REGION 1 – FEMA recently awarded a $1,972,612 grant to the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) for the state’s Emergency Feeding Program.
The grant covers 100% of the costs of the state’s “Vermont Everyone Eats” program, which provides nutritious meals to high-risk populations impacted by COVID-19 throughout Vermont. The program is administered by the Westminster-based Southeastern Vermont Community Action.
This project was funded through FEMA’s Public Assistance Program which reimburses eligible applicants for actions taken in the immediate response and during recovery from a major disaster. Eligible applicants include states, local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations.
“We are pleased to provide funds to ACCD to help accomplish the mission of feeding Vermonters who are struggling as a result of COVID-19,” said Acting Region 1 Administrator and Federal Coordinating Officer Paul Ford, who oversees FEMA’s operations throughout New England. “We will continue to work closely with ACCD and the State of Vermont as our shared efforts to respond to this pandemic continues.”
FEMA obligated more than $318.6 million related to the pandemic in Vermont, as of April 22.
Additional information about FEMA’s PA Program is at https://www.fema.gov/public-assistance-local-state-tribal-and-non-profit.
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