Here are changes and new services from counties around Maryland to meet the emergency needs of the many who are sheltering in place. Today, March 23, 2020, Governor Larry Hogan ordered all businesses not deemed essential to shut down at 5 PM until further notice.

PROGRESSIVE MARYLAND WEEKLY MEMO health emergency SERVICES ANNEX FOR MARCH 23 2020

This will be updated as local governments and nonprofits report new information for Marylanders -- entries in green are new since March 23

INFORMATION ON ACCESS TO HUMAN NEEDS IN MARYLAND DURING THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY

Prince George’s County schools added 10 locations and now have 36 schools providing food to students: https://www.pgcps.org/communications/cards/news/2019-2020/March/PGCPS-Adds-More-Student-Meal-Sites/

General health and coping resources https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/3397/Coronavirus

And executive’s updates:  https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MDPGC/bulletins/28222b3

 FOOD FIRST

Meals made available to students at area Prince George's County Public Schools updated

PGCPS will provide “grab and go” lunches at regional locations from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily during the statewide school closures (March 16-27). Students may get a sack lunch at one of the following locations:

Andrew Jackson Academy, 3500 Regency Parkway, Forestville

Benjamin Stoddert Middle School, 2501 Olson Street, Temple Hills

Benjamin Tasker Middle School, 4901 Collington Road, Bowie

Buck Lodge Middle School, 2611 Buck Lodge Road, Adelphi

Calverton Elementary, 3400 Beltsville Road, Beltsville

Carmody Hills Elementary, 401 Jadeleaf Ave., Capitol Heights

Clinton Grove Elementary, 9420 Temple Hill Road, Clinton

District Heights Elementary, 2200 County Road, District Heights

Drew-Freeman Middle School, 2600 Brooks Drive, Suitland

Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School, 13725 Briarwood Drive, Laurel

Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary, 3324 64th Avenue, Cheverly

Hillcrest Heights Elementary, 4305 22nd Place, Temple Hills

1. Frank Dent Elementary, 2700 Corning Ave., Fort Washington

John Bayne Elementary, 7010 Walker Mill Road, Capitol Heights

Judge Sylvania Woods Elementary, 3000 Church St., Glenarden

Kenmoor Middle School, 2500 Kenmoor Drive, Landover

Kettering Middle School, 65 Herrington Drive, Upper Marlboro

Langley Park-McCormick Elementary, 8201 15th Ave., Hyattsville

Laurel Elementary, 516 Montgomery St., Laurel

Lewisdale Elementary, 2400 Banning Place, Hyattsville

Longfields Elementary, 3300 Newkirk Ave., Forestville

Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, 4545 Ammendale Road, Beltsville

Nicholas Orem Middle School, 6100 Editors Park Drive, Hyattsville

Oxon Hill Middle School, 9570 Fort Foote Road, Fort Washington

Port Towns Elementary, 4351 58th Ave., Bladensburg

Samuel Chase Elementary, 5700 Fisher Road, Temple Hills

Springhill Lake Elementary, 6060 Springhill Drive, Greenbelt

Stephen Decatur Middle School, 8200 Pinewood Drive, Clinton

Suitland Elementary, 4650 Towne Park Road, Suitland

Templeton Elementary, 6001 Carters Lane, Riverdale

Thomas S. Stone Elementary, 4500 34th Street, Mount Rainier

Thurgood Marshall Middle School, 4909 Brinkley Road, Temple Hills

Waldon Woods Elementary, 10301 Thrift Road, Clinton

Walker Mill Middle School, 800 Karen Blvd., Capitol Heights

William Paca Elementary, 7801 Sheriff Road, Landover

William Wirt Middle School, 6200 Tuckerman St., Riverdale Park

 PGCPS proveerá almuerzos en bolsa para llevar en ubicaciones regionales entre 11 a.m. a 1 p.m. diariamente durante los cierres de escuelas estatales (Marzo 16-27). Los estudiantes pueden obtener un almuerzo en una de las siguientes ubicaciones: (supra)

Housing Assistance in Prince George’s County

 

UPDATED MARCH 30 The Housing Initiative Partnership of Prince George's County is providing many affordable housing services during this State of Emergency: 

 

Homeowners

HIP can assess your mortgage refinance options, negotiate with your lender to prevent mortgage default, provide accurate information regarding foreclosure suspension, and assist you to apply for Maryland’s Homeowner’s Tax Credit Program.

