped up when our communities were devastated after Hurricane Helene made landfall, but for too long this administration has failed to fulfill its promises and pay their share. This trend of incredibly delayed funds cannot become the status quo," said Senator Warnock. "I am proud to unlock this latest round of relief funding and I hope this signals the end of chaos and bureaucracy around slowing our disaster recovery process."

One year after Hurricane Helene made landfall, Senator Warnock released a report and statement finding that the Trump administration owed $600 million in promised recovery aid to Georgians. In December 2025, Senator Warnock announced he secured $314 million in federal funding for outstanding payments owed to Georgia counties and entities in the wake of Hurricane Helene. The funding, part of a disaster recovery bill championed by Senator Warnock in 2024, is meant to reimburse local communities for funds spent on recovery. Despite bipartisan Congressional support for the immediate delivery of disaster recovery funds, the distribution of aid has been stifled by bureaucratic, red tape, and chaos in the Trump Administration. Most recently, Senator Warnock announced a tranche of funding that brought the total federal disaster funding unlocked by Senator Warnock to well over a billion dollars.

A list of Georgia counties and entities receiving federal funding can be found below (this is not a comprehensive list of entities receiving funding):

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