As residents continue the clean-up after heavy rain in Boardman caused flooding, the work begins on trying to gain state and federal dollars to help.

Boardman Township Administrator Jason Loree announced Sunday night that he would ask Columbus to declare a disaster, putting the township in line for assistance. Both the state and the federal government have various criteria to be eligible.

In the meantime, Boardman is expected to release a phone number Tuesday where residents can call and report the amount of water that got into their homes and the damage it caused.

"We are going to do everything we can to document just how severe that basement problem was," said Loree. "[We will] work with the county engineer and EMA to try and see if we can get some state help."

Ohio's Governor Mike DeWine weighed in on the issue while in town visiting the Canfield Fair.

"Whenever there is flooding or a problem, our [Emergency Management Agency] people are directly involved," said DeWine. "We've got a very, very good, experienced team. So you know we certainly always do as much as we can."

In addition to asking for disaster money, the township is working to build a Storm Water Collection Park to ease flooding in the Forest Park neighborhood. It will take the place of the former Market Street Elementary School.

That project is expected to be completed sometime in 2023.