INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WOWO): Tuesday afternoon Governor Mike announced that nine additional counties will receive federal grants for the severe winter storm that hit the Hoosier state January 5th-9th.
“This continues to be good financial news for cities and towns in these counties,” said Governor Pence. “Federal grants mean millions of dollars replenishing local budgets.”
The additional counties granted public assistance by FEMA are the following:
Blackford
Clinton
Fulton
Hamilton
Johnson
LaGrange
Marion
Montgomery
Vanderburgh
All of these counties, except Vanderburgh, will also receive 48 hours of snow assistance.This brings the total number of counties receiving assistance for the January snowstorm to 28. Counties previously granted public assistance include:
Boone
Clay
Hendricks
Huntington
Jasper
Kosciusko
Madison
Morgan
Newton
Noble
Owen
Parke
Putnam
Sullivan
Tipton
Vigo
Wabash
White
Whitley