The Indiana Department of Homeland Security has shared that on April 9, 2026, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a disaster declaration for several Indiana counties impacted by recent severe storms that occurred March 10-11, 2026.
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Indiana small businesses are eligible for financial assistance under a disaster designation by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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A FEMA Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) will open in LaPorte today to assist flood-affected residents in La Porte, Porter and Starke counties.
The DRC is located in the Sheriff’s Building on Concession Boulevard at the LaPorte County Fairgrounds, located at 2581 West State Road 2 in LaPorte. It will be open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. (CT), Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Continue reading
The Small Business Administration is reminding all small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations of all sizes that the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans is May 6. These loans are being offered in all Hoosier counties as a result of the excessive heat, frost, freeze and drought that began on Feb. 1, 2012.