 

Renters

HIP can provide accurate information regarding eviction process during Maryland’s state of emergency, and connect you to emergency services programs to help cover housing costs and prevent evictions. They can also minimize effects of loss of income on household budget by prioritizing expenses, and can assist you to apply for the Maryland Renter’s Tax Credit Program.

 

Household Finances

HIP can help you negotiate with creditors, access emergency assistance programs for utilities, and help you with tools and resources to stay afloat if you have lost income or employment.

 

For more information, contact Housing Initiative Partnership at 301-699-3835, or visit www.HIPhomes.org. 

If you need further assistance or have additional questions regarding the coronavirus, please contact the County's hotline at 301-883-6267 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday thru Friday. Also for the the latest updates you may go to www.health.mypgc.us/coronavirus.

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY CLOSURES AND SERVICE MODIFICATIONS

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/OEMHS/COVID19-Closures.html

Meals are provided at an expanded list of schools as well as other pickup points and some bus delivery: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/coronavirus/#emergencymeals

Arcola
1820 Franwall Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20902

Brown Station
851 Quince Orchard Blvd.
Gaithersburg, MD 20878

Burnt Mills Elementary School
11211 Childs St.
Silver Spring, MD 20901

Captain James Daly
20301 Brandermill Dr.
Germantown, MD 20876

East Silver Spring
631 Silver Spring Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Galway
12612 Galway Dr.
Silver Spring, MD 20904

Georgian Forest
3100 Regina Dr.
Silver Spring, MD 20906

Glen Haven
10900 Inwood Ave.
Wheaton, MD 20902

Greencastle
13611 Robey Rd.
Silver Spring, MD 20904

Harmony Hills
13407 Lydia St.
Silver Spring, MD 20906

Highland
3100 Medway St.
Silver Spring, MD 20902

Jackson Road
900 Jackson Rd.
Silver Spring, MD 20904

JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres
710 Beacon Rd.
Silver Spring, MD 20903

Kemp Mill
411 Sisson St.
Silver Spring, MD 20902

New Hampshire Estates
8720 Carroll Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20903

Oak View
400 East Wayne Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20901

Rolling Terrace
705 Bayfield St.
Silver Spring, MD 20903

Roscoe Nix
1100 Corliss St.
Silver Spring, MD 20903

Judith Resnik
7301 Hadley Farms Dr.
Gaithersburg, MD 20879

South Lake
18201 Contour Rd.
Gaithersburg, MD 20877

Twinbrook
5911 Ridgway Ave.
Rockville, MD 20851

Washington Grove
8712 Oakmont St.
Gaithersburg, MD 20877

Weller Road
3301 Weller Rd.
Silver Spring, MD 20906

Middle Schools

Argyle
2400 Bel Pre Rd.
Silver Spring, MD 20906

Roberto Clemente
18808 Waring Station Rd.
Germantown, MD 20874

Francis Scott Key
910 Schindler Dr.
Silver Spring, MD 20903

Gaithersburg
2 Teachers Way
Gaithersburg, MD 20877

Martin Luther King Jr.
13737 Wisteria Dr.
Germantown, MD 20874

Montgomery Village
19300 Watkins Mill Rd.
Montgomery Village, MD 20886

Parkland
4610 W Frankfort Dr.
Rockville, MD 20853

Shady Grove
8100 Midcounty Hwy.
Gaithersburg, MD 20877

Earle B. Wood
14615 Bauer Dr.
Rockville, MD 20853

High Schools

Montgomery Blair
51 University Blvd, East
Silver Spring, MD 20901

Clarksburg
22500 Wims Rd.
Clarksburg, MD 20871

Albert Einstein
11135 Newport Mill Rd.
Kensington, MD 20895

Gaithersburg
101 Education Blvd.
Gaithersburg, MD 20877

John F. Kennedy
1901 Randolph Rd.
Wheaton, MD 20902

Col. Zadok Magruder
5939 Muncaster Mill Rd.
Derwood, MD 20855

Northwest
13501 Richter Farm Rd.
Germantown, MD 20874

Paint Branch
14121 Old Columbia Pike
Burtonsville, MD 20866

Mobile Locations
(11 – 1 p.m.)

