Having a hard time filling out your FEMA application? This place is offering help

If Hurricane Irma damaged your home home or small business, or if you have questions about how to get your business back up and running, there’s a place that’s offering assistance.

On Monday, the Federal Emergency Management Administration will be opening up a Disaster Recovery Center in Sunrise at 7771 W. Oakland Park Blvd.

It will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week until further notice.

The center is one of several in the state. The facilities, staffed by recovery specialists from FEMA, the U.S. Small Business Administration and the state, will be able to offer in-person support for those filling out FEMA applications or trying to update their status. To look up the center nearest center near you, click here.

FEMA asks that applicants bring their insurance policies and bank information. Registration can be completed online at online at DisasterAssistance.gov.

For more information call the FEMA Helpline at 1-800-621-3362 or visit fema.gov/hurricane-irma.

This story was originally published October 8, 2017 at 6:06 PM with the headline "Having a hard time filling out your FEMA application? This place is offering help."