To take the survey and to find comprehensive information on Vanderbilt's flood response, visit: As of Wednesday, 67 employees reported that their residence was totally destroyed in the flood; 286 reported that their residence was currently uninhabitable but salvageable; and another 510 reported having a livable residence with damage exceeding $5,000.
Maj. Gen. James Hoyer, adjutant general of the state National Guard, said the RISE flood relief program is moving again and contracts have been let to repair, rebuild or replace about 40 houses and mobile homes.
Your notification has been saved. The Hanshaws signed an agreement to this effect Thursday, the state claims.The new home will be completed 13 weeks from Thursday, assuming a five-day work week with no delays due to temperature, weather or other circumstances, the state said.Vesper Hanshaw suffers from COPD, asthma, diabetes and epilepsy. If you have a subscription, please “Dee is cooking and doing laundry and stuff like that there, and kinda off and on staying there, but it’s not good for her health either.”Workers with RISE and a volunteer organization repeatedly offered to assist the Hanshaw’s in procuring housing in the interim to no avail, the state said in its response. Jim Justice ordered a “freeze” of the program after a change order on a roughly $1 million contract circumvented purchasing protocol and snowballed into an $18 million agreement.Since then, RISE has completed 93 homes (mostly mobile home replacement units), with 72 in active construction. The contractor said he could not demolish the home within RISE’s funding cap because this would require HAZMAT-certified professionals to handle several health hazards, including “a rat infestation and an accumulation of feces throughout the property, and mold.”The house is also only accessible by a bridge, which the state argued would not support the weight of demolition equipment. The following is a story provided by Larry Blanton, the vice president of a club that received funds to get its field back in shape. If your club is in need because of a natural disaster, contact AMA Headquarters to apply for the grant. BY: PAUL GOVERN. “The petitioners merely seek this court’s intervention to run the grant program because they are dissatisfied with how the state has administered it.”According to the state, a contractor inspected the Hanshaw’s property in March. Resources rise for flood relief efforts .
• The Vanderbilt Helping Vanderbilt Flood Assistance Network is an online resource for employees who need to replace items destroyed or damaged in the flood and employees to post items they want to donate. Flood Map can help to locate places at higher levels to escape from floods or in flood rescue/flood relief … • As of Wednesday, 101 employees reported having personal vehicles destroyed in the flood. (Those seeking information or assistance should first check the University's flood information homepage at • Two Vanderbilt programs at the center of flood recovery efforts are the Faculty and Staff Hardship Fund and the psychological support group Work/Life Connections. Flood Map may help to provide flood alert/flood warning if flood water level at certain point is rising. Visit: Dandre Hill, right, and her daughter, Kaiandra Franklin, fold sheets at the swap. RISE has 400 active cases — 236 total rebuilds, 34 needing rehabilitation, 72 new mobile homes to install and 58 cases still awaiting assessment, according to the National Guard.Pomponio also sued RISE in June, alleging program administrators He said the Hanshaw case is emblematic of a program that put more weight on its shoulders than it could bear, with real human consequences.“I just think you have a bureaucracy here that’s not equipped to respond to this housing crisis for these flood victims,” he said.Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible.
It's open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays; call 322-4362. Winds light and variable..Partly cloudy skies. (photo by Anne Rayner)• The Vanderbilt Flood Resource and Coordination Center works to link those affected by the flood with resources at Vanderbilt and in the community. Visit: • A FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) Disaster Recovery Center has opened in the Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks parking lot, open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (hours subject to change based on demand). All monies donated are tax deductible; to give, visit: • Employees donated clothing and household items for a flood relief swap hosted by Vanderbilt May 6-7 at the Student Life Center.• MyVUMC, the Medical Center’s consolidated e-mail communication portal, is publishing daily updates on relief efforts. “It’s been over three years since the flood, and the Hanshaws have endured two winters without suitable housing and are entering a third.”The lawsuit specifically names Commerce Secretary Ed Gaunch, whose department houses the RISE program.On Friday, a lawyer for the state sought to dismiss the lawsuit.“Simply put, the petitioners don’t allege that the respondent has violated any law in the administration of the grant,” the state said.