Vermont Receives $1.9 Million Federal Grant for Emergency Feeding During the Coronavirus Pandemic

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June 16, 2021

REGION 1 – FEMA reimbursed the Vermont Agency of Human Services (AHS) $1,901,466 recently for the state’s Emergency Feeding Program during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.

FEMA provided funds through a grant awarded by its Public Assistance (PA) Grant Program. The grant covered 100% of the Emergency Feeding Program’s eligible costs submitted by AHS from Jan. 1 through April 27 for work by the Vermont Foodbank (www.vtfoodbank.org), the largest hunger-relief organization in the state. FEMA’s PA Program reimburses eligible applicants for actions taken in the immediate response to and during recovery from a major disaster.

AHS contracted with Barre-based, Vermont Foodbank for emergency feeding services to Vermonters in need related to Farmers to Families Food Box Programs from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the State of Vermont. The costs incurred in this project were above and beyond what USDA would cover. The foodbank distributed food boxes to local distribution centers.

“We are pleased to provide funds to reimburse the State of Vermont for the tremendous efforts it took to help feed Vermonters during the coronavirus pandemic this year,” said Acting Region 1 Administrator and Federal Coordinating Officer Paul Ford, who oversees FEMA’s operations throughout New England. “We have reimbursed our valued state partner more than $5.8 million for its Emergency Feeding Program this year.”

This is the third PA Program grant in 2021 for Vermont’s Emergency Feeding Program. On May 18, FEMA announced a $1,947,350 grant to the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD). That grant covered the innovative Vermont Everyone Eats (VEE) Program, which provided nutritious meals to high-risk populations impacted by COVID-19 throughout Vermont from March 15 through April 11. Previously, the agency announced a $1,972,612 grant to ACCD which covered the VEE Program for high-risk populations impacted by coronavirus statewide from Jan. 18 through March 14.

As of June 16, FEMA’s PA Program obligated more than $232 million in 115 projects related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Vermont.

Eligible applicants for the PA Program include states, commonwealths, localities, certain types of private non-profit organizations, federally recognized Tribes and territories. Additional information about the program is at https://www.fema.gov/public-assistance-local-state-tribal-and-non-profit.

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