News and Media: Disaster 4532

REGION 1 – FEMA approved $4,131,524 for the State of Vermont to help the Vermont Agency of Human Services defray the costs of preparing for and responding to COVID-19 under FEMA’s Public Assistance Program.

REGION I – Vermont’s Department of Public Safety will receive $1,115,736 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for state management costs as a result of the major disaster declaration for Vermont’s COVID-19 Pandemic.  

Montpelier, VT ­– For weeks, Vermont garnered attention, posting some of the lowest numbers for confirmed new cases of COVID-19 in the nation, according to information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Yet, Gov. Phil Scott isn’t taking any chances. As the month of August began, Scott ushered in a mandatory mask requirement for the state of Vermont. Public schools will reopen September 8th to give faculty and staff more time to prepare for teaching in this unfamiliar pandemic environment.

REGION 1 – FEMA approved $12,516,240 for the State of Vermont to help the Vermont Agency of Human Services (VAHS) defray the costs of preparing for and responding to COVID-19 under FEMA’s Public Assistance Program.

FEMA funds will reimburse VAHS for emergency measures taken to protect life and property throughout the state. VAHS contracted with hotels/motels to provide non-congregate housing and sheltering for high risk populations by providing a safe place to self-isolate during the COVID-19 crisis.

WASHINGTON — FEMA announced that federal emergency aid has been made available for the state of Vermont to supplement the state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020 and continuing.