FEMA Awards More Than $1.1 Million To City of Hartford For COVID Costs

BOSTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $1.1 million to the State of Connecticut to reimburse the City of Hartford for the costs of protecting the public during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The $1,102,053 FEMA Public Assistance grant to the city will reimburse it for the cost of having city workers and contractors distribute personal protective equipment (PPE) to essential workers and local citizens; provide cleaning and disinfecting supplies for city buildings and congregate and non-congregate sheltering for homeless individuals and families; and provide temporary staffing services for the city’s homeless shelters /isolation centers between April and December 2020.

The grant also covers the cost of renting the 1st Company Governor's Foot Guard Armory for use as a shelter for quarantining persons who tested positive; transportation of residents to medical facilities; and cleaning and disinfecting the armory after use.

“FEMA is pleased to be able to assist the State of Connecticut 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 almost $466 million in Public Assistance grants to Connecticut to reimburse the state for pandemic-related expenses.