According to FEMA, around 40,000 people have applied for assistance so far. Many others have turned to GoFundMe and other crowdfunding sites to raise money for victims or their own families ...

"The GoFundMe... has been helping us pay our bills right now, because we still have bills," said Wong. But she's finding out that accepting that money could affect assistance from FEMA. ABC7's ...

Current law prohibits FEMA from providing financial support to ... keep your hands out of those GoFundMe accounts. Allow people in their community to help their neighbors without penalizing ...