MONCKS CORNER, SC – County Supervisor Bill Peagler announced today that Berkeley County Government, in partnership with FEMA, the United States Small Business Administration and the American Red Cross, will be hosting a Hurricane Matthew Disaster Relief Public Forum on Tuesday, November 22, 2016. The forum will be held from 6:30 PM until 8:30 PM at the Cross Community Center, […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved three additional counties for individual assistance, allowing survivors who sustained losses to apply for aid in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. Counties approved for FEMA Individual Assistance include: Berkeley, Charleston, and Chesterfield. Assistance can include money for temporary rental assistance and essential home repairs for primary homes, low-cost loans to cover uninsured […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Berkeley County is one of 18 counties statewide now eligible through FEMA to recoup costs associated with infrastructure damage caused by Hurricane Matthew. The FEMA Public Assistance Program will provide a partial reimbursement of costs for damages to roads and bridges, water control facilities, buildings and equipment, utilities, and parks and recreational facilities. The FEMA Public Assistance program categories […]