Corporations are partnering with nonprofits to reach Puerto Rico's hardest-hit communities.
New York government officials teamed up with nonprofit organization Somos Inc. to deliver aid supplies to residents in Peñuelas and Yauco affected by the 2020 earthquakes. On April 22nd, Assemblywoman Maritza Dávila, chairwoman of the New York State Puerto Rican/Hispanic Taskforce, along with Somos Inc. nonprofit Chairman Francisco Díaz and the New York State Office […]
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced details on application requirements, eligibility, and a program guide for the $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RFF), which seeks to help bring back jobs and revive one of the hardest-hit economic sectors since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The SBA will administer the funds to the most affected […]
When President Biden signed American Rescue Plan Act (H.R. 1319), expectations were created in many in the United States and Puerto Rico that economic conditions will improve. In a preliminary assessment, economic analysis firm Estudios Técnicos Inc. estimated that Puerto Rico will receive an amount close to $10 billion in funds from H.R. 1319. A […]
An estimated 30,525 taxpayers have not received the disbursement of the $600 financial stimulus, reportedly due to errors in their bank information, Treasury Department officials said. “They must have received a message, either by email or through the platform, indicating a rejection [of the deposit] by the bank. They have to update their bank information […]
Puerto Rico government officials announced the availability of $65 million in new economic assistance for some 17,000 eligible small businesses whose operations have been interrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic. At a news conference, Department of Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Manuel Cidre and Treasury Secretary Francisco Parés offered details of the Business Interruption Grant from […]
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department has filed an application to participate in the newly announced Emergency Rental Assistance Program run by the U.S. Department of the Treasury that could represent $325 million in aid for the island, this media outlet confirmed. The federal government is making a total of $25 billion available to assist households […]
The Puerto Rico Agriculture Department has extended the deadline for thousands of fishermen to complete the online application and benefit from incentives approved by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for recovery funds as a result of the pandemic, agency Secretary-designate Ramón González said. “Understanding the problems that fishermen have had to access the […]
Residential solar service provider Sunnova Energy Corporation has called on members of U.S. Congress to aid in power restoration efforts for the people of Puerto Rico, where 45 percent of residents still lack electricity more than three months after Hurricanes Irma and María made landfall.
Employees or self-employed individuals — who lost their livelihood as a direct consequence of Hurricane Irma or Hurricane Maria — may be eligible for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA).
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