FEMA PUBLIC NOTICE
Posted October 3, 2022
In accordance with 44 CFR §9.8 for Executive Orders 11988 & 11990
Proposed Building Acquisitions and Demolitions
Somerset County, New Jersey

The FEMA Disaster Recovery Center in Manville will be closing permanently on Saturday, Nov. 20. It is located at:

• WHERE: North End Firehouse #3, 169 N 8th Ave, Manville, NJ 08835. 
• HOURS: Monday - Friday: 8a.m. - 6p.m. | Saturday: 8a.m. -  5p.m.

However, help is still available at other disaster recovery centers in the following locations:

• Essex County: Kmart (Co-located with a Vaccination Center) 235 Prospect Ave. #9413, West Orange 07052.
• Union County: O’Donnell Dempsey Senior Community Center, 618 Salem Ave., Elizabeth 07208.

Survivors may also call the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362 from 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily for many of the same services available at the disaster recovery centers.  If you use a Relay service, such as a videophone, InnoCaption, or CapTel, give FEMA the number for that service. Multilingual operators are available. You can also download the FEMA App.

Federal disaster assistance for individuals and families can include money for rental assistance, essential home repairs, personal property losses, and other serious disaster-related needs not covered by insurance.

For the latest information visit fema.gov/disaster/4614. Follow the FEMA Region 2 Twitter account at twitter.com/FEMAregion2.

The Small Business Administration will open a Business Recovery Center for all Somerset County businesses requiring assistance following Hurricane Ida (beginning Monday, September 20) 

• WHERE: Somerset County Business Partnership, 360 Grove Street, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
• HOURS: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. | Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Appointments are not necessary.

FEMA Disaster Assistance

FEMA has declared Hurricane Ida to be a major disaster, and that makes additional resources available for individuals and businesses in Somerset County.

• FEMA's Hurricane Ida Page: https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4614 
• Apply for aid online at https://www.disasterassistance.gov/
• Apply for aid by calling (800) 621-3362
• How to apply for aid flyers in English and Spanish
• Information on Hurricane Ida in NJ https://www.fema.gov/disaster/3573
• Multilingual FEMA information https://www.fema.gov/assistance/languages
• Learn about the Individual Assistance Program

Small Business Administration Disaster Aid

Apply for FEMA assistance first, then come to the SBA even if you are applying for your business.

• Learn more and apply for aid at https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/disaster-assistance

US. Department of Agriculture Disaster Aid for Farmers

The USDA can provide livestock assistance, farm restoration loans, compensation for lost crops, and more. 

• https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/disaster-assistance-program/index

NJ State Aid for Residents

• Mental Health Assistance: (866) 202-HELP (4357)
• Substance abuse or Mental Health Assistance: (800) 985-5990
• NJ Office of Emergency Management https://www.state.nj.us/njoem/
• NJHelps.org -- Find out what state and local resources you may be eligible for

 NJ State Aid for Businesses

• NJ Economic Development Authority support for businesses impacted by Ida https://business.nj.gov/ida
•  NJ Economic Development Authority financial assistance for businesses affected by Henri and Ida  https://www.njeda.com/henri-ida-relief/

Somerset County Board of Social Services

• Call 908-526-8800

Somerset County Emergency Housing Assistance

For Somerset County residents who have become homeless from Hurricane Ida, here is a program that may help you find new long-term housing. 

• Emergency Housing Voucher Application | Somerset County

Somerset County Clerk

For residents who lost valuable papers to the flooding, the Somerset County Clerk can help get replacements for some documents.

• Copies of deeds, mortgages from 1/1/1977 - present are online. Older records are available at 20 Grove Street in Somerville. 
• Copies of trade name registrations from 1/1/1977 - present are online. Older records are available in our office.
• Come to the Clerk's Office at 20 Grove Street in Somerville for replacement copies of DD214 or Veterans ID card that were obtained from the Somerset County Clerk. 
• Visit the Clerk's website to sign up for notification in the event someone fraudulently attempt to access your deeds or other vital records overseen by the County Clerk

American Red Cross

• Call 1-800-REDCROSS for assistance.
• https://www.redcross.org/local/new-jersey.html

Salvation Army, New Jersey

• 908-851-9300
• https://easternusa.salvationarmy.org/new-jersey/

Raritan Valley Habitat for Humanity

• Help cleaning and repairing your home: https://rvhabitat.org/hurricane-ida-relief/
• Raritan Valley Habitat for Humanity Restore (rvhabitatrestore.org)

Rapid Recovery Team

• Home - Rapid Relief Team (rrtglobal.org)

Compass82

Compass82 can help you navigate the FEMA, SBA, insurance, contractor and other application processes for free. 

• www.compass82.org
• NJ Hotline - 609.629.2900
  

Central Jersey Housing Resource Center

• http://www.cjhrc.org
• (908) 446-0036 

New Jersey Housing Resource Center

• https://nj.gov/njhrc;  or call 877-428-8844

NORWESCAP

Can provide security deposits and rental assistance for income-eligible families.   

