Federal Aid Opens in Juiz de Fora as City Details Recovery Plan After Rains

Overview

• A one-time federal payment of R$7,300 is now available to affected residents, and the city announced a R$800 transfer for CadÚnico families with destroyed or interdicted homes, scheduled to be deposited on March 23.
• City data show 8,880 people displaced, 1,008 homes destroyed, and 4,255 inspections completed with 1,150 requests pending, with Defense Civil staffing expanding toward 125 to speed assessments.
• Nearly R$60 million will rebuild five municipal schools in Juiz de Fora and one in Ubá, and R$5.08 million through the PDDE will fund immediate repairs across the municipal network.
• Most education services have resumed with 79 of 103 municipal schools and 49 of 50 creches operating, leaving about 1,600 students out of class while roughly 25,000 have returned.
• The federal government will resume construction of the HU-UFJF with R$214 million for a 310-bed hospital including 85 ICU beds, and PAC-authorized works total R$373 million for drainage and R$233 million for slope containment now moving through pre-execution steps.