FEMA AWARDS VERMONT NEARLY $3 MILLION FOR COVID EMERGENCY TESTING
COSTS
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20250602/fema-awards-vermont-nearly-3-million-covid-emergency-testing-costs]


Release Date: 
May 18, 2023 

BOSTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending
almost $3 million to the State of Vermont to reimburse the costs of
providing wraparound services for testing during the COVID-19
pandemic.

The $2,936,510 Public Assistance grant to the Vermont Agency of Human
Services for contracting with CIC Health for various services to
support COVID-19 testing around the state between February and July
2022.

Those services included facility rent/lease costs; postage and
delivery of the test vials and specimens; tech equipment to set up
testing sites; cleaning services and cleaning supplies for the test
sites; materials and supplies used at test sites; and contractor labor
costs associated with running test sites.

The testing occurred at community-based testing sites for the general
public; state buildings and state public facilities; correctional
facilities; public and non-profit schools; non-profit long-term care
facilities; and public and non-profit summer camps.

“FEMA is pleased to be able to assist the State of Vermont 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 over $481 million in
grants to Vermont to reimburse the state for pandemic-related
expenses.