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The Puerto Rico Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development (Spanish: Oficina para el Desarrollo Socioeconómico y Comunitario de Puerto Rico (ODSEC)) is a government agency of Puerto Rico that manages projects to improve and develop "Special Communities of Puerto Rico", (Spanish: Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico). The agency works ...
Because of this, Puerto Rico has been called the "welfare island". [7] People from the Dominican Republic do many of the jobs in Puerto Rico that pay too little to attract the locals. [7] However, proponents of the program argue that Puerto Rico's social condition is in far worse shape than any of the 50 U.S. states. [33]
Public welfare in Puerto Rico is a system of nutrition assistance, public health, education, and subsidized public housing, among others, provided to the impoverished population of the island. Federal programs
Puerto Rico's indigent population has relied exclusively on the local government for their healthcare needs since the start of the island's commonwealth status. The government maintained several hospitals, emergency centers, and free clinics , including the Rio Piedras Medical Center ( Centro Médico in Spanish) which is considered the largest ...
The secretary of housing of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Secretario de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico) is responsible for homeownership, affordable housing, and community assistance programs in Puerto Rico. [ 1 ]
The Puerto Rico Department of Family Affairs (Spanish: Departamento de Asuntos Familiares de Puerto Rico) is responsible for all matters related to the sociology of the family and social work in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. [1] [2] [3]
The agency carries out awareness campaigns to help prevent suicide. In 2021 the agency launched VIVE (Life) an awareness campaign The agency has a 24-hour crisis hotline called Línea PAS. [6] In 2020 the hotline reported an increase in calls as a result of the 2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes and due to COVID-19 pandemic related anxiety. [7] [8]
The Puerto Rico Department of Housing, created in 1972, [9] succeeded the Urban Renewal and Housing Corporation, or Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda (CRUV, its Spanish acronym), [10] which was created in the late 1950s to succeed the Puerto Rico Housing Authority, created by Gov. Luis Muñoz Marín and headed by Juan César Cordero ...