BOSTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $3.3 million to the State of Vermont to reimburse it for the costs of providing testing for the public during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The $3,336,115 in Public Assistance grants will reimburse the Vermont Agency of Human Services for the cost of using staff and contractors to provide COVID-19 tests statewide between December 2020 and June 2022.
One grant of $1,268,260 will cover the costs of purchasing and distributing 217,050 COVID-19 antigen tests between January and May 2022.
A second grant will provide $2,067,855 for performing 114,251 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and antigen tests at state buildings and public facilities for state employees and visitors; state-run correctional facilities for inmates, staff, and visitors; public and non-profit schools; non-profit long-term care facilities; and public and non-profit summer camps between December 2020 and June 2022.
“FEMA is pleased to be able to assist the State of Vermont 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.”