FEMA awards $22 Million to Idaho for COVID-19 Response
FEMA
BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is awarding $22 million to the Idaho Office of Emergency Management (IOEM) to reimburse the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare for emergency protective measures taken during the ongoing COVID-19 response.
These protective measures support the distribution and administration of COVID-19 vaccination efforts throughout the state. They include an increase in resources and staffing to support vaccine administration, equipment and supplies purchases for safe COVID-19 vaccine distribution and developing effective strategies to increase vaccine access to vulnerable populations, such as establishing mobile vaccination clinics.
BOISE â Saint Alphonsus Health System is proud to receive a Federal Emergency Management Agency vaccination trailer, or Mobile Vaccine Unit, to serve rural communities in Southwestern Idaho. Saint Alphonsus is the only health system and vaccine provider in Idaho selected by FEMA to operate the unit, based on the systemâs demonstrated ability to scale up mobile vaccine operations.Â
Saint Alphonsus has been providing improved vaccine access to underserved and rural areas in the Treasure Valley and Eastern Oregon since early March. The health system will focus its initial outreach clinics with the MVU in Public Health Districts 3 and 4, Southwest District Health and Central District Health Departments.Â
Updated: 2:50 PM MDT April 22, 2021
BOISE, Idaho Saint Alphonsus will soon be heading into more rural Idaho communities to provide people with the COVID-19 vaccine.
The health system announced it s receiving a FEMA vaccination trailer, or Mobile Vaccine Unit (MVU), to serve several rural communities in southwestern Idaho.
Saint Alphonsus is the only health system and vaccine provider in Idaho selected by FEMA to operate the MVU. This FEMA trailer will help us to expand our successful mobile vaccination program orchestrated by our Community Health & Well-Being team including our Faith Community Nurses and other clinical volunteers. Saint Alphonsus is committed to addressing health inequities around vaccine access to vulnerable populations and rural communities, said Odette Bolano, President and CEO of Saint Alphonsus Health System.
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March 3, 2021
Idaho Governor Brad Little has announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded $39 million to the Idaho Office of Emergency Management to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts at vaccination centers throughout the state.
The state agency will disperse funds to eligible applicants to assist with the costs of vaccination efforts. The $39 million will be distributed to the state at 100 percent federal cost share.
These funds would not be available to Idaho without Governor Little’s active emergency declaration.