FEMA OKs 552 project obligations worth $95.4M in Puerto Rico
May 6, 2020
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience, or COR3, obligated roughly $95.4 million for 552 projects during April – more than the total number of projects approved between the months of January and September 2019 combined, they confirmed. Municipalities across the island received the bulk of these obligations […]
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Report: Education Dept. ‘lacks capacity’ to manage $322M in FEMA funding
April 14, 2020
The Puerto Rico Education Department has not complied with the requirements laid out by the Federal Emergency Management Agency related to some $322 million awarded after Hurricane María in 2017, earmarked for recovery efforts. A report released last week detailing the findings of an audit commissioned by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the […]
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$122M+ obligated to help rebuild Puerto Rico’s public buildings
April 10, 2020
To date, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has obligated more than $122 million to repair and rebuild public buildings represented in 215 projects, the agency confirmed. The funds will help municipal facilities, private nonprofits, hospitals, universities and other eligible entities recover “so they can better provide services to the communities they serve,” it said in […]
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Puerto Rico governor’s office assigned $2.5M in FEMA recovery funding
April 8, 2020
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced the obligation of an additional $11.4 million in funds for 97 post-Hurricane María recovery and reconstruction projects in Puerto Rico. That amount includes nearly $2.5 million assigned to the Office of the Governor at La Fortaleza in Old San Juan for a number of repairs to the building’s third […]
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Temporary rental assistance available to Puerto Rico earthquake survivors
April 3, 2020
Residents whose homes were made uninhabitable by the Dec. 28 to Feb. 4 earthquakes may be eligible for temporary rental assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the agency announced. Rental assistance does not have to be repaid and may be used to lease a house, apartment or manufactured home or any other temporary housing […]
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FEMA extends suspension of in-field operations until April 12
March 31, 2020
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has extended its suspension, until April 12, of in-field operations in support of the Puerto Rico earthquakes. FEMA personnel will continue to work on the island to support survivors, the agency said. FEMA will support the extension of the Executive Order effected by Gov. Wanda Vázquez until April 12 shutting […]
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FEMA assigns $18.7M for recovery, including $833K for La Fortaleza repairs
March 25, 2020
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced it has assigned another $18.7 million in funds to continue recovery efforts throughout Puerto Rico, including $832,978 to make repairs at the governor’s mansion. La Fortaleza, as the historic structure is known, will get repairs to the roof, second floor, human resource and finance offices in the Yellow Palace/Real […]
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FEMA suspends in-field operations in Puerto Rico until Mar. 30
March 16, 2020
Effective immediately, the Federal Emergency Management Agency will suspend, until Mar. 30, in-field operations in support of the Puerto Rico earthquakes. FEMA personnel will continue to work on the island to support survivors. FEMA will support the governor of Puerto Rico, who issued an executive order shutting down all non-essential government and commercial operations on […]
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FEMA makes 8 new Puerto Rico towns eligible for individual assistance
March 13, 2020
Eight more municipalities that were affected by the earthquakes that began in December in Puerto Rico have been designated as eligible for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Individual Assistance program. At the request of the government of Puerto Rico, FEMA extended eligibility for disaster assistance to Aguada, Añasco, Barceloneta, Coamo, Moca, Naranjito, Salinas and Santa […]
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$67M+ OK’d to help rebuild P.R’s parks and recs facilities ravaged by Hurricane María
March 6, 2020
To date, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved more than $67 million to repair and rebuild parks and other recreational facilities on the island that were damaged by Hurricane María, the agency said. Representing 161 projects, these funds will help restore the sense of community that is an integral part to the recovery of […]
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FEMA, COR3 assign $44M+ to fix road signs, roads, baseball fields, public bldgs
February 27, 2020
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Central Office for recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience, or COR3, obligated more than $44 million for recovery efforts related to Hurricane María. Among the nine projects that were obligated are those for the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP, in Spanish), the University of Puerto Rico […]
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FEMA, COR3 obligate $14M for 131 recovery projects in P.R.
February 26, 2020
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience, or COR3, have obligated more than $13.9 million in funds for 131 projects related to the recovery and reconstruction of Puerto Rico, they announced. The latest grants assigned on Feb. 7-20 for permanent projects are: More than $6.6 million for repairs […]
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Op-Ed: Rattled but not broken, working together to help P.R. recover
February 19, 2020
On Dec. 28, an earthquake rattled Puerto Rico’s southwest coast, destroying homes and cultural treasures. Unfortunately, it was just a precursor to a magnitude 6.4 temblor that struck the same area on Jan. 7. The government of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Emergency Management Bureau, their supporting government agencies and local community leaders immediately began […]
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FEMA includes 9 more P.R. towns as eligible for individual assistance
February 7, 2020
Nine more municipalities that were affected by the earthquakes that began Dec. 28, 2019, in southwest Puerto Rico have been designated as eligible for Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Individual Assistance program. At the request of the government of Puerto Rico, FEMA extended eligibility for Individual Assistance to Arecibo, Ciales, Hormigueros, Juana Díaz, Las Marías, Mayagüez, […]
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FEMA assigns $14.3M to restore Cuartel de Ballajá in San Juan
February 6, 2020
The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently obligated nearly $14.3 million in federal funds to the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office for permanent work to restore the Cuartel de Ballajá in Old San Juan. The work to be completed includes electrical repairs, removal and replacement of wood windows, stain-glass windows and wood doors, as well […]
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