FEMA PROVIDES $3.1 MILLION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOSPITALS AND
CLINICS
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230510/fema-provides-31-million-university-utah-hospitals-and-clinics]


Release Date: 
August 5, 2021 

DENVER – The Federal Emergency Management Agency has provided $3.1
million in Public Assistance funding for the University of Utah
Hospitals and Clinics COVID-19 response. The assistance was made
available under a major disaster declaration issued April 4, 2020.
FEMA has provided a total of $100.6 million for Utah’s COVID-19
response to date.

The $3.1 million was received by the University of Utah Hospitals and
Clinics:

 	* $1.2 million to rent humidifiers and ventilators to support the
increased capacity of COVID-19 positive patients. Additionally, the
University purchased personal protective equipment (PPE), medical
supplies and equipment, powered air purifying respirators (PAPR), and
disinfection supplies. Work in this project was completed from
01/21/2020 through 12/31/2020.

 

 	* $1.9 million to rent humidifiers and ventilators to support the
increased capacity of COVID-19 positive patients. Additionally, the
University purchased personal protective equipment (PPE), medical
supplies, and equipment. Work in this project was completed from
1/1/2021 through 4/30/2021.

This funding is authorized under the January 21, 2021, Presidential
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense & the Secretary of Homeland
Security and Section 403 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.

For the COVID-19 response, FEMA has simplified the Public Assistance
application and funding process to address the magnitude of this event
and to allow local officials to receive eligible funding more quickly.
These reimbursements play a critical role as state, local and tribal
officials work tirelessly to assist their communities during this
response.

Additional information about FEMA’s Public Assistance program can be
found at www.fema.gov/assistance/public
[http://www.fema.gov/assistance/public].