{"id":144565,"date":"2015-12-16T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ntegrait.com\/new-disaster-relief-bill-to-assist-small-businesses-in-the-wake-of-a-disaster\/"},"modified":"2015-12-16T11:58:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T16:58:00","slug":"new-disaster-relief-bill-to-assist-small-businesses-in-the-wake-of-a-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ntegrait.com\/new-disaster-relief-bill-to-assist-small-businesses-in-the-wake-of-a-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"New Disaster Relief Bill to Assist Small Businesses in the Wake of a Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s difficult to forget the havoc that Hurricane Katrina<\/a> wreaked on the residents of New Orleans in August of 2005. With more than 1200 people killed, over 108 billion dollar’s worth of property damage, and far below adequate emergency relief, it is a tragedy that the world will not soon forget.<\/p>\n

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Rise After Disaster Act<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, the local small businesses took a crippling blow financially following Katrina’s devastating effects, many of which whom have yet to recover. The US government had received a wave of harsh criticism in the last ten years regarding their emergency response both during and after Hurricane Katrina, many accusing the system of abandoning the hard working citizens of New Orleans at a time when they needed their government needed them most.<\/p>\n

It would now appear that the US government has recognized their shortcomings by passing a disaster relief bill called  the Rise After Disaster Act<\/a>, which has been designed to help small businesses both during and after the wake of a disaster including:<\/p>\n