Government of the United States Virgin Islands

Governor Bryan Submits Legislation To Reform USVI Mental Health System

Behavioral Health and Disability Act Would Establish Territory’s First Facility For Behavioral and Mental Health, Development Disabilities and Substance Abuse U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has submitted legislation to the 33rd Legislature to overhaul and reform the Territory’s mental health system with sweeping changes that address gaps in services to residents who suffer from […]

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V.I. Housing Finance Authority Receives Second Tranche of HUD Recovery Funding

ST. CROIX, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority (VIHFA) Executive Director Daryl Griffith announced today that the grant agreement for the second allocation of Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery (CDGB-DR) funding totaling $779,217,000 was recently transmitted from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Albert Bryan for signature.

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FEMA Awards the Territory $233 Million To Pay STEP Program Contractors and Other Costs

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Governor Albert Bryan Jr. announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded the Territory $232,919,518 in federal funding to use to cover costs of the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority’s Sheltering and Temporary Essential Power Pilot Program (STEP). The STEP Program ended in April and was designed to allow residents to

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Governor Bryan Thanks 33rd Legislature, Calls for Collaboration on Long-Term Solution for WAPA

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS— Following today’s vote to reprogram funds to pay Vitol, Governor Albert Bryan Jr. thanked senators of the 33rd Legislature for working collaboratively with the executive branch to address the VI Water and Power Authority’s (WAPA) propane supply crisis. “Thank you to the senators who voted in favor of reappropriating funds to avert

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Governor Bryan, 33rd Legislature Identify Funding to Resume Supply of Propane Gas to WAPA

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — During a follow-up meeting Monday at Government House, Governor Albert Bryan Jr., Lieutenant Governor Tregenza Roach and all 15 senators of the 33rd Legislature, have identified funding to meet the V.I. Water and Power Authority’s outstanding obligation to its propane supplier, Vitol. The Legislature has scheduled an Emergency Legislative session for

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Governor Bryan, 33rd Legislature Discuss Solutions to WAPA Propane Crisis in Emergency Meeting

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Governor Albert Bryan Jr., Lt. Gov. Tregenza Roach and all 15 senators of the 33rd Legislature, in an emergency meeting held today, agreed to work collaboratively to identify funding to meet VI Water and Power Authority’s outstanding obligation to Vitol, in an effort to stave off an energy crisis that may leave ratepayers

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Bryan/Roach Administration Issues Additional $16.1 Million in Income Tax Refunds

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—The Virgin Islands Finance Department issued $16.1 million in income tax refunds with disbursements of $9.5 million last week on Thursday, December 12, and an additional $6.6 million on Thursday, December 19. In Fiscal Year 2020 to date, which began on October 1, 2019, the Bryan/Roach Administration has issued $34.8 million in income

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Governor Bryan, Department of Human Services Say “Medicaid Cliff” Will Be Averted Before Christmas

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Governor Albert Bryan Jr. and the Virgin Islands Department of Human Services announced that the infamous “Medicaid Cliff” (running out of Medicaid money when the current federal funding was to expire at the end of this year) has been averted. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a proposed budget agreement that contains a

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