{"id":161320,"date":"2012-02-01T18:35:53","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T00:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=161320"},"modified":"2012-02-03T02:31:20","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T08:31:20","slug":"smith-county-eligible-for-emergency-disaster-loans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=161320","title":{"rendered":"Smith County Eligible for Emergency Disaster Loans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=161322\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-161322\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2012\/02\/thumb_smithcounty-seal.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"thumb_smithcounty-seal\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-161322\" \/><\/a>TYLER &#8212; Smith County has received notice from the Texas Department of Public Safety Division of Emergency Management that residents are eligible to apply for low-interest emergency disaster loans due to drought and related disasters including high winds, high temperatures and wildfires since January 1, 2011.  The Administrator of the Farm Service Agency (FSA) will immediately make emergency loans available to eligible applicants in Smith County. To receive details on terms and eligibility for these loans, you can contact the nearest FSA office.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Small Business Administration (SBA), in an agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), provides Economic Injury Disaster Loans to eligible small businesses dependent on farmers and ranchers in counties that have received a disaster declaration. Applicants may go to <a href=\"https:\/\/disasterloan.sba.gov\/ela\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/disasterloan.sba.gov\/ela<\/a> to apply online via the SBA\u2019s secure website. Disaster loan information and application forms are also available from the SBA\u2019s Customer Service Center by calling the SBA toll-free at 800-659-2955 or contacting <a href=\"mailto:disastercustomerservice@sba.gov\">disastercustomerservice@sba.gov<\/a> via email.  You can also go to  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sba.gov\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.sba.gov<\/a> for info and application forms. Individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing may call 800-877-8339.  The deadline to apply for these loans is September 4, 2012.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; Smith County has received notice from the Texas Department of Public Safety Division of Emergency Management that residents are eligible to apply for low-interest emergency disaster loans due to drought and related disasters including high winds, high temperatures and wildfires since January 1, 2011. The Administrator of the Farm Service Agency (FSA) will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=161320\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smith County Eligible for Emergency Disaster Loans<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-30 22:35:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=161320"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161697,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161320\/revisions\/161697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=161320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=161320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=161320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}