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Biden urged to end Trump lawsuit blocking payments to Puerto Ricans
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WASHINGTON - Top faith leaders from across the United States on Tuesday urged President Joe Biden to immediately withdraw a lawsuit filed by his predecessor to block $2.3 billion in supplemental income payments to some 300,000 aged, blind and disabled Puerto Ricans.
Catholic Archbishop Roberto Gonzalez of San Juan, the head of Catholic Charities USA, and leaders from other churches also called on Biden to use executive orders and back congressional action to attract more pharmaceutical and other manufacturing jobs to the Caribbean island, a U.S. territory of 3.2 million people hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.
CCUSA receives $1 million grant to help fire-devastated communities
Feb 14, 2021 catholic news service
A home in Napa, Calif., is destroyed by a wildfire in this illustration photo. Catholic Charities USA received a $1 million grant Feb. 11, 2021, that will enable aid to be delivered over the next 12 to 18 months to provide assistance to people burned out of their homes in Colorado, California, Oregon and Washington. (Credit: Jim Urquhart/Reuters via CNS.)
A $1 million grant will allow 10 Catholic Charities agencies in four wildfire-stricken Western states to provide assistance to people burned out of their homes.
CLEVELAND A $1 million grant will allow 10 Catholic Charities agencies in four wildfire-stricken Western states to provide assistance to people burned out of their homes.
Catholic agency gets $1 million grant to help fire-devastated cities
Residents embrace near the remains of destroyed homes Oct. 9 after wildfires in Santa Rosa, Calif. (CNS photo/John G. Mabanglo, EPA)
By Dennis Sadowski • Catholic News Service • Posted February 12, 2021
(CNS) A $1 million grant will allow 10 Catholic Charities agencies in four wildfire-stricken Western states to provide assistance to people burned out of their homes.
The grant to Catholic Charities USA from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy will enable aid to be delivered over the next 12 to 18 months in Colorado, California, Oregon and Washington.
“It was natural for us to go to Catholic Charities given their expertise in disaster case management and given their multistate presence as well as their deep, deep understanding of local communities and the individuals in those communities,” Regine Webster, center vice president, told Catholic News Service Feb. 11.
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Awards Catholic Charities USA With $1 Million Grant to Help Communities Recover from Wildfires
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One of CDP’s largest grants will support disaster response in wildfire-affected areas in California, Colorado, Oregon and Washington State
Catholic Charities staff offer recovery resources at Sonoma County Local Assistance Centers following the 2020 LNU Lightning Complex fires. Photo courtesy of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa
People and communities affected by disasters often need help assessing and accessing financial aid and other resources that could stabilize their lives and livelihoods, and begin the road to recovery WASHINGTON and ALEXANDRIA, Va. (PRWEB)