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SBA Disaster Assistance -- Field Operations Center- East - One Baltimore
Place, Suite 300 - Atlanta, GA 30308

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**Release Date:** May 18, 2007 **Contact:** Kathy Cook

**Release Number:** 07-399, NJ 10855/10856 **Phone:** 404-347-3771

**SBA DISASTER LOAN OUTREACH CENTER IN MERCER COUNTY TO CLOSE**

**MONDAY, MAY 21; OTHER CENTERS REMAIN OPEN**

**TRENTON, N.J. --**The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
announces today that due to a steady decrease of activity, the Disaster
Loan Outreach Center in Mercer County, **Fire Station Headquarters,\
244 Perry Street, Trenton, New Jersey** **will be open Monday, May 21
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at such time it will cease operation.**

"We want to express our sincere gratitude to the staff of the Fire
Station Headquarters in Mercer County," said Frank Skaggs, Director of
SBA Field Operations Center East. "By providing the facility for our
Disaster Loan Outreach Center, they have helped disaster victims in
their community. We deeply appreciate their generosity."

Disaster victims are encouraged to visit the Center in Mercer County
before it closes or visit any of the Centers below to obtain one-on-one
assistance and information about SBA's disaster assistance program. SBA
is also encouraging those victims receiving applications to return the
completed applications as quickly as possible.

The Centers are located in the following communities:

**[SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Centers]{.underline}** (DLOCs)

**Open: Monday-Friday; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.**

> **[Camden County]{.underline} [Mercer County]{.underline}**
>
> **Pennsauken Fire Department Fire Station Headquarters**
>
> 8362 Stockton Avenue 244 Perry Street
>
> Pennsauken, NJ 08109 Trenton, NJ 08618
>
> **Closing: Monday, May 21 at the close of business**
>
> **[Gloucester County]{.underline}**
>
> **Gloucester County Government Services**
>
> 1200 N. Delsea Drive (Rte. 47)
>
> Clayton, NJ 08312
>
> **Reopens: Monday, May 21 (Friday, May 18 last day as FEMA center)**

**[FEMA/SBA Disaster Recovery Centers]{.underline}** (DRCs)

**Open Monday-Saturday from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM**

> **[Bergen County]{.underline} [Essex County]{.underline}**
>
> **Bergen County Office Building Fairfield Community Center**
>
> 1 Bergen Plaza 376 Hollywood Avenue
>
> 10 Main Street Fairfield, NJ 07004
>
> Hackensack, NJ 07601
>
> **[Burlington County]{.underline}**
>
> **Lumberton Municipal Building**
>
> 34 Municipal Drive
>
> Lumberton, NJ 08048

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**SBA DISASTER LOAN OUTREACH CENTER IN MERCER COUNTY TO CLOSE**

**MONDAY, MAY 21; OTHER CENTERS REMAIN OPEN**

**[FEMA/SBA Disaster Recovery Centers]{.underline}** (DRCs)

**Open Monday-Saturday from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM**

> **[Hudson County]{.underline} [Somerset County]{.underline}**
>
> **Mary McLeod Bethune Life Center St. Paul's Episcopal Church**
>
> 132-150 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 214 Church Street
>
> Jersey City, NJ 07305 Bound Brook, NJ 08805
>
> **[Middlesex County]{.underline} Manville Rescue Squad**
>
> **Milltown Borough Park** 2 South 3^rd^ Street
>
> 71 Violet Terrace (off Main Street) Manville, NJ 08835
>
> Milltown, NJ 08850
>
> **[Passaic County]{.underline} [Union County]{.underline}**
>
> **Thomas Roger Building Police Station**
>
> 2 Market Street -- 2^nd^ Floor 8 Springfield Avenue
>
> Paterson, NJ 07501 Cranford, NJ 07016
>
> **Closing: Friday, May 18 at the close of business**

SBA urges anyone that has not registered for assistance to call FEMA at
1-800-621-FEMA (3362), regardless of the status of any insurance claim.
FEMA will refer you to the agency(s) best able to meet your
disaster-related needs.

SBA also urges recent storm and flood victims to return applications
even if they have insurance. Waiting to file an application could cause
unnecessary delays in receiving disaster assistance, and could cause
disaster victims to miss the SBA application deadline.

Those unable to visit one of the Centers and have registered with FEMA
may obtain an application by calling the SBA's Customer Service Center
at 1-800-659-2955 (1-800-877-8339 for the hearing-impaired) Monday
through Friday from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. EDT. Business loan applications
can also be downloaded from the SBA website at
[www.sba.gov/services/disaster](http://www.sba.gov/disaster)[assistance.]{.underline}
Completed applications should be returned to one of the Centers or
mailed to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and
Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX. 76155.

The deadline to return applications for physical damage is **[June 25,
2007]{.underline};** the deadline to return economic injury applications
is **[January 28, 2008]{.underline}.**

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*For more information about the SBA's Disaster Loan Programs, visit our
website at
[www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance](http://www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance).*