FEMA APPROVES $182 MILLION FOR EMERGENCY MEASURES AFTER HURRICANES IN
USVI
[https://www.fema.gov/news-release/20200220/fema-approves-182-million-emergency-measures-after-hurricanes-usvi]


Release Date: 
March 15, 2018 

ST. CROIX, Virgin Islands – The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) has approved $182,213,326 in additional grants to pay for
restoration of electric power and removal of debris in the U.S. Virgin
Islands after hurricanes Irma and Maria.

 

 FEMA’s Public Assistance (PA) grant program obligated $173,844,945
to the VI Water and Power Authority for power restoration throughout
the territory. Grants totaling $8,368,381 were obligated to the VI
Waste Management Authority for debris removal and wastewater
management after the storms.

 

These grants are in addition to $254 million FEMA previously approved
in Public Assistance grants for emergency protective measures in the
USVI.

 

 FEMA's Public Assistance grant program provides federal assistance
to government organizations and certain nonprofits following a
presidential disaster declaration. Grants include assistance for
debris removal, life-saving emergency protective measures, and the
repair, replacement or restoration of disaster-damaged publicly owned
facilities, and the facilities of certain nonprofits. The PA program
also encourages protection of these damaged facilities from future
events by providing assistance for hazard mitigation during the
recovery process.

 

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Disaster recovery assistance is available without regard to race,
color, religion, nationality, sex, age, disability, English
proficiency or economic status. If you or someone you know has been
discriminated against, call FEMA toll-free at 800-621-3362 (voice,
711/VRS - Video Relay Service)

(TTY: 800-462-7585). Multilingual operators are available (press 2 for
Spanish).

 FEMA’s mission is to help people before, during, and after a
disaster.

 Follow us on social media at twitter.com/femaregion2
[https://twitter.com/femaregion2] and
www.facebook.com/FEMAUSVirginIslands
[http://www.facebook.com/FEMAUSVirginIslands].

To donate or volunteer, contact the voluntary or charitable
organization of your choice through the National Voluntary
Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) at www.nvoad.org
[http://www.nvoad.org/].  For those who wish to help, cash donations
offer voluntary agencies the most flexibility in obtaining the
most-needed resources and pumps money into the local economy to help
businesses recover. The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands
also has the “Fund for the Virgin Islands” at www.USVIrecovery.org
[http://www.usvirecovery.org/].