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Puerto Rico’s block grant food assistance program already doesn’t stretch enough to meet the needs of its recipients.
The federal government provided additional food stamp aid to Puerto Rico after the hurricane, but Congress missed the deadline for reauthorization in March as it focused on other issues before ...
The federal government provided additional food stamp aid to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria in 2017, but Congress missed the deadline for reauthorization in March as it focused on other issues ...
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that Puerto Rico’s Nutrition Assistance Program, the U.S. territory's version of food stamps, has run out of the $900 million that Congress has ...
The Trump administration has not sent $600 million in emergency food stamp aid to Puerto Rico two weeks after President Donald Trump approved the funds, and the US territory does not expect to ...
PUERTO RICO (Alyana Gomez/KTVU) - Crackers and rain water is what some families in Puerto Rico are living off of, as they continue to wait for aid they so desperately need. Ships carrying supplies ...
More than three weeks after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, food, water, medicine and electricity remain scarce throughout the island.
FEMA To End Food And Water Aid For Puerto Rico : The Two-Way The Federal Emergency Management Agency has delivered millions of meals and gallons of water since Hurricane Maria devastated the island.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Thousands of Puerto Ricans were finally getting water and food rations Friday as an aid bottleneck began to ease, but many remained cut off from the basic ...
Food Aid To Puerto Rico Is Salty, Sugary, And Unbalanced, Researcher Says. June 22, 2018 9:00 AM ET. By . Sara Kiley Watson Enlarge this image.
TOA BAJA, PUERTO RICO – At the Casa Ismael clinic for HIV-positive men with severe health complications, the staff used … ...