COVID-19 Resources

March 30: Stay at home orders are in effect through the state of Virginia through June 10.

Virginia’s Statewide Stay at Home Order
Frequently Asked Questions

Hello DC and NoVa neighbors!

There are lots of resources online right now about how we can build mutual aid networks while also practicing social distancing. We will be updating this daily. Please send updates or known community needs to leahharris10@gmail.com or call ‪(703) 982-0653.

Resources

CDC Resources

• CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) COVID-19 WEBSITE
• CDC COVID-19 Fact Sheet: English | Español | 中文 | عربى
• CDC Print Resources in Multiple Languages

Virginia websites and alert systems:
Statewide info and updates about COVID-19 – or call 877-ASK-VDH3 – Virginia Department of Health
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Frequently Asked Questions – Virginia Department of Health

Virginia websites and alert systems:

• Statewide info and updates about COVID-19 – or call 877-ASK-VDH3 – Virginia Department of Health
• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Frequently Asked Questions – Virginia Department of Health
• County status updates
  • City of Alexandria: 
  • Arlington County: Community members who cannot find the information they need on the County’s website or through other resources, should call 703-228-7999 for assistance. The call center will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday.
    • Arlington Requires Compliance with Governor’s Stay at Home Order – March 30, 2020 
    • County Announces Changes to Services, Programs and Facilities for COVID-19 Response
    • En Español: 
    • Arlington County Government: Status Updates in Response to COVID-19 
    • Arlington Free Clinic is NOT offering COVID-19 testing at this time. If you are a current Arlington Free Clinic patient and think you have symptoms of COVID-19, please DO NOT go in – call first. If you are not a patient of Arlington Free Clinic, please contact your healthcare provider if you have mild symptoms or 911 if it’s an emergency. For any general COVID-19 questions, you can contact the Virginia Department of Health public information line at 1-877-ASK-VDH3.
  • Fairfax County: ​ https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/coronavirus-updates
    • Sign up for text message alerts­: text FFXCOVID to 888777 or sign up by text/email
    • Call us M-F: 9:30am-9pm and Sa-Sun: 9:30-5pm – tel:+1-703-267-3511
  • Loudoun County: 
    • Text LCCOVID19 to 888777 to receive text alerts from Loudoun County about COVID-19
  • Prince William: 
     
• General Resources
  • Northern Virginia Family Services – Resources ​
  • VOCAL Virginia – Resources 
  • Arlington Neighbors Helping Neighbors through COVID-19 (Facebook group)
     
• Employment resources 
  • Attention Workers Whose Job Has Been Affected by the Coronavirus: 

• Food resources

• Drop in Centers: Updated April 8): 
  • Box and hot lunches now being served at the South County Recovery and Drop-in Center on the following days:
    • Hot lunch on Sat – Sun at 3 p.m. only
    • Box lunch on Sat – Sun at 1 p.m.
    • Box lunch on Mon & Fri at 3 p.m.
    • Center is not open to entry; meals are being handed out at door. 
    • For more information, visit  or call: 800-374-4198

• Food banks 
  • Food, Financial and Medical Assistance for Neighbors in Need (Arlington County)
  • Arlington Food Assistance Center updates: https://afac.org/covid19/
  • Capital Area Food Bank updates: https://www.capitalareafoodbank.org/covid19response/
  • Rising Hope update Food bank will be issuing bags of food at door. They will not be doing additional home drop-off of bags. However, if we find additional needy in the RT 1 corridor, we can take the person’s contact info and get a bag for that person. Person must reside in 22303 zip and south to Ft Belvoir. http://risinghopeumc.org​
  • Fauquier County Food Bank thrift store 249 East Shirley Avenue Warrenton Virginia I just spoke to the staff there and they said they are not at that point yet but they took my phone number and facilitator number will call when they is in need add to list for transportation from arm in arm 
  • Culpeper: Marty Baldwin who coordinated the workforce and food pantries in Culpeper also he coordinated the heat shelter he will inform each food pantry head stop in Culpeper 1401 Old Frederick Road and Culpeper 2nd food pantry phone number 540-825-1177 that arm and arm  also will will be on call if needed
  • Loudoun: Tree of Life in Loudoun Co. has a food pantry listed as part of their services. 540.441.7920

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• Restaurants​
  • Arlington restaurants offering free meals to families in need 
  • Restaurants offering free delivery: https://www.thedailymeal.com/news/chains-free-delivery/031320
  • Starting Tuesday, March 17, 2020, between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m., Guas and Real Food for Kids will be cooking up vegetarian meals for grab-and-go distribution at his Arlington restaurant, Bayou Bakery, located one block from the Courthouse Metro. After March 17, they will provide meals each weekday until schools reopen. See updates on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/realfoodforkids
     
• Transportation
  • Metro Station Closures, Arlington Transit Changes (March 25, 2020)
  •  WMATA schedules reduced (as of 3/18)
  • VRE timetables
     
• Senior Adult Day Health Care Facilities closures: Fairfax
• Treatment centers and detox centers in our area are not receiving new intakes. If you run into someone who’s ready for that type of help please get them to the nearest emergency room. 
   
• Court Information
  • The Supreme Court of Virginia has declared a judicial emergency and suspended all Circuit & District court proceedings and all deadlines for a period of 21 days. Learn more here.
     
• Housing and Utilities 
  • Virginia Suspends Evictions During Coronavirus Crisis
  • The State Corporation Commission has directed regulated electric, natural gas, and water companies in Virginia to suspend service disconnections until the coronavirus outbreak subsides. See here for more information.
  • Your Rights as a Tenant During COVID-19 Outbreak (Current as of March 23, 2020)
     
• Libraries
  • Prince William County libraries are closed.
  • Fairfax County libraries are closed.
  • Arlington county libraries are closed.​

• Recovery Resources​
  • Support Group Central: Support Group Central offers an array of online groups on a variety of topics from problems with food to problems with substances to peer support worker support and beyond. Their group listings can be found at https://www.supportgroupscentral.com/
  • Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Groups Available Remotely: A listing of phone in AA resources can be found at https://aa-intergroup.org/directory_telephone.php and a list of on-line meetings can be found at http://aa-intergroup.org/directory.php
  • Narcotics Anonymous (NA) Groups Available Remotely: A listing of online and phone NA groups can be found at https://virtual-na.org/
  • Marijuana Anonymous: A listing of phone and onilne Marijuana Anonymous groups can be found at https://marijuana-anonymous.org/find-a-meeting/
  • Smart Recovery: A listing of chat groups and other online resources for Smart Recovery can be found at http://tiny.cc/SmartRecovery
  • Al-Anon: A listing of online Al-Anon resources and gatherings can be found at http://tiny.cc/AlAnon
  • In the Rooms: In the Rooms is a global recovery community offering a variety of live meetings online that can be found at http://tiny.cc/IntheRooms