Our experienced team understands the nuances of working inside the beltway and seeks fair treatment for Puerto Rico by:

Forestalling the Medicaid
funding shortfall

Pursuing long-term
economic development tools

Promoting an effective
reconstruction process

CNE’s team in D.C. anticipates the main issues that affect Puerto Rico and works with key players by providing:

• Local context and evidence-based information
• Comprehensive policy solutions
• Expert testimony in Congress
• Prudent policy counsel
• Analysis to expand federal contracting opportunities for local firms

At a time of great confusion, CNE clarified for journalists, public officials, and the general public how much post-disaster money had been appropriated, allocated, obligated and disbursed by the U.S. Congress to Puerto Rico, and how those terms differ.

Oversight That Works

Full Report

Federal Funding Update

Puerto Rico’s Looming 2019 Medicaid Fiscal Cliff

Housing units in need of repair and retrofit accounted for 87% of infrastructure damaged by Hurricane María.
More than 1/3 of Puerto Rico’s total housing stock suffered significant damages from Hurricane María.
Less than 200 housing units have been rebuilt using CDBG-DR funds.

Sources for P. R. Statistics: CNE Analysis, P.R. Dept. of Health (2019), U.S. Census, PREPA Fiscal Plan, P. R. Community Survey (2018)

More than 41% of families in Puerto Rico live below the US federal poverty line, 3 times as many as the US average.
Federal policies short-change health funding for Puerto Rico, covering only 55% of Medicaid expenses in the island.
50% of post disaster federal funding is not expected to be disbursed until 2025 and later

Sources for P. R. Statistics: CNE Analysis, P.R. Dept. of Health (2019), U.S. Census, PREPA Fiscal Plan, P. R. Community Survey (2018)

Hurricane María leveled approximately 90% of Puerto Rico’s electric grid.
Currently about 4% of the installed electricity generation capacity in Puerto Rico uses renewable sources of energy.
Act 17 requires that Puerto Rico generate 40% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2025 and 100% by 2050.

Sources for P. R. Statistics: CNE Analysis, P.R. Dept. of Health (2019), U.S. Census, PREPA Fiscal Plan, P. R. Community Survey (2018)

Only 12% of federal post-disaster contracts have been awarded to local firms.
50% of all post-disaster federal funding will not be disbursed until 2025-2032.

Sources for P. R. Statistics: CNE Analysis, P.R. Dept. of Health (2019), U.S. Census, PREPA Fiscal Plan, P. R. Community Survey (2018)

Our experienced team understands the nuances of working inside the beltway and seeks fair treatment for Puerto Rico by:

Forestalling the Medicaidfunding shortfall

Pursuing long-termeconomic development tools

Promoting an effectivereconstruction process

CNE’s team in D.C. anticipates the main issues that affect Puerto Rico and works with key players by providing:

At a time of great confusion, CNE clarified for journalists, public officials, and the general public how much post-disaster money had been appropriated, allocated, obligated and disbursed by the U.S. Congress to Puerto Rico, and how those terms differ.

Oversight That Works

Federal Funding Update

Puerto Rico’s Looming 2019 Medicaid Fiscal Cliff

Forestalling the Medicaid
funding shortfall

Pursuing long-term
economic development tools

Promoting an effective
reconstruction process