Four Puerto Rican dioceses to receive $82 million in special FEMA funding cruxnow.com
With the help of Catholic Extension and two other organizations, four Catholic dioceses in Puerto Rico were selected to receive to $82 million in “hazard mitigation funding” from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Puerto Rico’s Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience selected the San Juan Archdiocese and the Arecibo, Caguas and Fajardo-Humacao dioceses to use this FEMA funding for post-Hurricane Maria construction of more resilient structures with a greater capacity to withstand future natural disasters and support the needs of more people…
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