FOLLOWING UNPRECEDENTED RESPONSE TO PANDEMIC, FEMA ANNOUNCES THE
AGENCY WILL CLOSE ALL COVID-19 DISASTER DECLARATION INCIDENT PERIODS
ON MAY 11
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230209/following-unprecedented-response-pandemic-fema-announces-agency-will-close]


Release Date: 
2월 9, 2023 

WASHINGTON -- In recognition of FEMA’s unprecedented response to the
COVID-19 pandemic and following the Biden-Harris Administration’s
determination regarding the end of the Public Health Emergency and
National Emergency declarations, the agency announced today that all
COVID-19 incident periods will close on May 11.  

FEMA will publish a Federal Register Notice providing a 90-day advance
notice to government partners and stakeholders that eligibility of
work and reimbursable costs will end on May 11. 

“Since COVID-19 entered our lives three years ago, FEMA has stood
strong on the front lines alongside our partners to help people and
communities nationwide respond to this virus. Our direct support
allowed health systems to remain staffed and equipped to deliver care,
food remained on the tables of anyone who needed it, and all levels of
government had the financial assistance to support their communities
by providing billions of dollars in emergency funding,” said FEMA
ADMINISTRATOR DEANNE CRISWELL. “We will never forget our loved ones
who were lost or the lives that were upended during this difficult
chapter in our nation’s history. The lessons we learned as an
agency, as a government, and as a nation have made us stronger and
more prepared for the next emergency.”

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, FEMA has provided more than $104
billion in assistance to state, local, tribal and territorial
governments, as well as non-profits and survivors. Of those funds,
almost $60 billion in funding went to a number of state, local, tribal
and territorial governments and eligible private non-profits for more
than 23,000 emergency projects. Another $2.9 billion was awarded in
funeral assistance for more than 400,000 individuals and families, $37
billion in lost wages assistance and $386 million in crisis
counseling services. 

FEMA also supported an unprecedented vaccination effort, opening pilot
community vaccination clinics to help advance equity and ensure that
the most vulnerable communities were protected, resulting in 58% of
the people served being people of color. Additionally, to ensure that
the most vulnerable communities were protected, FEMA brought in
language specialists and disability and civil rights advisors, and it
worked with each community to identify its specific needs and to help
it overcome barriers. 

The COVID-19 disaster declarations are the longest in FEMA’s
history.

FEMA will arrange programmatic briefing and share webinars as well as
make experts available for all stakeholders impacted by the closure.
More information will be available in the coming weeks.