FEMA AWARDS MORE THAN $1.5 MILLION TO MAINE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER
FOR COVID STAFFING EXPENSES
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20220927/fema-awards-more-1-5-million-maine-general-medical-center-covid-staffing]


Release Date: 
September 26, 2022 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $1.5
million to the State of Maine to reimburse Maine General Medical
Center for the cost of paying overtime for staff during the COVID-19
pandemic.

The $1,523,580 Public Assistance grant will go to the non-profit
health system headquartered in Augusta to cover the cost of having
part-time and float staff work additional shifts above and beyond
their regular schedule to provide emergency medical care services in
departments with high volumes of COVID-19 patients between December
2021 and April 2022.

“FEMA is pleased to be able to assist Maine General Medical Center
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.”

So far, FEMA has provided almost $158 million in Public Assistance
grants to Maine to reimburse the state for pandemic-related expenses.