Manchin, Capito Announce $3.7 Million for COVID-19 Relief Reimbursement

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee and both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $3,730,475 for the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR). This funding, which is through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will be used to reimburse diagnostic COVID-19 tests and related laboratory work from temporary pop-up sites between July 2020 and January 2022.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has tested every American, and in West Virginia we continue to work together to keep our loved ones safe. Our frontline workers have gone above and beyond to care for their fellow West Virginians during the crisis, and I am pleased FEMA is investing in our state to reimburse resources used for testing and operating vaccination clinics. We must ensure our frontline workers and healthcare professionals continue to be properly equipped throughout this crisis,” Senator Manchin said. “As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I will continue to advocate for funding to assist those on the frontlines and keep West Virginians safe.”