FEMA Reps Coming To Wyckoff Next Week

Correction: FEMA representatives will be at Wyckoff Town Hall on Friday, Sept. 24.

WYCKOFF, NJ — Federal Office of Emergency Management representatives will head to Wyckoff next week in an effort to assist residents who sustained losses during Tropical Storm Ida.

This comes as Bergen County has set up a recovery center in Hackensack while cleanup efforts and disaster aid applications remain ongoing across the region.

FEMA representatives are expected locally through an arrangement with the Wyckoff Office of Emergency Management. The team will be able to answer questions and assist anyone trying to register for federal assistance. Residents can also check the status of current applications.

Representatives will be at Wyckoff Town Hall — Monroe Avenue side — from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 24.

Bergen County residents and businesses sustaining losses as a result of the storm are eligible to apply for federal disaster relief after the county received a major disaster declaration from President Joe Biden last week.

Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster.

Bergen County residents and business owners can also apply for disaster relief directly by visiting www.DisasterAssistance.gov, by calling 1-800-621-FEMA (3362), or 1-800-462-7585 (TTY) for the hearing and speech impaired.

The toll-free telephone numbers will operate from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. (local time).

For those that can't make it on Friday, a disaster recovery center has opened in the Bergen Community College Philip Ciarco Jr. Learning Center in Hackensack.

The center will host representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Small Business Administration, who can assist residents as they fill out applications for disaster relief.

The disaster recovery center is located on the first floor of the learning center, at 355 Main St., Hackensack, NJ. It will be open Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. until further notice. Parking is available on Berry Street.

Read more: Bergen County Disaster Recovery Center Opens In Hackensack

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