Tri-County CAP worked with Governor Lynch this month to coordinate flood relief efforts in Conway, NH.

Tri-County CAP was contacted last month by Governor Lynch’s office to assist the state in providing immediate assistance to residents of Transvale Acres in Conway who were flooded out when the Saco River overflowed due to Hurricane Irene.

The State approved emergency funding for the residents and TCCAP assisted in getting help to the residents in need of food, shelter, transportation and other necessities in the short term

TCCAP Homeless Program staff were pulled from other areas (Woodsville, Littleton, Berlin and Conway) to provide in-take for those needing assistance. Staff who work with fuel assistance, weatherization, food pantries, financial management, transportation, etc., also provided information about available resources that may be needed.

Initially the Town of Conway had estimated approximately 80 permanent residents were affected, but with door-to-door, on-site evaluation, that number had climbed to 92 as of late Thursday.

TCCAP staff members were invited to utilize the Incident Command Vehicle on site as a base of operations. Town of Conway Assessor, Tom Holmes quickly put together a spreadsheet that listed out the ownership of the lots within the property and the type of property that was on the tax card (single family, mobile home, multiple homes, vacant or those that may have travel trailers). This list was shared with Kathy McCosh, TCCAP staff member who then coordinated the assistance efforts on-site along with Joe Costello, TCCAP CEO. Governor Lynch was on-site to view the damage and the relief efforts first-hand.

Red Cross volunteers were also on-site, canvassing the neighborhood and documenting the damage.

TCCAP CEO Joe Costello and Governor Lynch were on hand to assist with the relief efforts.

TCCAP staff member Kathy McCosh coordinated the emergency assistance efforts.

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