Summary of Recent Indiana Flood-related Announcements

State to hold workshops to help affected businesses

INDIANAPOLIS (June 20, 2008) – The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) will host a series of workshops next week to help businesses and their suppliers rebound following recent severe weather and flooding.  IEDC staff members, along with representatives from the state’s departments of insurance, revenue and workforce development will team up with officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) to host the “back to business” workshops designed to help business leaders navigate state and federal business assistance programs.

The first round of “back to business” workshops are scheduled for the following dates and locations. The workshops are free to attend and no reservations are required. Additional workshops and locations will be added early next week.

Monday June 23 (4 - 6 p.m.)

Terre Haute Holiday Inn

3325 US Highway 41

Terre Haute

Tuesday June 25 (5 - 8 p.m.)

Franklin College

Dietz Center

101 Branigin Boulevard

Franklin

Wednesday June 26 (5 - 8 p.m)

First Presbyterian Church

Keller Hall

240 East Washington Street

Martinsville

For more information, contact Lisa Spalding, associate state director for the Indiana Economic Development Corporation’s Small Business Development Center network at 317.234.2077.

FSSA opens eHealth Support Center

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) has created the Indiana Flood Victims eHealth Support Center (1-877-788-5888) as a part of the relief effort for disaster victims across the state. This support center will provide doctors with medical information of flood victims, to the extent obtainable, for treatment purposes. FSSA is leading the effort between the Regenstrief Institute, Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE), who is handling the calls, and Electronic Data Systems (EDS).

Medical information is being made available through the Indiana Network for Patient Care (INPC). The INPC is a secure clinical data repository that is populated with healthcare information in collaboration with central Indiana hospitals, outpatient centers, pharmacies, imaging centers, laboratories, public health departments and insurance providers.

Calls will be taken 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Requests that are made to the Indiana Flood Victims eHealth Support Center (1-877-788-5888) during business hours (7:00am - 5:00 pm EST) will be processed within one hour. Calls made after hours will be processed the next business day.

For additional information about the eHealth Support Center, patients and physicians should visit: www.ihie.com/indianaflood.

IRS waives low-income housing limits

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will waive certain limitations for the low-income housing tax credit in Indiana so that owners of facilities can provide housing to victims of recent storms and flooding.

Because of the widespread devastation to housing caused by storms and flooding, the IRS will temporarily suspend certain limitations for qualified low-income housing projects located anywhere in the state. This action will expand the availability of housing for disaster victims and their families.

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