About $400 million in aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been sent to New Jersey since Hurricane Sandy hit nearly three months ago, data obtained from the state and federal governments show.

The data is an early snapshot of what is forecast to be a Herculean recovery effort for the Garden State, which suffered a reported $36.9 billion in damage.

Many property owners are still sorting through piles of paperwork and tattered belongings, while hard-hit towns are trying to close out cleanup efforts in order to focus on larger recovery issues.

As the bills pour in, so do the aid requests to FEMA.

More than $332 million has already been given to individuals involved in a slew of FEMA programs, including those that subsidize rent and hotel stays.

And about $64 million have been paid to 98 municipalities, state departments and public entities, many of which are repaying debts incurred in Sandy’s aftermath.

“It all went to cleanup,” Middletown Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger said of the $2.3 million his township received from FEMA. “You name it, and it had to be addressed.”

Even more money is on the way, especially if Congress passes a $50.7 billion emergency Sandy relief package. The House of Representatives passed the bill last week; the Senate is expected to vote this week.

Congress approved an additional $9.7 billion earlier this month to cover flood insurance claims.

Sandy destroyed thousands of New Jersey homes, but it wasn’t immediately clear how much damage each home sustained.

FEMA, which declined to break down how much money individuals have received, said most of the $332 million went toward home repairs and temporary housing. About $37 million of that went toward other needs, such as transportation, medical or funeral costs, according to the agency.

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Property owners have until midnight Jan. 30 to apply for FEMA aid.

Also unavailable were details on exactly how many homes were damaged in each municipality. Several mayors in Monmouth and Ocean counties have said estimates are still being tallied, and the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management said additional information might not be available until spring.

Meanwhile, the state, municipalities and other public organizations are jockeying for more FEMA dollars as they continue to receive invoices from contractors brought in to clean up after the storm.

Roughly $28 million of the $64 million for public entities went to the state Department of Human Services, which reimbursed itself for "micro-city" shelters in Linden and Monmouth Park in Oceanport, said Nicole Brossoie, human services spokeswoman.

The so-called "tent-city" shelters housed thousands of displaced New Jersey residents and emergency workers from out of state.

Brossoie said her department is continuing to itemize other Sandy-related costs for future FEMA claims.

About $9.5 million went to the state Department of Transportation and will pay for debris removal on routes 35 and 36, DOT spokesman Joe Dee said.

“It was amazing devastation,” Dee said of Route 35, which became home to 10-foot sand dunes, boats and swept-away houses during the hurricane.

Requests for more money could be on the way, Dee said, as invoices from contractors continue to pour in.

In Middletown, Sandy was responsible for at least $14 million in expenses, Scharfenberger said. The township avoided major infrastructure damage, but took a substantial hit to its budget after removing debris and sand from roadways and making some road repairs, he said.

The town also saw “astronomical” overtime costs, the mayor said, especially after police officers were posted at gas stations to keep the peace during the extended power outage in the storm’s wake.

In Neptune Township, about $1.8 million in FEMA aid was used to pay off a loan taken for debris cleanup.

Mayor Eric Houghtaling said more federal money will be needed to help rebuild a marina on the Shark River that was lost in the hurricane. Sandy sent the marina’s floating docks, which had been completed just months earlier, into some nearby homes, he said.

“We have an ocean, a river and a lake here,” Houghtaling said. “They all turned on us.”

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