The Hoosier Organic Marketing Education (HOME) still has funds for farmfamily flood relief for the 2008 floods and the deadline is February2009. (No specific date is noted in the grant.)

Two Volunteer Reception Centers will open at noon today in Lake and Porter County to help organize the army of volunteers necessary to get the region back on its feet after devastating floods, United Way officials said Monday.

Volunteer groups throughout the state are coming together to help out victims of last week's flooding.

The state won't know exactly how bad the flood damage was in Northwest Indiana for some time, but area residents and local officials aren't waiting for official numbers to declare the flood one of the worst disasters ever to hit Northwest Indiana.

Homeowners need to be on the lookout for contamination and scam artists as they go about cleanup from the weekend's floods.

Governor Mitch Daniels has created the Office of Disaster Recovery to lead the state’s efforts to repair and rebuild following the series of storms that struck much of Indiana in late May and early June.

A second meeting has been set for people interested in helping establish long-term disaster recovery in the Wabash Valley. The meeting is 9 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 15, in the Girl Scouts Office, 1100 Girl Scouts Lane.

Organizations team up to tackle long-term flood relief when FEMA finishes its work.