BREAKING: FEMA has approved $39.5M in funds to help Vieques, Puerto Rico, rebuild its only hospital; the move comes nearly 3 years after the small island's health center was destroyed by Hurricane Maria.
“It’s very good news,” he said. “But this government is so corrupt, it can be hard to know what they’ll use the money for.”Rep. Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y., and several other lawmakers have beenThe Susan Centeno community health center in Vieques, Puerto Rico, has been closed since it was destroyed by Hurricane Maria in 2017.“It is tragic that this funding was not released until after we lost one young life due to inadequate medical service on Vieques.
FEMA said the money was approved after the Office of Management and Budget agreed to provide funding to rebuild the Vieques hospital based on its"replacement value.” Roughly $6.1 billion has been approved for Puerto Rico under FEMA's public assistance and hazard mitigation programs, according to the agency.to expedite recovery funding and reimbursement of all eligible costs
,” the agency will also “continue to impose stringent fiscal oversight and risk management measures to ensure all disaster relief funding and resources are expended in a manner that directly assists the disaster survivors who need them most while protecting the U.S. taxpayers’ investment against the potential for waste, fraud, and abuse.”
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