About $25 million of the announced funds will be provided to address staffing needs at Iowa hospitals. | Stock Photo
About $25 million of the announced funds will be provided to address staffing needs at Iowa hospitals. | Stock Photo
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds recently announced that $28 million in additional funding has been allocated to provide direct relief to the state’s hospitals and local county health departments in response to increased COVID-19 needs, according to a press release by the Governor’s Office.
“As COVID-19 continues to impact Iowans, it is putting strain on both staffing at our hospitals as well as local public health departments,” Reynolds said. “These added funds will provide much-needed relief to hospitals to support their staffing needs in this critical time. They will also support Iowa’s county health departments, which are facing continued and ongoing increases in workload.”
About $25 million of the announced funds will be provided to address staffing needs at Iowa hospitals. Funds will be allocated based on hospital average census for the months of September and October.
The remaining $3 million has been earmarked for distribution to local county health departments based on a per capita basis.
“All across the northern United States, we are seeing a consistent uptick in new cases of COVID-19,” Reynolds said. “It’s especially important that Iowans take every precaution possible to slow the community spread of COVID-19, whether that means wearing a mask in public, social distancing or simply staying home. We all need to do our part to curb that spread.”
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