From WPSD-TV: Kentucky launches registration page to connect tornado survivors with housing, other resources
Berry Craig
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By LEANNE FULLER
FRANKFORT, KY — Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday announced a new feature on the Kentucky's tornado resources website that allows folks affected by the Dec. 10-11 tornado outbreak to register for assistance.
The Kentucky tornado resources website was launched in December. The new registration feature will help the state connect with survivors who need sheltering, financial assistance and other aid from the state and nonprofit organizations.
To be eligible for the Commonwealth Sheltering Program — for which the state purchases 200 travel trailers to provide "medium-term housing" for storm victims who lost their homes in the tornado outbreak — storm survivors must register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Beshear said the state has been calling people who registered with FEMA, but staffers have had a hard time getting people to answer those calls.Read more here.