FEMA PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL $17.6 MILLION TO COLORADO FOR COVID-19
RESPONSE
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230510/fema-provides-additional-176-million-colorado-covid-19-response]


DENVER – FEMA has approved more than $17.6 million in additional
Public Assistance funding for the COVID-19 response in Colorado. The
assistance was made available under a major disaster declaration
issued April 4, 2020. FEMA has provided more than $963 million for the
Colorado COVID-19 response to date.

The latest round of FEMA funding includes:

 	* $14.3 million to the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy &
Finance for vaccines.
 	* $3.3 million to Denver County for labor, contracts, and materials
to set up tents and owned mobile units to conduct COVID-19 testing at
the Pepsi Center and various locations throughout the Denver Metro
Area.

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, tribal and local
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].