FEMA AWARDS STATE OF RHODE ISLAND OVER $4.7 MILLION FOR COVID
TECHNOLOGY COSTS
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230109/fema-awards-state-rhode-island-over-4-7-million-covid-technology-costs]


Release Date: 
enero 6, 2022 

BOSTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending
more than $4.7 million to the State of Rhode Island to reimburse the
state health department for the cost of technology it used to help
fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

The $4,743,894 FEMA Public Assistance grant will go to the Rhode
Island Department of Health (RIDOH) for the cost of using technology
and data analytics to fight the pandemic between January and June
2022.

The data analytics and modeling team disseminated important metrics to
various audiences, including policy decision makers, middle operations
managers in testing, case investigation, and community mitigation, and
the general public, including:

 	* Brown University and IBM utilizing testing data to identify
patterns of risk for important subpopulations;
 	* Investigation of risk and protective factors from an
epidemiological perspective, including geography, demographics, and an
assessment of potential bias due to missing race/ethnicity
information;
 	* A statewide survey to understand and monitor beliefs about
COVID-19 and why people were or weren’t getting vaccinated;
 	* Modeling of COVID-19 hospital demand, and comparative modeling of
alternative scenarios for opening up the economy.

“FEMA is pleased to be able to assist the State of Rhode Island with
these costs,” said FEMA Region 1 Regional Administrator Lori
Ehrlich. “Providing resources for our partners on the front lines of
the pandemic fight is critical to their success, and our success as a
nation.”

FEMA’s Public Assistance program is an essential source of funding
for states and communities recovering from a federally declared
disaster or emergency.

This grant brings the total awarded by FEMA to the State of Rhode
Island to almost $600 million to reimburse the state for
pandemic-related expenses.