COVID Resource Center

CARES Act: On April 22, 2020, the Government of Puerto Rico announced that it received over $2.2 billion from the U.S Treasury Department as part of the CARES Act stimulus package to assist the island with emergency expenses and mitigate the effects of the global pandemic and the subsequent economic downturn.

The plan allocates funding for three main components: (i) testing, contact tracing, isolation and treatment, (ii) reactivating the economy and protecting jobs and (iii) Government service continuity.

ARP Act: The American Rescue Plan (2021) provided fast and direct economic assistance for American workers, families, small businesses, and industries. The American Rescue Plan continued many of the programs started by the CARES Act (2020) and Consolidated Appropriations Act (2021) by adding new phases, new allocations, and new guidance to address issues related to the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic.

It created a variety of new programs to address continuing pandemic-related crises, and fund recovery efforts as the United States begins to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.