FEMA AWARDS VERMONT NEARLY $1.7 MILLION FOR COVID SHELTERING COSTS
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20220621/fema-awards-vermont-nearly-1-7-million-covid-sheltering-costs]


Release Date: 
Tháng 6 21, 2022 

BOSTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending
nearly $1.7 million to the State of Vermont to reimburse the costs of
providing non-congregate sheltering for the homeless during the
COVID-19 pandemic.

The $1,696,237 Public Assistance grant will go to the Vermont Agency
of Human Services for contracting with two hotels – Harbor Place in
Shelburne and the Ho Hum Motel in South Burlington – to provide
rooms between October 2020 and March 2022. The state also contracted
for transportation costs to return shelter occupants back to their
original communities once cleared to do so by a healthcare
professional.

“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 more than $359
million in grants to Vermont to reimburse the state for
pandemic-related expenses.