FEMA AWARDS $78 MILLION TO IOWA FOR COVID-19 RESPONSE
[https://www.fema.gov/news-release/20200514/fema-awards-78-million-iowa-covid-19-response]


Release Date: 
5月 7, 2020 

KANSAS CITY, MO – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has
obligated $78 million to the State of Iowa to help reimburse eligible
expenses for emergency protective measures that the state has incurred
as a result of its response to COVID-19.

The grant funds, awarded by FEMA’s Public Assistance (PA) Grant
Program, were made available Thursday, May 6, and are authorized under
a major disaster declaration approved by President Trump on March 29
for the entire state. In total, FEMA has provided nearly $150 million
to date in support of the state’s COVID-19 efforts. 

The money reimburses 75 percent of projected eligible costs associated
with buying essential Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and medical
supplies and equipment during the months of May and June 2020.  The
supplies include medical gowns, surgical masks, face shields, safety
glasses and gloves, disinfectant, respirators and viral swab
collections kits.

This obligation also includes: $19.5 million in contract services for
TestIowa, $35,000 in contract services associated with overseas PPE
purchases and $13.7 million for additional medical supplies and
equipment for the month of April.  All figures represent the 75
percent federal share.  The 25 percent is paid by the grant
recipient.

“We are pleased to provide this significant grant to the State of
Iowa to help them manage the financial demands that they’re
experiencing as a result of COVID-19,” said Paul Taylor, FEMA Region
VII Administrator. “We will continue to work closely with them as
our shared efforts to respond to this pandemic continue.”

IN ADDITION TO THE $78 MILLION, FEMA HAS OBLIGATED THE FOLLOWING MONEY
FOR IOWA (75 PERCENT FEDERAL SHARE):

	* $44 million to reimburse eligible costs for buying essential PPE,
medical supplies and equipment for March and April;
	* $4 million to reimburse state administrative costs associated with
COVID-19 response;
	* $17 million to pay costs associated with the deployment of Iowa
National Guard members deployed under Title 32 authorities;
	* $4.2 million to the Veterans Health Administration to pay for use
of up to 20 beds at VA facilities and to pay for extra nursing care at
state veteran’s facility. 

**Note:  Numbers are rounded to the nearest million and represent
money made available to the state.  Final dollars will be determined
after expenses are reconciled so totals may differ.

The Public Assistance program provides grants at a 75/25 cost share to
state and local governments, tribal nations and certain non-profit
entities to assist with eligible costs associated with responding to
and recovering from disasters.

For COVID-19, FEMA has simplified the Public Assistance application
and funding process to address the magnitude of this event and to
allow local officials to receive eligible funding more quickly. These
reimbursements can play a critical role in helping local, state and
tribal officials assist their communities during this response.

The current disaster declaration for Iowa authorizes help with
Emergency Protective Measures, which includes the purchase of PPE,
durable medical equipment, and consumable medical supplies necessary
to respond to COVID-19 cases.

The disaster declaration also authorizes Direct Federal Assistance to
help governmental entities and tribal nations with certain
COVID-related actions that the states, localities and tribes
themselves cannot undertake at this time for some reason, such as the
inability to use their own personnel to perform a function or an
inability to contract with someone else to do the work.

 

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