{"id":205027,"date":"2012-08-06T13:50:33","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T18:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=205027"},"modified":"2012-08-07T13:26:19","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T18:26:19","slug":"smith-county-eligible-for-low-interest-disaster-loans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=205027","title":{"rendered":"Smith County Eligible For Low Interest Disaster Loans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=205028\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-205028\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2012\/08\/thumb_smithcounty-seal1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"thumb_smithcounty-seal\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-205028\" \/><\/a>TYLER \u2014 Smith County has received notice from the Texas Department of Public Safety\u2019s Division of Emergency Management that the county is 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 at the SBA\u2019s secure Web site. 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 emailing <a href=\"mailto:disastercustomerservice@sba.gov\">disastercustomerservice@sba.gov<\/a>. You can also visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sba.gov\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.sba.gov<\/a> for the information and 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 \u2014 Smith County has received notice from the Texas Department of Public Safety\u2019s Division of Emergency Management that the county is 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) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=205027\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smith County Eligible For Low Interest 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-205027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-03 06:14:04","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\/205027","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=205027"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205244,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205027\/revisions\/205244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=205027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=205027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=205027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}