Worcester Polytechnic Institute in line for $6.6 million from FEMA for COVID response
The money is a reimbursement for testing and staffing related to the pandemic.
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The money is a reimbursement for testing and staffing related to the pandemic.
“Hundreds of homes were damaged and several state parks – Sleeping Giant, Kettletown, and Wharton Brook – were temporarily closed as a result of downed trees and damaged infrastructure," FEMA noted.
FEMA announced almost $1.9 million in reimbursement to Connecticut College for COVID-19 testing.
FEMA has provided more than $1 billion in public assistance grants to Massachusetts to reimburse pandemic-related expenses. Nearly $6.6 million will go to UMass Amherst.
AMHERST — Almost $6.6 million is coming to the University of Massachusetts from the Federal Emergency Management Agency as reimbursement for the costs of providing more than 250,000 COVID-19 tests to students, faculty and staff.The $6.59 million FEMA...