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Cortez Masto, Rosen Announce Over $7 Million in HHS Grants to Support Nevada Coronavirus Response

Press Release

Date: July 2, 2020
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Indigenous Peoples Health and Health Care Government Budget and Spending

U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) announced a total of $7,152,467 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help Nevada public health departments combat coronavirus. The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services was awarded $6,918,548 in Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) funding to help Nevada health departments strengthen their abilities to respond to COVID-19, and the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes were awarded $233,919 to fund local COVID-19 response efforts in coordination with the Indian Health Service.

"Combatting the coronavirus pandemic will continue to require a coordinated, robust response from Nevada's tribal, state, and local health departments," said the Senators. "This grant funding will ensure that our local health departments have the resources they need to protect vulnerable Nevadans, provide health care workers with the proper equipment and protective gear, and safely lead Nevada's coronavirus recovery efforts."


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