News and Media: Disaster 4496

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $1.4 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse Boston University for the cost of paying employees to staff an on-campus testing laboratory during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending nearly $13.2 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse UMass Memorial Health Care for the cost of contracting for temporary nursing staff and paying existing staff for additional work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $1.2 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse Southcoast Hospitals Group, Inc. for the cost of contracting for additional nursing staff to handle increased patient loads during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $1.3 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse Lahey Clinic Hospital for the cost of paying overtime and other steps taken during the COVID-19 pandemic to protect patients, staff, visitors and the community.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $4.5 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the costs of testing students, staff and faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic.