FEMA AWARDS OVER $5.5 MILLION TO LOWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR COVID
STAFFING, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20250122/fema-awards-over-55-million-lowell-general-hospital-covid-staffing]


Release Date: 
三月 15, 2024 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $5.5
million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse Lowell
General Hospital for the cost of hiring temporary nursing staff and
some administrative costs incurred responding to the COVID-19
pandemic. 

The $5,515,683 in Public Assistance grants will reimburse the hospital
– part of the Tufts Medicine health system – for the cost of
contracting with two companies for additional nursing staff, and for
costs associated with administering FEMA grants that it received.

One grant of $2,126,750 will pay back the costs of Medical Solutions
providing 51 staff who worked a total of 10,645 hours and Vital
Contingent Planning providing 21 staff who worked a total of 6,360
hours between December 2022 and May 2023. 

A second grant of $3,388,933 will reimburse Lowell General Hospital
for the direct and indirect administrative costs of activities like
tracking and accounting for items related to FEMA grants awarded for
pandemic-related expenses. The administrative costs are calculated as
a percentage of the grants provided to the hospital.

“FEMA is pleased to be able to assist Lowell General Hospital 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 $2.8 billion in Public Assistance
grants to Massachusetts to reimburse the commonwealth for
pandemic-related expenses.