FEMA awards more than $2 million to Plymouth State University for COVID testing

BOSTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $2.7 million to the State of New Hampshire to reimburse Plymouth State University for the cost of providing testing for students and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The $2,731,448 FEMA Public Assistance grant to the university will reimburse it for contracting to provide 27,313 COVID-19 tests between July 2020 and July 2021.

“FEMA is pleased to be able to assist Plymouth State University with these costs,” said Region 1 Administrator Lori Ehrlich. “Providing resources for our institutions of higher education to combat the COVID-19 pandemic is critical to their success, and to 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 almost $151 million in Public Assistance grants to New Hampshire to reimburse the state for pandemic-related expenses.

Additional information about FEMA’s Public Assistance program is available at fema.gov/public-assistance-local-state-tribal-and-non-profit. To learn more about the COVID-19 response in New Hampshire, visit fema.gov/disaster/4516.