American Red Cross Disaster Resource Center Opens in Jessamine County

Wilmore, Ky. – An American Red Cross Disaster Resource Center will open in Jessamine County beginning Monday, April 21 for areas affected by the severe storms and floods earlier this month.

These sites, operated by the American Red Cross, offer in-person support to survivors in declared counties as the result of severe storms and flooding earlier this month.

Red Cross representatives can explain available assistance programs, how to apply to the Red Cross for financial assistance and help connect survivors with resources for their recovery needs.

Additional Disaster Resource Centers will open across the Commonwealth disaster areas in the coming days.

Disaster Resource Center Location:

JESSAMINE COUNTY

High Bridge Community Center

4665 High Bridge Road, Wilmore, Ky 40383

The Disaster Resource Center will operate from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, April 21 through Friday, April 25.

You do not need to visit a center to apply with the Red Cross.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE – Thanks to the generosity of donors, the Red Cross is offering financial assistance in some areas to qualified households whose primary residence was destroyed or sustained eligible structural damage.

To help people as quickly as we can, the Red Cross is providing financial assistance through a phased rollout process moving from county to county in impacted areas. Once damage assessment is complete for a county, we send text messages, email or phone calls with instructions to qualified households on how to access financial assistance. It will take time for us to reach everyone, and we appreciate your patience as we move as quickly as we can. To learn more, please visit redcross.org/gethelp.

HOW YOU CAN HELP – People need urgent assistance now. Help people affected by the storms and floods in Kentucky by visiting redcross.org/kentucky, calling 1-800-RED CROSS

(800-733-2767) or texting the word REDCROSS to 90999. Your gift enables the Red Cross to prepare for, respond to and help people recover from disasters big and small.