Houses of worship in North and South Carolina are looking into getting taxpayer funds to help them rebuild in the wake of a devastating hurricane. The storm, Hurricane Florence, targeted the Carolinas in September, killing dozens and leaving massive amounts of property damage in its wake.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced last month that houses of worship that have been damaged by hurricanes and other natural disasters will qualify for certain forms of government aid to rebuild.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced Jan. 2 that it has changed longstanding policy to allow taxpayer money to be used to rebuild houses of worship damaged in disasters.