April 14, 2011
DEMHS (Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security) contacted the Small Business Administration (SBA) and requested a Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA) for residential and business roof collapses due to the storms that occurred throughout the month of January. PDAs are conducted to assess if the damages meet SBA’s threshold of 25 residences/businesses with uninsured major damages per county.
Based on the damage data collected from municipalities, PDAs were scheduled in counties that had at least 25 reported collapses or partial collapses. From March 9-11, SBA conducted PDAs in five counties: Fairfield, Hartford, New Haven, Middlesex and Tolland.
Upon completion of the PDA, SBA determined that the damages did not meet the required thresholds for the state to request a SBA disaster declaration.
If Connecticut had met the criteria, SBA would have released their Disaster Loan Programs which would have provided low interest loans to residents and businesses impacted by the disaster.
DEMHS has contacted DECD (Department of Economic and Community Development), SBA and USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) regarding non-disaster programs – all offer either low interest loans or guaranteed loans. Please click on the links below for more information.