PONCE, Puerto Rico – In the ongoing effort to reach the whole community, FEMA is offering sign language interpreters for disaster assistance information, programs and applications.
FEMA offers teams of disability integration specialists and advisers who ensure that recovery assistance is accessible and inclusive.
Disaster Recovery Centers are equipped with accessibility kits to ensure that all people have full access to FEMA information and assistance programs.
For those with limited English proficiency, FEMA provides multilingual operators, literature in multiple languages and interpreters in the field.
Sign language interpreters are available at 14 Disaster Recovery Centers on an alternating schedule from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. See the two tables below for the schedule.
Survivors can visit any Disaster Recovery Center to meet FEMA staff face-to-face and get help.
If someone wants to schedule a sign language interpreter in a specific Disaster Recovery Center at a time that sign language interpreters are not scheduled to be there, call or text FEMA’s Sign Language Interpreter Request Line, 202-372-7717.
Table 1: Sign Language Interpreters’ Monday-Wednesday-Friday Schedule
MUNICIPALITY |
ADDRESS |
Adjuntas | Coliseo Rafael Llull Pérez Calle D Barrio Juan González Adjuntas, PR 00601 |
Guánica
| Coliseo Mariano “Tito” Rodríguez PR-116R Guánica, PR 00653 |
Guayanilla
| Centro Comunal Magas Arriba PR-382, Barrios Magas Guayanilla, PR 00656 |
Juana Díaz
| Coliseo Dolores “Toyita” Martínez (Parking lot adjacent to walking track) PR-510 Juana Díaz, PR 00795 |
Lajas
| COE/OMME Office Lajas Parking Lot 8 Calle Cementerio Lajas, PR 00667 |
Peñuelas
| Centro Comunal Alturas 2 L100 Calle 11 Barrio Santo Domingo Peñuelas, PR 00624 |
Utuado
| Coliseo Municipal Jorge “Peco” González Avenida Rolando Cabañas Utuado, PR 00641 |
Villalba
| Área recreativa Héctor “Papo” Díaz PR-561 Villalba, PR 00766 |
Yauco
| Coliseo Raúl “Pipote” Oliveras PR-128 Yauco, PR 00698 |
Table 2: Sign Language Interpreters’ Tuesday-Thursday Schedule
MUNICIPALITY | ADDRESS |
Corozal
| Howard T. Jason Stage and Parking Lot Calle Francisca “Paca” Martínez Barrio Pueblo Corozal, PR 00783 |
Maricao
| Plaza Pública de Maricao (Next to City Hall) Calle Baldorioty, Intersection of Calle Jose De Diego Maricao, PR 00606 |
Sabana Grande
| Estadio Rafael D. Milán Padró Parking Lot PR-121 Sabana Grande, PR 00637 |
San Germán
| Former National Guard Facility PR-360 Int PR-362 San Germán, PR 00683 |
San Sebastián
| Coliseum Luis Aymat Cardona Room 2 PR-111 Km 18.0 San Sebastián, PR 00685 |
For more information on Puerto Rico’s disaster recovery, visit the website of the Government of Puerto Rico, www.fema.gov/disaster/4473, www.twitter.com/femaregion2 and Facebook: www.facebook.com/femapuertorico.
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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-FEMA (3362) or 711 for Video Relay Service. Multilingual operators are available. (Press 2 for Spanish.) TTY call 800-462-7585.
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