FEMA Awards .3 Million to Massachusetts for COVID-19 Homeless Care Costs
BOSTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will send more than $7.3 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse the Exec...
BOSTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will send more than $7.3 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse the Executive Office of Health and Human Services for the costs of providing outpatient care sites to homeless populations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The $7,339,766 public-assistance grant will reimburse the Commonwealth for setting up and operating isolation and recovery sites in Everett, Lexington, Northampton, Pittsfield, and Taunton for homeless individuals who contracted COVID-19 between April 2020 and May 2021.