Disaster Recovery Center to Close in St. Charles Parish

BATON ROUGE, La. - The Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) serving Louisiana survivors of Hurricane Francine in New Sarpy will close permanently at3 p.m., today, Oct. 16.

The center is located at the Alan Arterbury Building, 14564 River Road, New Sarpy LA 70078.

Additional locations in Ascension,Assumption, Lafourche, Jefferson, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Mary and Terrebonne parishesare open. To find the DRC nearest to you, visit DRC Locator (fema.gov).

The centers will operate from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

Residentsin all nine parishescan visit any DRC to meet with representatives of FEMA, the U.S. Small Business Administration, along with other community partners. No appointment is needed to visit the center.

The centers are accessible to people with disabilities or access and functional needs and are equipped with assistive technology. If you need a reasonable accommodation or sign language interpreter, please call 833-285-7448 (press 2 for Spanish).

You do not have to visit a center to apply for FEMA disaster assistance. The quickest way to apply is by going online at disasterassistance.gov/.

Additional options when applying include:

• Download the FEMA App for mobile devices.
• Call the FEMA helpline at 800-621-3362 between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. Help is available in most languages. If you use a relay service, such as video relay (VRS), captioned telephone or other service, give FEMA your number for that service.
• To view an accessible video about how to apply visit: Three Ways to Register for FEMA Disaster Assistance - YouTube.

For the latest information visit fema.gov/disaster/4817. Follow FEMA Region 6 social media at X.com/FEMARegion6 or on Facebook at facebook.com/femaregion6.