Two Michigan health systems and Detroit Public Schools are getting $86.4 million in grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for costs that were needed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the agency said.
Detroit-based Henry Ford Health is receiving $44.3 million for medical supplies and medications it purchased during the pandemic, as well as equipment and property it leased to help prevent and treat COVID-19, according to federal officials.
The agency said in a news release Thursday that a $37.7 million grant is being given to former Spectrum Health Systems Inc., now known as Corewell Health, after it established temporary and drive-through COVID-19 testing locations, distributed and administered vaccines and purchased medical equipment…