Public Health | Pandemic Recovery Office

Health Care Facilities: Hospital Assistance ($45 million)

Health Care Facilities: For-profit Hospital Assistance Final Report

Health Care Facilities: Nonprofit Hospital Assistance Final Report

To alleviate the financial hardship of the pandemic, the Rhode Island Department of Administration (DOA) distributed grants to each nonprofit and for-profit hospital in accordance with a formula provided by the Rhode Island General Assembly.

Health Care Facilities: Nursing Home Assistance ($30 million)

Health Care Facilities: Nursing Home Assistance Final Report

The project provided grants to the 75 Rhode Island nursing facilities to support the operations and direct care workers at these facilities. The grant amount was based on the number of Medicaid bed days a facility had out of the total number of Medicaid bed days for all nursing facilities as indicated in each nursing facility’s 2020 cost report.

COVID-19 Operational Support: Analytics ($15 million)

These funds are supporting the Rhode Island Department of Health's COVID-19-related activities, including communications, quant/data and analytics, testing, and contact tracing.

COVID-19 Operational Support: Epidemiology ($10.9 million)

These funds are supporting the Rhode Island Department of Health's COVID-19-related activities, including communications, quant/data and analytics, testing, and contact tracing.

COVID-19 Operational Support: Testing ($8.9 million)

These funds are supporting the Rhode Island Department of Health's COVID-19-related activities, including communications, quant/data and analytics, testing, and contact tracing.

Public Health Response Warehouse Support ($3.4 million)

The funds are providing for storage of personal protective equipment and other supplies at two state-operated facilities. Costs include, but are not limited to, lease payments and wages for workers operating the warehouses.

Auto-Enrollment Program ($2.6 million)

The program is aimed at mitigating the effects of the public health emergency unwinding by auto-enrolling eligible individuals into a qualified health plan through HealthSource Rhode Island and effectuating that coverage on their behalf by paying the premium for the first two months.

Health Care Facilities: Health Center Assistance ($2.5 million)

The project provided a direct award to the Rhode Island Health Center Association to distribute grants to eight federally qualified health centers intended to restore and support community health center employment through worker retention incentives.

Public Health Clinics: Free Clinic ($2 million)

The Rhode Island Department of Health provided a grant to the Free Clinic to improve statewide access and quality of primary care for uninsured adults and to increase access to dental care for uninsured adults.

Public Health Clinics: Open Door ($2 million)

The Rhode Island Department of Health provided a grant to Open Door Health to acquire land to expand its physical capacity and therefore the number of people it serves.