A month after Ida, FEMA has provided $670 million in relief: here's a per parish breakdown

It has been just over a month since Hurricane Ida ravaged southeast Louisiana and federal aid has been flowing in at a steady pace.

FEMA was authorized by President Biden to aid the region on August 27, two days before the storm hit.

Since then, federal funding for Ida relief has topped over $1 billion to Louisiana residents as of Thursday, per FEMA spokesperson John Mills.

That figure can be broken down into three different sources of federal funding, according to FEMA:

FEMA individual assistance: $670 million to 500,000 householdsFlood insurance: $96 million with 13,000 claims submittedSBA loans: $258 million for 5,600 loans approvedPublic Assistance: $415,452Total: $1.024 billion

FEMA's individual assistance:

This is funding provided for homeowners or renters to restore homes to habitable conditions. This applies to either uninsured households or amounts not covered by insurance-by law, FEMA can't cover costs already given by insurance companies.

They also cover other serious needs for homeowners and renters such as chainsaws and generators.

FEMA has also been providing short term housing needs for those affected by Ida, such as rental assistance or hotel stays. An estimated 7,000 displaced households have had their hotels paid for, according to FEMA.

Flood insurance:

Flood insurance is separate from homeowners insurance in the U.S. So FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program either directly provides flood insurance or indirectly reimburses private insurance companies for flood insurance that they provide.

Small Business Administration (SBA) loans:

Whatever FEMA can't provide as individual assistance, the SBA-a separate government agency-can provide low-interest disaster loans for homeowners, renters and businesses. Businesses do not qualify under individual assistance FEMA funds.

Public Assistance:

Public Assistance typically reimburses governments for money spent responding to a disaster and for damage the disaster does to government buildings and infrastructure. This is issued through the state.

Due to the time state approval takes and FEMA prioritizing relief for individuals, these numbers are currently relatively low, Mills said.

An example of FEMA public assistance funds is the $20 million that New Orleans recently secured for their emergency garbage contracts. This has not yet been picked up by FEMA, but will be, according to the Cantrell administration.

A per-parish breakdown of the FEMA response:

The following is a breakdown of nine of 25 parishes that qualified for FEMA aid after Ida.

They were the parishes hit hardest. They each received more than $20 million in grants (no need to refund) for homeowners and renters by FEMA's response for individual assistances.

Orleans (pop. 390,845)$144 million provided106,000 households approved1,809 households in hotelsJefferson (pop. 432,493)$146 million provided117,000 households approved1,655 households in hotelsTerrebonne (pop. 110,461)$67 million provided29,000 households approved1,184 households in hotelsLafourche (pop. 97,614)$54 million provided24,000 households approved553 households in hotelsTangipahoa (pop. 134,758)$40 million provided29,000 households approved450 households in hotelsEast Baton Rouge (pop. 440,059)$37 million provided44,000 households approved202 households in hotelsSt. Tammany (pop. 260,419)$36 million provided40,000 households approved181 households in hotelsSt. John (pop. 42,837)$28 million provided13,000 households approved777 households in hotelsSt. Charles (pop. 53,100)$22 million provided15,000 households approved516 households in hotels

Totals across the nine parishes:

Population: 1,962,586Grants provided: $574 millionHouseholds approved: 417,000Households in hotels: 7,327

For the remaining 16 parishes (roughly):

Grants provided: $96 millionHouseholds approved: 83,000