FEMA AWARDS OVER $1.1 MILLION TO CITY OF LAWRENCE FOR COVID-19
FEEDING COSTS
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20221223/fema-awards-over-1-1-million-city-lawrence-covid-19-feeding-costs]


Release Date: 
Desanm 23, 2022 

BOSTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending
more than $1.1 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to
reimburse the City of Lawrence for the costs of providing meals and
food for needy populations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The $1,127,637 Public Assistance grant will reimburse the city for the
cost of operating a food pantry and providing meals as well as
contracting to deliver meals to those unable to access food due to
quarantine, those deemed high risk and vulnerable, and those facing
food insecurity as a result of the pandemic between June 2020 and July
2021.

During that time period, a total of 84,470 meals were provided to
elderly, low income, homeless, and COVID positive individuals in
Lawrence.

“FEMA is pleased to be able to assist the City of Lawrence 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.

So far, FEMA has provided more than $1.5 billion in Public Assistance
grants to Massachusetts to reimburse the commonwealth for
pandemic-related expenses.