“This announcement, the elected leadership in Neon, really hit it out of the park, they just took the ball... Took the bull by the horns,” said Pine Mountain Partnership Executive Director, Jeffery Justice.

Brenda Slone said she tried getting help through other agencies, even appealing denied applications. However, it wasn’t until she came in contact with someone from the Christian Appalachian Project.

Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Housing Development Alliance and Homes, Inc. were each presented a check.

12 homes will be built in the Wayland community of Floyd County and 115 homes will be built in Jenkins.

"We’re already seeing appraisals starting to take place. So, we’re pretty excited, it’s a major step in the right direction,” said Knott County Judge Executive Jeff Dobson.

Perry County School District officials say the project will cost $15 million altogether.

A federal administrator stopped in Breathitt and Knott counties to talk to community leaders and non-profit directors about rebuilding.

The houses are part of a rebuild effort after the July 2022 flood.

After a six-month project and around 350 yards of concrete funded and constructed by the state, a new bridge is now built.

"An exciting time that we can say that we’re at least going to have those 14 new houses and that this project and these federal funds will be used to help that project," Jackson Mayor Laura Thomas said.