La Cámarade Comercio de Puerto Rico · Seminario y Taller #CamaraEnAccion PR and the USVI are located in a tropical climate, that make buildings more vulnerable to mold exposure

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LaCámara deComerciodePuertoRicoysu Comités deEducación yAmbiente,Infraestructura yPermisos presentan:

Philip SaputoECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

HEALTHYBUILDINGSTASKFORCEMEETINGONDEVELOPINGWORKFORCEPROJECTIONSFOR

ENVIRONMENTALSKILLEDTRADES:MOLD-LEAD-ASBESTOS

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• Drives PuertoRicoandUSVItosucceedin“blue”industries

• OnOct.31,thefirstPR-USVIOceanEconomyWorkgroupmeetingwasheld

• Participantsincludedfederalpartners(EDA,FEMA,DOI,NOAA,EPA),localstakeholdersfrombothPRandtheUSVI(nonprofits,universities,andlocalgovernmentrepresentatives)

BLUEtide PuertoRico, Inc.

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• 100%renewableenergysystemtosupport businessesinCulebra,PuertoRico.

• Willbeyearsbeforeunderseacabletotheisland(frompublicutility,PREPA)isrepaired

FundingProvided: $4,128,000

FundaciónComunitaria Puerto Rico

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• CollaborationbetweenEPAandEDAinPR

• TraininginSolarInstallation

• Microgridtraining sites• OtherpartnersincludeTheSolarFoundationandUPRM

Investment Leveraged:$700,000

ProjectedJobsCreated: 200

FundingProvided: $3,893,321

Pathstone Corporation

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InpartnershipwithFederalandGPRpartners,ledaseriesofgrantwritingworkshopstobuildcapacityinadvanceofFederal funding.

FundingProvided: $500,000

Investment Leveraged:$611,110

HurricaneMariaCapacityBuilding Program

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7Awards

14900P

Submitted

7 900PDraft

28Abstract

49 ActeduponTA*

70Referredcases

ONE-ON-ONETechnicalAssistanceMETRICS

(Rev.December2019)

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• HistoricMOUbetweenUniversityofPuertoRicoandUniversityoftheVirgin Islands

• Ocean Economy• Bio-Technology• Resilience Training• Research Exchange

Advancing a Collaborative Recovery

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TheHUDfundedCDBG-DRprogramhassetasideseveralmilliondollarswhichwillgotowardshomeownerrehabilitationandreconstruction,rentalrehabilitation&reconstruction

AllhousingunitsassistedusingCDBG-DRfundsmustcomplywiththeregulationsregardinglead-basedpaint- LeadPoisoningPreventioninCertainResidentialStructures.

Needforcertifiedlead-paintinspector(certifiedunderaCertificationPrograms)

Requirementtodeterminehowmanycertifiedinspectorswouldbeneeded

WorkforceProjections- LeadInspection

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PRandtheUSVIarelocatedinatropicalclimate,thatmakebuildingsmorevulnerabletomoldexposure

• Sincethe2017Hurricanes,severalschoolsandhospitalshavehadmajorportionsofthefacilitiesclosedoffduetomoldinfestationandhavenotyetbeenremediatedforreconstruction.

• Consistentmoldexposurecanaffecttheimmunesystemandtriggerchronicheadaches.

Therefore,itiscriticaltodeterminethehowmanycertifiedmoldremediationexpertsinPRandtheUSVIareneeded.

WorkforceProjections- MoldRemediation

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