CNMI getting $9.8M in FEMA reimbursement for pandemic expenses

The CNMI is receiving $9.8 in reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for expenses incurred in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (D-MP) over the weekend.

Sablan also disclosed in his e-kilili newsletter that the Marianas is getting a combined $1,097,640 from the Office of Insular Affairs for infrastructure maintenance efforts.

With the $9,805,411 reimbursement that FEMA announced Tuesday, this brings to $83.2 million the total FEMA grants the Commonwealth will get to date to cover the costs of responding to the pandemic.

Sablan said the $9.8 million reimbursement covers $8,016,548 for expenditures related to building the Alternate Care Sites and the remaining $1,788,972 is for expenses related to COVID-19 testing.

To date, the Homeland Security/Emergency Management received $66.6 million; the CNMI government for the lost wages program, $7.7 million; Commonwealth Healthcare Corp., $6.8 million; Office of the Governor, $1.9 million; and Funeral Assistance Applicants, $87,531.

Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan