FEMA AWARDS NEARLY $3.2 MILLION TO BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION
FOR COVID TESTING COSTS
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20231215/fema-awards-nearly-3-2-million-boston-public-health-commission-covid-testing]


Release Date: 
December 14, 2023 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending almost $3.2
million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse the Boston
Public Health Commission for the cost of providing testing during the
COVID-19 pandemic.

The $3,189,657 Public Assistance grant will reimburse the Boston
Public Health Commission for the cost of contracting for mobile
COVID-19 testing units between July 2022 and May 2023.

That included setting up local testing sites, test registration,
interpreter services, educational resources and performing 19,484
COVID-19 PCR tests and providing test results. 

“FEMA is pleased to be able to assist the Boston Public Health
Commission with these costs,” said FEMA Region 1 Regional
Administrator Lori Ehrlich. “Reimbursing state, county, and
municipal governments – as well as eligible non-profits and tribal
entities – for the costs incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic is an
important part of our nation’s ongoing recovery.”

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 $2.6 billion in Public Assistance
grants to Massachusetts to reimburse the commonwealth for
pandemic-related expenses.