Emergency financial assistance of $180 for individuals or up to $900 per family to cover essential costs such as food, clothing, medicines and emergency accommodation is being offered to people impacted by Cyclone Alfred.
The Personal Hardship Assistance Grant is funded by state and federal governments.
To be eligible for the grant, individuals must reside in one of the declared affected Local Government Areas, including Clarence Valley, Kyogle, Lismore, Richmond Valley and Tenterfield.
To get the grant, individuals must have:
Been subject to evacuation orders (category red emergency warning)
or
Experienced power outages of more than 48 hours.
Applicants must demonstrate they have suffered hardship as result of the disaster making them unable to meet immediate needs.
Applications open tomorrow, Wednesday, March 12 until April 8.
Impacted community members can visit one of the NSW Government Recovery Assistance Points in Lismore or Ballina.
To find out where these assistance points are and for other support available go here.
Yesterday, the Federal Government announced the Disaster Recovery Allowance that offers up to 13 weeks of income support for eligible workers and sole traders. Read more about that here.
Other support available to communities as a result of Tropical Cyclone Alfred can be found here.
Premier Chris Minns said it had been tough going for the communities impacted by Alfred.
“In particular, those families who have been without power for days or required to leave their homes under evacuation orders have faced huge challenges,” Mr Minns said.
“We know these communities are concerned about the cost of re-stocking the fridge or replacing damaged goods.
“This payment will go a bit of the way to providing some immediate relief for hardship experienced.”
Minister for Emergency Services Jihad Dib said, “Our hearts go out to the people of this region who have done it particularly tough but continuously shown their resilience and spirit in recent years.”
This information was provided by the Federal Government.
