BOSTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending almost $2 million to the State of New Hampshire to reimburse it for some of the costs of purchasing testing supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The $1,960,000 FEMA Public Assistance grant to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services will reimburse it for purchasing supplies to administer COVID-19 tests between January 2020 and July 2022, specifically 2,000,000 six-inch sterile collection swabs.
“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 $214 million in Public Assistance grants to New Hampshire to reimburse the state for pandemic-related expenses.