Eagle Times Staff
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be is sending nearly $13 million to New Hampshire to reimburse the state for the cost of contract labor and information technology used to support vaccine administration during the COVID-19 pandemic.
One grant of $11,860,000 will reimburse the state’s Health and Human Services Department for contracted labor at vaccination sites between March 2021 and June 2022. A total of 34,706 vaccinations were administered throughout the state, FEMA announced.
A second grant of $1,014,042 will help pay for the purchase of technology to run vaccinations sites.
Between January 2021 and June 2022, the department installed computers, software, power supplies and additional equipment at more than 200 vaccination sites.
“FEMA is pleased to be able to assist the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services 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.”
So far, FEMA has provided more than $246 million in Public Assistance grants to New Hampshire to reimburse the state for pandemic-related expenses.
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