Jeremy Zedek
23:08 - 23:43
"Getting back to our individual assistance application, please, please apply even if you're not sure you have damages."
“Getting back to our individual assistance application, please, please apply even if you're not sure you have damages.”
- Speaker
- Jeremy Zedek
- Timestamp
- 23:08 – 23:43
- 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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