On Monday, Congressmen Michael Burgess was in Gainesville to announce the good news: an estimated $2.5 million dollars in housing assistance is now available to the six counties crippled by recent floodwaters.

FEMA made the announcement Monday that money is available through registration at the recovery centers in Gainesville and Sherman. More than $1 million of those funds will go directly to Cooke County, especially the city of Gainesville, the hardest hit area.

Currently more work is being done to secure the appropriations funding to fix the recurring flooding issues with Gainesville’s Pecan Creek.

News story from KXII CBS News 12, Sherman

Also, the Texas Workforce Commission announced that workers in Cooke, Denton, \and Tarrant counties who have lost work or earnings due to the severe floods between June 16 and June 18, 2007 may be eligible for Disaster Unemployment Assistance.  Please see attached document for eligibility information.