# 2024-31597: FEMA Expands Hurricane Helene Aid for Georgia Months Later

2024-31597, Presidential Declaration Amendment of a Major Disaster for the State of Georgia, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-06, effective 2024-12-26; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31597
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-31597
- Title: Presidential Declaration Amendment of a Major Disaster for the State of Georgia
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-06
- Effective: 2024-12-26
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

FEMA Expands Hurricane Helene Aid for Georgia Months Later

## Summary

Georgia’s disaster help for Hurricane Helene just got a deadline extension! If you were affected between September 24 and October 30, 2024, you now have until February 7, 2025, to apply for physical damage loans and until June 30, 2025, for economic injury loans. This gives folks more time to get the financial support they need to bounce back stronger.

## Abstract

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Georgia (FEMA-4830-DR), dated September 30, 2024. Incident: Hurricane Helene.

## Effects PRIA read

- Physical Disaster Loan Deadline Extended: benefit, low. If you were affected by Hurricane Helene in Georgia between September 24 and October 30, 2024, you now have until February 7, 2025 to apply for physical damage disaster loans through the SBA. Visit the MySBA Loan Portal at https://lending.sba.gov to apply.
- EIDL (Economic Injury) Deadline Extended: benefit, medium. If you were affected by Hurricane Helene in Georgia between September 24 and October 30, 2024, the deadline to apply for Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) is now June 30, 2025. Apply online at the MySBA Loan Portal: https://lending.sba.gov.

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## Sources
- [2024-31597 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-31597/presidential-declaration-amendment-of-a-major-disaster-for-the-state-of-georgia)
- [2024-31597 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-31597.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31597 (as of 2026-06-08).