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.