Catholic Charities USA has given the Karidat Social Services a grant of $233,948 that will be used to provide rental assistance to families who remain displaced and homeless after Super Typhoon Yutu hit the CNMI in October 2018.<\/p>\n
The grant will run for three years.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith this grant, it will provide eligible applicants a three-month rental assistance in order to put them in a place where it is safe while they are working on repairing their house,\u201d said acting Karidat executive director Judith Pangelinan.<\/p>\n
In an interview with the disaster case manager Emma Corpuz, she stressed that the families or individuals that avail of this grant must be employed so that after the three-month assistance is up, the families will be able to support themselves.<\/p>\n
Beneficiariesmust not be a recipient of the Federal Emergency Management Agency\u2019s temporary housing program called VALOR, FEMA\u2019s permanent housing assistance, or other federal programs.<\/p>\n
Karidat ask that the applicants provide employment verification, two latest check stubs, and other income verifications\u2014if you receive social security or disability benefits.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s hard, especially if you are supporting an x amount of people and you\u2019re still living in a tent or live somewhere where it\u2019s not safe. How can you save for an apartment if you have a lot of obligations already?\u201d asked Corpuz.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re so grateful and happy to be able to assist those that are seeking assistance from us,\u201d said Pangelinan.<\/p>\n
According to Corpuz, they have already helped one client so far.<\/p>\n
Corpuz was the disaster case manager for the VALOR program for about 6 months until she got employed into Karidat Social Service on Oct. 15, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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