FEMA AWARDS NEARLY $5.6 MILLION TO CONNECTICUT FOR COVID QUARANTINE,
PREVENTION COSTS
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20231205/fema-awards-nearly-5-6-million-connecticut-covid-quarantine-prevention-costs]


Release Date: 
十二月 4, 0023 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending almost $5.6
million to the State of Connecticut to reimburse it for the cost of
quarantining corrections workers and other steps taken to prevent the
spread of the coronavirus during the pandemic.

A pair of Public Assistance grants totaling $5,575,235 will reimburse
the Connecticut Department of Correction for the cost of paying for
hotel rooms for isolation and quarantine sheltering and for purchasing
personal protective equipment (PPE) and other protective measures.

One grant of $3,176,069 will reimburse the department for the cost of
renting rooms at 58 local hotels for a total of 190,013 room days
between April 2020 and April 2021 for quarantine sheltering for
employees who were symptomatic, tested positive for COVID-19, or were
exposed to someone with COVID-19.

A second grant of $2,399,166 will reimburse the Department of
Correction for purchasing PPE such as gloves, disposable protective
wear, N95 respirators, and goggles, and cleaning and disinfection
supplies, as well as contracting for enhanced cleaning and
disinfection services.

The department also paid to provide individually packaged meals to be
delivered to inmates in their cells to limit cross contamination and
avoid congregation of large groups in the mess hall between March 2020
and June 2021.

“FEMA is pleased to be able to assist to the State of Connecticut
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 over $910 million in Public Assistance
grants to Connecticut to reimburse the state for pandemic-related
expenses.