Three municipalities have joined forces to address flooding and other possible future disasters through the newly formed Downingtown Resilience Fund, writes Bill Rettew for The Daily Local News.

East Caln Township, Downingtown, and Caln Township have combined their resources as part of a new initiative to provide supplemental cash payments to disaster victims. The fund is organized to aid and relieve human suffering in the case of natural or civil disasters.

The municipalities are pulling funds from federal, state, and county resources for the new initiative.

“We are doing everything we possibly can,” said former Downingtown Mayor and County Commissioner Josh Maxwell.

Thanks to the new fund, victims of a disaster will almost immediately be able to receive a $750 relief check, without having to go through complicated red tape.

“There will be a line item in the fund budget where all donations given through the pay portal on the website will be given to survivors of major disasters,” said founder and Fund Chair Barry Cassidy.

The fund will work in conjunction with the FEMA individual disaster aid.

Read more about the Downingtown Resilience Fund forming to protect the area in The Daily Local News.

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Flooding in Chesco from two years ago.