FEMA awards nearly $1.4M to Revere for COVID-19 public health measures

  The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending almost $1.4 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse the City of Revere for the costs of steps taken to protect the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. The $1,388,235 Public Assistance grant will reimburse the city for a variety of public health protection initiatives it undertook between May 2020 and September 2021.

  Those included leasing an office trailer for a COVID-19 testing site and purchasing tests; purchasing a cargo trailer to stockpile a 60-day supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) for emergency personnel; purchasing and delivering meals to seniors and quarantined residents unable to leave their homes; disseminating information through signage, newspaper ads, educational booklets, pins, posters, banners and electronic messages; and using an interpreter to disseminate information to Spanish-speaking residents.

  “FEMA is pleased to be able to assist the City of Revere with these costs,” said FEMA Region 1 Regional Administrator Lori Ehrlich. “Providing resources for our partners on the front lines of the pandemic fight is critical to their success, and our success as a nation.”

  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 nearly $1.3 billion in Public Assistance grants to Massachusetts to reimburse the Commonwealth for pandemic-related expenses. Additional information about FEMA’s Public Assistance program is available at https://www.fema.gov/public-assistance-local-state-tribal-and-non-profit. To learn more about the COVID-19 response in Massachusetts, please visit https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4496.