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H+H says COVID reimbursements nearly exhausted, city asylum-site funding drops as HERCs wind down
Summary
H+H officials told the council they have claimed roughly $3 billion in COVID-related FEMA and Provider Relief Funds, with only a final FEMA tranche remaining. The executive plan reduces city asylum-site funding as HERCs close; H+H said Roosevelt HERC is slated to close this summer and care will move into regular shelter and health channels.
H+H and City Council members used the executive budget hearing to review pandemic-era reimbursements and the shift in asylum seeker funding as emergency intake sites (HERCs) wind down.
H+H Chief Financial Officer John Uhlberg and Dr. Mitchell Katz said the system has claimed the large majority of federal reimbursements for COVID-related costs. Katz described roughly $3 billion in combined FEMA and Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reimbursements tied to the pandemic and said only a final FEMA tranche…
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