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FEMA has provided more than $7 Million in additional funds to support Colorado COVID response efforts

FEMA has awarded the State of Colorado $94.7 million for operation of COVID-19 vaccination facilities

Denver - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved $3.7 million in additional funding for COVID-19 response efforts in the City and County of Denver. This is in addition to $57 million that Denver received earlier through an expedited process. To date, FEMA has paid more than $405.5 million in Public Assistance funding for COVID-19 response in Colorado. The assistance was made available under a major disaster declaration issued March 28, 2020.

DENVER – In the year since a National Emergency Declaration was issued for the Coronavirus Pandemic, FEMA Region 8 has provided more the $1.4 billion in assistance to states and tribal nations; nearly $32 million of that amount has directly supported state or local vaccination clinics. Region 8 encompasses the states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming along with the 29 federally recognized tribal nations within those boundaries.

FEMA has provided an additional $2.5 million in funding for COVID-19 response efforts in Colorado.