FEMA ANNOUNCES LOST WAGES GRANT FOR THE U. S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20200911/fema-announces-lost-wages-grant-u-s-virgin-islands]


Release Date: 
九月 12, 2020 

WASHINGTON -- FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor approved the United
States Virgin Islands for a FEMA grant under the Lost Wages Assistance
program. FEMA’s grant funding will allow the U.S. Virgin Islands to
provide $300 per week -- on top of their regular unemployment benefit
-- to those unemployed due to COVID-19. FEMA will work with U.S.
Virgin Islands Governor Albert Bryan Jr. to implement a system to make
this funding available to U.S. Virgin Islands residents.

On Aug. 8, 2020, President Trump made available up to $44 billion from
FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund to provide financial assistance to
Americans who have lost wages due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, the
U.S. Virgin Islands agreed to administer a lost wages program for its
citizens who are unemployed due to COVID-19.

FEMA looks forward to working with the governors of additional
territories and states who agree to administer a lost wages program to
bring financial relief to unemployed Americans.