The Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency (known as COR3) will take over in April the responsibility to review and reimbursement approval of federal recovery funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, government officials announced. This agreement comes after “extensive effort on the part of Puerto Rico to work with FEMA and establish robust […]
https://media.blubrry.com/dollarsandsensenewsismybusines/newsismybusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Podcast-FEMA-COR3.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSIn this episode of Dollar$ and $ense, we share with you information provided during a news conference in San Juan about the agreement reached between the Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency (known as COR3) and FEMA for the review and reimbursement approval of […]
The Federal Agency for Emergency Management approved the allocation of $1.4 million in funds under Category B of the Public Assistance Program for the Municipality of Guaynabo, the Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency, known as COR3, announced. COR3 Executive Director Omar J. Marrero said, “under category B, funds approved by FEMA correspond to […]
A report released Thursday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office confirmed that of the $132 billion that Puerto Rico government officials estimated are needed to rebuild after the 2017 hurricanes, it has only received $4 billion. The Federal Emergency Management Agency —the lead federal agency responsible for assisting Puerto Rico as it recovers — has […]
While Puerto Rico proportionally requested more assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after the 2017 hurricanes, it got significantly less than what the U.S. government granted Louisiana, Texas and Florida when they felt the brunt of earlier storms. “Consistent with the lower socioeconomic status of its population, Puerto Rico proportionally requested more assistance from […]
Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner in Washington, Jenniffer González, announced the allocation of $95.3 million in federal funds from the Department of Health and Human Services for child care services and health services, and from the National Science Foundation for Research and the Agency Federal Emergency Management System for recovery expenses. The Office of Head Start of […]
For decades, government officers and academia have indicated that the problem for doing research in Puerto Rico has been the lack of access to data. Paradoxically, regarding Puerto Rico, today we find ourselves with statistical independence threatened by political forces and with questionable data analysis produced by some organizations. Is inaccurate data analysis common in […]
A recently formed coalition of more than 500 churches is looking to get technical advice to maximize the reconstruction and recovery resources offered by FEMA Section 428.
The funds are from the Public Assistance Program and are intended for government agencies and municipalities.
During the past few months a narrative has taken hold, on both sides of the political spectrum, that Puerto Rico is “using federal disaster relief funds to pay bondholders.”
The FEMA funds come from assignments González has worked on from Congress, through budget or supplemental appropriations disaster bills.
COR3 Executive Director Omar J. Marrero said the funding falls under FEMA’s Category B - Emergency Protection Measures.
These awards bring to $4.3 billion the amount of funds obligated under FEMA’s Public Assistance program.
The funds come from FEMA’s Public Assistance Program, and are destined to cover the expenses PRASA has incurred to provide security services.
The funds are available to Puerto Rico under FEMA’s Category B, or Emergency Protection Measures.
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