BOSTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending nearly $4.1 million to the State of New Hampshire to reimburse the state for the cost of providing testing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The $4,080,860 FEMA Public Assistance grant to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services will reimburse it for contracting to provide 22,988 COVID-19 tests between October and December 2021.
The state contracted with Clear ChoiceMD MSO, LLC to set up testing sites at four Clear ChoiceMD Urgent Care locations in Nashua, Claremont, Manchester, and Newington. These were walk-in sites serving the general public.
“FEMA is pleased to be able to assist the State of New Hampshire with these costs,” said FEMA Region 1 Regional Administrator Lori Ehrlich. “Providing resources for our partners on the front lines of the pandemic fight is critical to their success, and our success as a nation.”
FEMA’s Public Assistance program is an essential source of funding for states and communities recovering from a federally declared disaster or emergency.
So far, FEMA has provided more than $137 million in Public Assistance grants to New Hampshire to reimburse the state for pandemic-related expenses.