TALLAHASSEE – Lecturers in 6 counties hit tough by Hurricane Ian are slated to get $2 million from the Florida Disaster Fund, Gov. Ron DeSantis reported Friday.
The fund, which is administered by Volunteer Florida, was activated immediately after Ian built landfall Sept. 28 as a Group 4 storm in Southwest Florida.
Educators in Lee, DeSoto, Hardee, Charlotte, Sarasota and Collier counties will receive money from the fund through nearby education and learning foundations, DeSantis explained.
The fund will present $500,000 in Lee County, when Charlotte, Sarasota and Collier foundations will each individual acquire $350,000 to distribute, according to the governor. Foundations in DeSoto and Hardee will every get $225,000.
Condition officers declared Monday that the fund experienced grown to $45 million, with DeSantis expressing Friday that he predicted the fund to “incredibly quickly” surpass $50 million. As of Friday, $7 million from the fund experienced been awarded, DeSantis claimed.
