Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders accredited on Friday Greater than $1.18 million in disaster aid funds To assist parts of the state affected by extreme climate earlier this month.
In a proclamation, Sanders permitted $1.18 million from the governor’s Response and Restoration Fund beneath The particular person Help Program for supplemental aid in Arkansas, Ashley, Garland, Lincoln and Phillips counties. The governor additionally accredited funds from the Response and Restoration Fund beneath The general public Help Program for supplemental aid in Clay County.
The funds accredited by Sanders Shall be used On the discretion of the director of the Arkansas Division of Emergency Administration to defray program and administrative prices for responding To wreck Launched on by storms on or about Jan. 2, Based mostly on the proclamation.
Inside the proclamation, Sanders declared all six counties disaster areas.