U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Congressman Clay Higgins (R-La.) announced Thursday that FEMA is awarding an additional $33,665,799.56 million in federal grants for hurricane recovery efforts in Southwest Louisiana.

The funding is made available through the major disaster declaration for Hurricane Laura.

The reimbursement includes:

$2,599,655.79 to the Office of Risk Management for building repairs to McNeese University. The reimbursement is made at 90% federal cost-share and authorized under Section 428 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.

$2,360,537.10 to the Office of Risk Management for repairs to the LERC Building at McNeese University. The reimbursement is made at 90% federal cost-share and authorized under Section 428 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.

$4,362,027.89 to the Office of Risk Management for repairs to the Farm Building at McNeese University. The reimbursement is made at 90% federal cost-share and authorized under Section 428 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.

$2,801,975.04 to the Office of Risk Management for repairs to the Rockefeller Office Buildings at McNeese University. The reimbursement is made at 90% federal cost-share and authorized under Section 428 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.

$2,247,619.50 to the Office of Risk Management for repairs to the Equine Center at McNeese University. The reimbursement is made at 90% federal cost-share and authorized under Section 406 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.

$2,264,528.62 to the Calcasieu Parish School Board for repairs to Vinton Elementary School. The reimbursement is made at 90% federal cost-share and authorized under Section 406 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.

$7,887,056.40 to Jefferson Davis Electric Co-Op Inc for permanent restoration of damaged 69kV transmission lines. The reimbursement is made at 90% federal cost-share and authorized under Section 428 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.

$3,675,311.55 to the Jefferson Davis Electric Co-Op Inc. for permanent restoration of the damaged Hackett Substation power transmission and distribution facility. The reimbursement is made at 90% federal cost-share and authorized under Section 406 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.

$1,918,229.67 to the Calcasieu Parish School Board for building repairs for Oak Park Elementary School. The reimbursement is made at 90% federal cost-share and authorized under Section 406 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.

$3,362,076.00 to Calcasieu Parish for residential mitigation of 16 properties. The reimbursement is made at 90% federal cost-share and authorized under Section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.

$186,782.00 to Calcasieu Parish for management costs related to the residential mitigation efforts. The award is made pursuant to Section 1215 of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018, which amended Section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.