American Red Cross offers Financial Assistance to those that qualify after the major flooding

The American Red Cross is here to help people who may be experiencing major roadblocks to recovery after the recent flooding in South Texas. Financial assistance is available to those who have qualifying damage.

The Red Cross is working to complete damage assessment in partnership with state and county officials across the impact areas. We are actively reaching out to specific individuals whose homes the Red Cross has confirmed were destroyed or sustained major structural damage. For some properties, we already have contact information and will send an invitation to enroll via email, text message, or phone call directly from the American Red Cross.

For others who we do not have contact information for, the Red Cross is encouraging people to visit redcross.org/gethelp to register online or call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) to provide the information needed to open a case and receive this help.

We are sharing this information with you for awareness so you can validate this as a legitimate program for your constituents who may call you with concerns about the text, email or phone calls they have received.  We would also ask that you help amplify information on your channels via broadcast, radio and social media channels about Red Cross financial assistance.

If we determine there are communities with known damage where we haven’t received responses, we will collaborate with local community leaders and non-governmental organizations to conduct targeted outreach to help create equitable access to this program.

Thank you for helping us spread the word that the American Red Cross is here to help and ask people who may qualify for assistance to please contact us.