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<br />7. OTHER AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE: <br /> <br />-- Emergency Watershed Protection Program (Section 403 Pl 95-334)- <br />~nancial Ind technicIl Issistance in In emergency situation to <br />\1) safeguard lives Ind properties Ind (2) to eliminate or reduce <br />haZlrds created by natural disasters that Suddenly impair I water- <br />Ihed. Technical Issistance Ilso includes engineering Ind design <br />tpr soil Ind water conservation structures through USDA's Soil <br />'onservation Service (SCS) - Section 216 program. <br /> <br />-- Benefits from the Federal Crop Insurance Programs through the <br />Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC), Ind emergency livestock <br />feed and grazing programs, or various crop subsidy programs through <br />the ASCS. <br /> <br />-- Infonmation to farm families on cleanup of damaged property, <br />recovery actions on damaged farms, Ind renovation of damaged <br />equipment Ind property through USDA's Cooperltive Extensive <br />Services (CES). <br /> <br />8. TAX ASSISTANCE: <br /> <br />__ The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may provide disaster victims <br />with counseling Ind Issistlnce in the form of expedited income <br />tax rebates. A taxpayer may file In amended income tax return <br />if the total yearly losses exceed ten percent of the adjusted <br />gross income (AGI) of the individual. An amended tax return <br />may be filed during the year of the disaster occurrence or for the <br />previous year for noninsured casualty losses to homes, personal <br />property, businesses, or farming/ranching operation. In order <br />to claim the loss on the return for the previous year, the AGI <br />fbrthat year must be used to determine the Imount of the loss <br />which is deductible. 8enefits may Ilso result from filing amended <br />State income tax returns. Also, county Issessors may provide <br />information on possible property tax relief. <br /> <br />9. DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE (DUA): <br /> <br />__ Administered by the State Employment Security Agency through the <br />U. S. Department of Labor (DOL). FEMA provides the funding. <br />__ Provides weekly benefit payments to those out of work due to the <br />disaster including self-employed persons, farm workers, farm and <br />ranch owners, Ind others not nonmally covered under regular un- <br />employment insurance programs. <br /> <br />__ State Ilso provides assistlnce in finding re-employment. <br /> <br />10. INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY GRANTS (IFG): <br /> <br />__ Provfdes grants of up to SS,OOD through I desfgnlted State Igency <br />to meet disaster related serious needs Ind necessary expenses not <br />covered by other governmentll Issfstance progrlms (e.g. SeA <br />disaster loan), insurance or other means. <br /> <br />6 <br />