Holiday Hours Posted For DRCs; SBA To Open Loan Center In Hays County
Holiday hours for Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) have been announced by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In addition, the DRC in Hays County will transition to a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Disaster Loan Outreach Center (DLOC).
Representatives from the SBA will be available at the DLOC to meet individually with residents and business owners to answer their questions, explain SBA’s disaster loan program, help them complete their applications and close their approved disaster loans.
The Hays County DRC located at the Hays County Government Center, 712 S. Stagecoach Trail, San Marcos, will close at 6 p.m., Dec. 30, and will reopen as an SBA DLOC on Jan. 4. Hours of operation at the DLOC will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday – Friday.
All State/FEMA DRCs in Texas will be closed Dec. 23 to Dec. 27 and Jan. 1 to Jan. 3 for the Christmas and New Year holidays, respectively. All DRCs will close for the day at 2 p.m., Dec. 31.
Visiting a DRC is not required to register for FEMA assistance. Survivors with questions regarding the application or the appeals process, or who decide to register for assistance after a DRC closes can apply online at DisasterAssistance.gov or by phone (voice, 711 or relay service) at 800-621-3362. (TTY users should call 800-462-7585.) The toll-free lines are open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week, which will remain open throughout the holiday. Multilingual operators are available.
Specialists from the State of Texas, FEMA, SBA, nongovernmental organizations and the local community are available at DRCs to answer questions and provide information on the types of assistance available to homeowners, renters and business owners who sustained damage as a result of the severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding from Oct. 22 to Oct. 31.
Active DRCs in eight Texas counties are listed here:
Caldwell County
Allen Bates River Park
Intersection of FM 1979 and Fannin St. Martindale, TX 78655
Cameron County
Bob Clark Social Service Center
9901 California Rd. Brownsville, TX 7
Dove Springs Recreation Center
5801 Ainez Drive
Austin, TX 78744
Harris County Denver Harbor
Multi-Service Center
6402 Market St. Houston, TX 77020
Hidalgo County
Porter P. Doss Memorial Library
515 South Kansas Ave. Weslaco, TX 78596
Hays County
Hays County Government Center
(Closing at 6 p.m. Dec. 30. Reopens as an SBA Loan Center at 9 a.m. Jan. 4)
712 S. Stagecoach Trail
San Marcos, TX 78666
Travis County
Elroy Community Library 13512 FM 812
Del Valle, TX 78617
Dove Springs Recreation
Center 5801 Ainez Drive
Austin, TX 78744
Navarro County Navarro Center Mall
800 N. Main St.
Corsicana, TX 75110
Willacy County
Willacy County EMS 693 South 7th St.
Raymondville, TX 78580
All DRCs have the same normal hours of operation:
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday – Friday
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday
Closed Sunday
All DRCs will close at 2 p.m. on Dec. 31 and will be
closed for the holidays Dec. 23 to Dec. 27 and Jan. 1 to Jan.3
For more information on Texas recovery, visit the disaster web page at www.fema.gov/disaster/4245, Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/femaregion6 and the Texas Division of Emergency Management website, https://www.txdps.state.tx.us/dem.
