FEMA AWARDS MORE THAN $1 MILLION TO SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY FOR COVID
TESTING EXPENSES
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230510/fema-awards-more-1-million-sacred-heart-university-covid-testing-expenses]


Release Date: 
May 16, 2022 

BOSTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending
more than $1 million to the State of Connecticut to reimburse Sacred
Heart University for the costs of providing testing during the
COVID-19 pandemic.

The private Catholic university in Fairfield will receive a total of
$1,047,555 in federal funding through FEMA’s Public Assistance grant
program to reimburse it for the costs of steps taken to operate safely
between March and December 2020, including:

 	* $1,000,031 for 6,109 diagnostic screening tests of students and
staff for COVID-19; and
 	* $47,524 for the cost of purchasing 436 rapid test kits

“FEMA is pleased to be able to assist Sacred Heart University 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 nearly $403 million in Public Assistance
grants to Connecticut to reimburse the state for pandemic-related
expenses.

Additional information about FEMA’s Public Assistance program is
available
at https://www.fema.gov/public-assistance-local-state-tribal-and-non-profit.
To learn more about the COVID-19 response in Connecticut, please visit
https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4500.