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FRANKFORT, Ky. –FEMA is encouraging eligible Kentucky disaster survivors to apply for assistance programs including Child Care, Serious Needs Assistance and Displacement Assistance before the June 25 deadline. Do not miss out on assistance that may be available to you because of a missed deadline.

Homeowners and renters in Anderson, Butler, Carroll, Christian, Clark, Franklin, Hardin, Hopkins, Jessamine, McCracken, Mercer, Owen and Woodford counties who suffered loss caused by the April severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides and mudslides may be eligible for assistance.

Serious Needs Assistance

Serious Needs Assistance is money to pay for emergency supplies like water, food, first aid, breast-feeding supplies, infant formula, diapers, personal hygiene items, or fuel for transportation. It is available for 30 days from the date of declaration for Individual Assistance in all disasters. The date of declaration for DR-4864-KY is April 24, 2025, so the deadline for Serious Needs Assistance in Kentucky is May 24.  

How much Serious Needs Assistance can I get? 

FEMA gives Serious Needs Assistance as a one-time payment of $770 per household. The award amount is adjusted annually.

Child Care Assistance

Kentucky survivors of the April storms may be eligible for Child Care Assistance if they did NOT have child care expenses prior to the disaster, but do have child care expenses after, as a result of the disaster, and those expenses are not covered by another

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Recent artificial intelligence advances have largely focused on text, but AI increasingly shows promise in other contexts, including manufacturing and the service industry. In these sectors, targeted AI improvements can improve product quality and worker safety, according to a new study.

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In-brief analysis

May 6, 2025

Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Petroleum Supply Monthly; company announcements and trade press
Note: Other Biofuels includes sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable heating oil, renewable naphtha, renewable propane, renewable gasoline, and other emerging biofuels that are in various stages of development and commercialization. SAF production capacity is an estimate based on company announcements and trade press and only includes hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids (HEFA) SAF. We do not publish SAF production capacity data.

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production is growing in the United States as new capacity comes online. U.S. production of Other Biofuels, the category we use to capture SAF in our Petroleum Supply Monthly, approximately doubled from December 2024 to February 2025.

SAF is an alternative to petroleum jet fuel. It’s produced from agricultural and waste feedstocks

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FRANKFORT, Kentucky —Los granjeros y peones agrícolas de Kentucky cuyas herramientas o equipos fueron dañados por las tormentas severas, vientos directos, tornados, deslizamientos de tierra y de lodo ocurridos en febrero y abril pueden ser elegibles para recibir asistencia por desastre. La asistencia de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA, por sus siglas en inglés) está disponible para remplazar herramientas esenciales, suministros, equipos y artículos necesarios para el empleo o el empleo por cuenta propia que hayan sido dañados por desastre.

Cobertura para herramientas y equipos

Las granjas familiares suelen tener un equipo variado necesario para operar. Esta maquinaria incluye, entre otros, tractores, arados, sembradoras o plantadoras, cosechadoras, rociadores, empacadoras de heno y vehículos utilitarios. Todos estos artículos son potencialmente elegibles para recibir asistencia por desastres de FEMA si el solicitante puede demostrar que fueron dañados por el desastre, el solicitante no tiene otro artículo en funcionamiento que cubra esta necesidad y la pérdida del artículo no fue cubierta por el seguro. Los cultivos y ganado no son “herramientas y equipo” ya que son el producto de una operación agrícola, mientras que las herramientas y equipo son los medios de producción.

Los trabajadores agrícolas pueden ser elegibles para recibir asistencia para remplazar herramientas y equipo dañado por desastre no cubierto por el seguro si pueden demostrar que estos artículos son un requisito

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