COVID-19 INFORMATION
The resources below are meant to help you follow public health guidance to stop the spread of the virus and protect our community.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE CONFIRMED OR SUSPECTED COVID-19? Provides information on when and if you should isolate or quarantine after testing positive or being exposed to someone who tests positive.
VDH COVID DATA & INFORMATION For the most up to date information
COVID.GOV Site with information about masks, COVID-19 testing, vaccines and treatment
MAKE MY TEST COUNT Site to self-report results of at-home COVID-19 tests
COVID Care Kit Program:
The COVID Care Kit program facilitates delivery of kits to recipients in the Central Virginia Health District who face limitations accessing food and other necessities when isolating due to a positive COVID-19 infection. The COVID Care Kit Program also delivers kits and provides resources for necessary services to those affected by long COVID or have been recently hospitalized due to a COVID-19 infection. The COVID Care Kit Program partners with food pantries and food services, like Parkview Community Mission and Lynchburg Daily Bread to provide food in the care kits.
Eligibility:
Only residents in Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, or Lynchburg are eligible for the CVHD COVID Care Kit Program.
Must have a positive COVID lab and be in isolation or live in a household with someone who has recently tested positive for COVID. Alternatively, applicants can have long COVID with a previous positive COVID test or recently been hospitalized due to COVID.
Must have a limitation for getting the need met (e.g. low income, financial, elderly, or transportation).
What is in a COVID Care Kit?
*Items included in the Care Kit will vary based on availability*
Household groceries and 1 meal per household member
PPE: Face Masks
COVID home test kits for household members
Packet of local community resources
Have you been affected by COVID-19 and need resources?
Contact your local COVID Care Resource Coordinator for more information!
Marteshia Jennings
Phone: 804-892-3482
Want more information about Care Resource Coordination?
Central Virginia - We want YOUR feedback! We are gauging feedback from the community on interest in COVID-19 support groups and COVID-19 related resources. Please fill out our survey if you have been impacted by COVID-19 and are seeking support and/or resources.
Resources
- HUD COVID-19 Resources for Homeowners
- Interfaith Outreach Emergency Assistance Program (Program assists with utilities terminations, evictions, first month's rent, security deposits for utilities, toiletries, and cleaning supplies)
- COVID Funeral Assistance FEMA
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Central Virginia Continuum of Care (CHIA) If you are experiencing homelessness or will lose housing in the next three days, call the homeless hotline at (434) 427-CHIA
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Lynchburg Community Action Group Assists individuals and families with need in relation to education, employment and/or housing services
- VA Mortgage Relief Program VMRP provides financial assistance to homeowners who have faced financial challenges due to COVID
- Salvation Army Lynchburg Corps provides shelter, emergency assistance with rent and utilities, family services, and also supplies food, hygiene products, and other necessities to families in need living in Lynchburg city and the surrounding counties
- Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) A Virginia Department of Social Services program that helps Virginia residents pay their water and wastewater bills
- Johnson Health Center- Same day appointments
- Community Access Network-Walk in and can make an appointment
- Blue Ridge Medical Center- Appointment only and must be a patient
- Free Clinic of Central VA- Appointment only
*If food needs to be picked up, please send an individual who is not in their isolation timeline or having COVID symptoms.*
- COVID Care Kit Program VDH program that delivers food, a meal, PPE, and resources to eligible household impacted by COVID.
- Meals on Wheels
- Central Virginia Alliance for Community Living, Inc.
- Parkview Community Mission
- Pantry Locator
- SNAP (formerly food stamps) can apply through our local social services or CommonHelp
- WIC to apply for WIC please call your closest health department
- Lynchburg Daily Bread provides a meal daily for residents in Lynchburg and the surrounding counties
- LynchburgFeeds is designed to help people find nonprofit food pantries and other food programs in the Lynchburg area. Food pantries provide groceries to people, free of charge
- Vaccinate VA
- Need a Copy of Your Vaccination Record? - Use the Vaccination Request Portal to view and print a QR code record of your COVID-19 vaccination
- COVID Vaccine Ambassador Training: How to Talk to Parents - A free Coursera course that gives people knowledge and tools to have respectful, empathetic conversations about COVID-19 vaccines with others
- Answers to Tough Questions About Public Health - Provides up-to-date answers to tough questions you or someone you know may have about COVID-19