FEMA AWARDS MORE THAN $2.7 MILLION TO PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY FOR
COVID TESTING
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20220830/fema-awards-more-2-7-million-plymouth-state-university-covid-testing]


Release Date: 
August 29, 2022 

BOSTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending
more than $2.7 million to the State of New Hampshire to reimburse
Plymouth State University for the cost of providing testing for
students and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The $2,731,448 FEMA Public Assistance grant to the public university
in Plymouth will reimburse it for contracting to provide 27,313
COVID-19 tests between July 2020 and July 2021.

“FEMA is pleased to be able to assist Plymouth State University with
these costs,” said FEMA Region 1 Regional Administrator Lori
Ehrlich. “Providing resources for our institutions of higher
education to combat the COVID-19 pandemic is critical to their
success, and to 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 $151 million in Public Assistance
grants to New Hampshire to reimburse the state for pandemic-related
expenses.