News and Media: Disaster 4506

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PHILADELPHIA – The Federal Emergency Management Agency has provided more than $4 billion to Region 3 states and the District of Columbia for costs related to saving lives and protecting the public from COVID-19. In addition to Washington, DC, Region 3 includes Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Funds were distributed among local partners, state partners, school districts, other public entities, and certain private nonprofits.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Region 3 has provided more than $3 billion to local and state agencies, school districts, nonprofits and other public entities in the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia for costs related to saving lives and protecting people during the COVID-19 mission.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently deployed staff and a Mobile Vaccination Unit, a self-contained vaccination center on wheels, and staff to support the City of Philadelphia’s pandemic fight.
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FEMA has amended the agency’s COVID-19 funeral assistance policy to assist with COVID-19 related fatalities that occurred in the early months of the pandemic. This policy change will allow applicants to submit a statement or letter from the death certificate’s certifying official, medical examiner, or coroner that attributes the death to COVID-19 fatalities that occurred between Jan. 20 and May 16, 2020.
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FEMA Corps team Gulf 4 launched their first service mission in Philadelphia on April 24, 2021 in support of the City’s Vaccination Mission.
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FEMA Corps Gulf 4 team leader Darby McMonagle strategizes canvassing outreach efforts with staff from FEMA, FEMA Corps, and AmeriCorps.
FEMA Corps Team Gulf 4 Supports Philadelphia Vaccination Outreach Efforts 3

FEMA Corps Gulf 4 team leader Darby McMonagle strategizes canvassing outreach efforts with staff from FEMA, FEMA Corps, and AmeriCorps. (Photo by Andy Avitt/U.S. Forestry Service)

Omar Lloyd, FEMA Corps team Gulf 4 member, hangs a flyer while canvassing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
FEMA Corps Team Gulf 4 Supports Philadelphia Vaccination Outreach Efforts 2

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Pennsylvania; FEMA-4506-DR

Report on Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA) information for FEMA-4506-DR; Pennsylvania as a result of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020, and continuing.