• Call 908-454-7000 or visit https://norwescap.org

SAMHSA Disaster Distress Helpline

• Call or text 1-800-985-5990 
• disasterdistress.samhsa.gov

NJ Mental Health Cares Hotline

• 866-202-HELP (4357) 7 days 8AM-8PM

NJ Mental Health Cares Hotline

• 866-202-HELP (4357) 7 days 8AM-8PM
  

NJ 211 Offers Free or Low Cost Rides with Uber and Lyft for Residents Who Lost Vehicles to Hurricane Ida Until 9/23

• Text NJIDARIDE to 898-211
• Dial 211

Division of Banking and Insurance (DOBI)

• Your first call should be to your insurance company.
• If you need help with navigating insurance, reach out to DOBI at https://www.state.nj.us/dobi/index.html or 1-800-446-7467

PSE&G

• https://energizepseg.com/
• Call PSE&G at 1-800-350-7734.
• Ida specific updates: https://energizepseg.com/2021/09/03/pseg-statement-manville-area-flooding/

JCP&L

• https://www.firstenergycorp.com/jersey_central_power_light.html
• Call JCP&L at (800) 662-3115

• https://www.amwater.com/njaw/
• Cal NJ American Water at 800-272-1325

Elizabethtown Gas:

• 1-800-242-5830
• Report a gas leak: 1-800-492-4009

Legal Services of Northwest Jersey

• https://www.lsnwj.org/
• Call (908) 231-0840

Open to all Somerset County residents unless indicated otherwise. Please call ahead to agency to confirm as well as proof of residency & ID requirements.

• Main Warehouse - 7E Easy Street, Bridgewater, NJ 08807

• 732-560-1813
• Open Monday - Friday • 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (throughout September)
• www.somersetfoodbank.org
• www.somersetfoodbank.org/Donate
  
  
• Food Pantries 
• Call main number 732-560-1813
• Bound Brook Presbyterian Church
• Somerville's Shiloh Pentecostal Church
• North Plainfield's Vermuele Community Center
• www.somersetfoodbank.org

• Feeding hands was hit by the flood and is not operating at this time as they look to find a new location.  
• Financial donations can be  made at http://www.feedinghandspantry.org/.

• Serving Bridgewater, Bound Brook, Manville, Piscataway, Plainfield, Raritan, S Bound Brook, Somerset
• 732-560-4001
• My Neighbors Pantry
  595 Weston Canal Rd, Somerset, NJ 08873
• https://zarephath.org/outreach/mnm/
• Donate: Give to Zarephath Christian Church (pushpay.com)
• Open Thursdays 10:00 am - 1:00 pm and Saturdays 10:00 am - 12:00 noon

• 732-246-0009
• 224 Churchill Ave, Somerset, NJ 08873
• https://franklinfoodbank.org/
• https://franklinfoodbank.org/donate-now/
• Operating by appointment only, calls may be made on the following days, if no one picks up please leave a message.
• Monday - Wednesday: 9:00 am - 1:30 pm • Thursday: 9:00 am - 6:30 pm

Hillsborough Township C.A.N.  (Community Assistance Network) Food Pantry

• 908-369-3880
• Hillsborough Township Municipal Complex
  The Peter J. Biondi Building
  379 South Branch Road, Hillsborough, NJ 08844
• https://www.hillsborough-nj.org/social-services-page-list/291-community-assistance-network
• Open Monday - Friday • 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

• Only for Hillsborough Residents. Call during the times listed below for an application AND the following documentation will be needed:

  • A current, unexpired photo ID (for all adults in the household)
  • Proof of residency
  • Proof of income for all members of the household who receive income

• Serving Manville residents
• 908-575-0173 Ext 2
• Manville Reformed Church Food Pantry
  238 South Fifth Avenue, Manville, NJ 08835
• Open 4^th Saturday of each month 
• 10:00 am - 12 noon

• Serving Montgomery residents only
• 365 Skillman Road, Skillman, NJ 08859
• For more information email: montyfoodpantry@gmail.com

• Serving  Bridgewater, Bound Brook, Manville, Piscataway, Plainfield, Raritan, S Bound Brook, Somerset
• 732-560-4001
• My Neighbors Pantry
  595 Weston Canal Rd, Somerset, NJ 08873
• Website
• Open Thursdays 10:00 am - 1:00 pm and Saturdays 10:00 am - 12:00 noon

• Available for Somerset Hills community residents.
• 224 Main Street, Gladstone, NJ
• Monday - Friday 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
• For information including how to donate, email: Sama Habibi

• 908-824-5003 • raritanfoodpantry@gmail.com
• 28 Thompson Street, Raritan, NJ 08869
• www.raritanfoodpantry.org
• Donations: Tuesday and Friday 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
• Food Distribution: Wednesdays 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm and Saturdays 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

• Somerville YMCA, 2 Green Street, Somerville, NJ
• Greater YMCA Somerville website

• YMCA Free Food Boxes (English)YMCA Free Food Boxes (Spanish)