The University of Puerto Rico (UPR) announced the start of its Asset Mapping Project, for which it will invest $1.1 million, to provide visibility and access to the resources of the university system at a local and global level. The asset map will identify properties, programs and research, human capital, professors, and their areas of […]
The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund awarded $5.5 million in technical assistance to 44 credit unions in Puerto Rico. The CDFI fund allocations are intended to reinforce credit union’s financial ability to develop products aimed at low-income populations with affected credit, young people with no credit history, and vulnerable communities that lack adequate access to […]
The US Department of Labor recently awarded the Puerto Rico Labor Department a little more than $2.4 million to help the agency detect and combat fraud in its unemployment insurance programs. The funds are part of a global $195.7 million allocation awarded to states and territories, and the District of Columbia, the federal agency said […]