St. Louis residents affected by the May 16 tornado can receive in-person services from the Federal Emergency Management Agency at disaster recovery centers through Thursday, but then the centers will close permanently.

The recovery centers at Union Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church and the Urban League Entrepreneurship and Women’s Business Center have been open since late June. FEMA staff there help residents with their disaster assistance applications, answer questions and upload required documents.

A FEMA spokesperson said many of the people using the centers now are coming for application status checks, which can be done online.

Stanley Prince visited the center at Union Tabernacle on Thursday with the deed to his home in hand. This was his fourth visit to a recovery cente

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