Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is making $10 million in state emergency aid available to Metro Detroit families hit by the June 25-26 flooding.<\/b>
\nDetroit \u2014 Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Thursday she is making $10 million in state emergency aid available to Metro Detroit families hit by the June 25-26 rainstorms and flooding. The money would be targeted at households who aren’t eligible for federal relief or don’t receive «adequate resources» from the Federal Emergency Management Agency of Small Business Administration «to return to their pre-disaster quality of life,» according to Whitmer’s office. The state aid comes from a supplemental funding bill, which Whitmer signed on Monday, to help areas with restoration costs and other expenses resulting from weather-related events that happened in June. The money will be given to the city of Detroit as well as Wayne and Washtenaw counties, which are expected to set up residential gap funding grant programs, the governor said at a Thursday press conference in Detroit, where up to 7 inches of rain fell over a two-day period. The aid recognizes «the hardships the flooding has placed on individuals and families that sustained damage to their homes and loss of personal property,» Whitmer said in a Thursday statement. On July 15, President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration making federal funding available to affected individuals in the counties. Whitmer also has requested more than $50 million in federal assistance to repair damaged highways and purchase backup pump station generators. bwilson1@detroitnews.com<\/p>\n