Chile’s government will give victims of an erupting volcano cash, tax relief and financial help rebuilding their farms and businesses in a bid to get them to return to their homes, the interior minister said Tuesday.

The Chaiten volcano began erupting on May 2, forcing the evacuation of 4,500 residents of the town of Chaiten and hundreds of others from nearby villages and farms.

“Life in Chaiten will never be the same, and those affected must remain assured that their assets will be restored to them,” said Interior Minister Edmundo Perez.

Perez announced a plan to aid volcano victims, including one-time cash payments worth U$430 (euro277) per family, plus U$43 (euro27) per child, as well as tax relief, funding to help small business and farms recover, and subsidies for housing and education.

Presidential spokesman Francisco Vidal later said the cash payments could amount to US$1,100 (euro710) per family, including moving expenses and a month’s rent.

Perez said the number of people who would benefit from the plan was still being calculated.

The volcano, which is located 1,200 kilometers (650 miles) south of Santiago, spewed more ash, gas and small incandescent rocks Tuesday under heavy rain, Chile’s Emergency Bureau reported.

State television showed heavy machinery removing a large amount of wet ash from the town of Fuatelufu, 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the volcano. Soldiers were seen shoveling ash from roofs. And in surrounding areas, cows covered with ash munched gray grass.

On Monday, heavy rains and a buildup of ash caused the Blanco river that runs next to Chaiten overflow its banks and flood part of the deserted town.