Flood Relief & RecoveryMajor Program

7108

Total Hours

Contributed.

66766

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

30

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

373

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

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Farmer Flood Relief

Situation and Target AudienceBreathitt County is located in eastern Kentucky where 28% of the population (13,718 people in 5,506 households) live in poverty (per capita income is $20,654 according to the 2021 US Census estimate). Sixty percent of the 160 farms are family farms. Thirty-six percent of the farms are under 50 acres. Cattle and calves provide the majority of agriculture income. (2017 Census of Agriculture)On July 27th2022,eastern Kentucky was flooded and shortly after declared a fe...

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Farmer Flood Relief

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