AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin-based nonprofit organization has launched an online dashboard that visualizes information about what assistance claims have been filed with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the aftermath of flash floods that hit Central Texas in early July.
Texas Appleseed, a nonpartisan, nonprofit policy and advocacy organization, created the “2025 Central Texas Flood Dashboard” to monitor FEMA assistance claims stemming from the floods. The dashboard is housed on the Disaster Equity Data Portal and covers the 10 Texas counties with disaster declarations that include Individual Assistance.
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According to a release from Texas Appleseed, the dashboard disaggregates the number of applications, outcomes and self-reports of home damage by county and zip code. It also details the eligibility rate determined by FEMA, the average dollar amount of assistance provided and applicant characteristics, like age, income, home type, and insurance status, per the release.
“The dashboard will be updated on an approximately weekly basis as FEMA continues to release new data and respond to the damage from the floods,” John Laycock, senior research analyst for Texas Appleseed, said in the release. “We hope that by making this data more accessible, we can better identify potential problems, such as areas that might be underserved, and leverage the data to advocate for those communities.”
Madison Sloan, director of the disaster recovery and fair housing project at Texas Appleseed, said the nonprofit started disaster recovery and fair housing advocacy work in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005…