Northern Light Health gets $1M from FEMA for vaccine clinic operations
Northern Light Health has received nearly $1 million in reimbursement for operating the COVID-19 vaccination center at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said in a news release Monday it has awarded a grant of $928,706 to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, which stood up the vaccination center in January. The center can provide up to 900 inoculations per day.
The grant covers a three-month period and pays for a variety of expenses, including the costs of personal protective equipment, materials for handling and administering COVID-19 vaccines, emergency medical care for vaccine administration and supplies for handling medical waste.
The funding was awarded at a 100% reimbursement level through FEMA’s Public Assistance Grant Program, which reimburses communities for actions taken in the immediate response and recovery activities during a disaster.
“We are pleased to provide funding to the Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center to help manage financial demands they are experiencing as a result of COVID-19,” said Acting Regional Administrator and Federal Coordinating Officer Paul Ford, who oversees FEMA’s operations in New England. “We continue to work closely with the state of Maine to support access to vaccines for all adults in America.”
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