By Andy Smith
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Chafee announced Monday the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency has sent a request to President Obama requesting that residents of Bristol County who suffered losses from Hurricane Sandy be made eligible for federal individual assistance.
Federal individual assistance includes help from the Individuals and Households Program, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, Disaster Legal Service, Crisis Counseling and Small Business Administration disaster loans.
The federal government approved similar requests on Nov. 14 for Newport and Washington Counties.