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Jeremy Zidek

23:08 - 23:43

“Getting back to our individual assistance application, please, please apply even if you're not sure you have damages.”
Community
Alaska News
Location
Tok
Captured at
August 24, 2026

From the transcript

Uh, on the public assistance side, it's a little bit more clear, but on the individual assistance side, we don't know. But as the state emergency management agency, we're going to do everything we can to advocate for that case. I can't tell you that the federal government at this time, and FEMA, has not really been granting a lot of our requests or our appeals. Getting back to our individual assistance application, please, please apply even if you're not sure you have damages. That does a couple things.

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