Damascus Gardens Apartments
9829 Bethesda Church Rd.
Damascus, MD 20872

Germantown Mobile Home Park
19515 Frederick Rd.
Germantown, MD 20876

Nob Hill Apartments
9120 Piney Branch Rd.
Silver Spring, MD 20903

Pembridge/Amherst Apartments
11509 Elkin St.
Silver Spring, MD 20902

Scotland Community Center
7838 Scotland Dr.
Potomac, MD 20854

Bus Distribution

Clopper Mill Elementary School
(11 a.m.– 12 p.m.)
18501 Cinnamon Dr.
Germantown, MD 20874

Forest Park Apartments
(11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.)
9316 Piney Branch Rd.
Silver Spring, MD 20903

Great Seneca Creek Elementary School
(11 a.m.–12 p.m.)
13010 Dairymaid Dr.
Germantown, MD 20874

Backpack Distribution

MCPS is pleased to collaborate with Manna Food to distribute weekend backpack food sacks throughout the county Distribution will take place on Fridays.

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Anne Arundel County Schools will provide lunches to students during the two-week school shutdown beginning Monday, March 16. Curbside pickup of hot meals along with a snack will be provided to students at these school sites from noon to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Mobile meals vehicles will deliver meals to 21 additional sites, two schools and six communities, on weekdays as well. Each child will be provided with a single meal free of charge each day. Children must be between the ages of 2 and 18, but do not have to be eligible for free and reduced-price meals. Adults cannot accept meals on behalf of children.

Locations with an asterisk* have been added to the list since PM first published it.

The following schools will serve as meal sites:
Annapolis High School
Annapolis Middle
Bates Middle
Belle Grove Elementary
Broadneck High School*
Brooklyn Park Elementary
Brooklyn Park Middle
Carrie Weedon EEC
Chesapeake High School*
Crofton Middle*
Eastport Elementary
Freetown Elementary
George Cromwell Elementary
Georgetown East Elementary
Germantown Elementary
Glen Burnie High School
Glen Burnie Park Elementary
Glendale Elementary
Lothian Elementary
Marley Elementary
Meade Heights Elementary
Meade Middle
Mills Parole Elementary
North County High School
North Glen Elementary
Northeast High School*
Odenton Elementary*
Old Mill Middle
NorthPark Elementary
Pasadena Elementary*
Point Pleasant Elementary
Rippling Woods Elementary
South River High School*
Southgate Elementary
Tyler Heights Elementary
Van Bokkelen Elementary
Woodside Elementary

Children can pick up meals at the following Mobile Meals sites and times:.

• Boones Mobile Estates Sarah Ann Drive & Boone’s Drive11: 55 a.m.–12:15 p.m.*

• Brock Bridge Elementary, 12:25 to 12:40 p.m.
• Maryland City Elementary, 12:50 to 1:05 p.m.
• Annapolis Gardens, 1845 Bowman Court, Annapolis, 10:45 to 11:00 a.m.
• Bywater Community, 1901 Copeland Street, Annapolis, 11:15 to 11:30 a.m.
• Woodside Gardens, 701 Newtown Drive, 11:45 a.m. to noon
• Hilltop Village, 2 Heritage Court, Annapolis, 12:15 to 12:30 p.m.
• Congregation Kneseth Israel, 1125 Spa Road, Annapolis, 12:45 to 1:00 p.m.
• Admiral Farragut, 205 Boxwood Road @ Boxwood Court, 1:15 to 1:30 p.m.
• Lyons Creek Estates Lower Pindell Road & Lyons Den Drive 11:15 –11: 3 5   a . m. *
• Maryland City @ Russett Community Library, 3501 Russett Common, Laurel, noon- 12:15 p.m.
• Maryland Manor, 1500 Berkley Court, Harwood, 10:50 to 11:05 a.m.
• Rio Vista, 900 Margarita Street, Lothian, 11:20 to 11:35 a.m.
• Patuxent Mobile, 121 Patuxent Mobile Estate, Lothian, 11:45 a.m. to noon
• Wayson Woods, 125 Main Street, Lothian, 12:15 to 12:30 p.m.
• Cedar Morris, 351 Arundel Corporation Road, Glen Burnie, 11:00 to 11:15 a.m.
• The Willows Apartments, 116 Warwickshire Lane @ Harris & Allen Road, Glen Burnie, 11:30 to 11:45 a.m.
• Heritage Hill, 6399 Continental Drive & Heritage Hill Drive, Glen Burnie, noon to 12:15 p.m.
• Pumphrey Center, 5757 Belle Grove Road, Baltimore, 12:35 to 12:50 p.m.
• Pioneer City, 8443 Pioneer Drive, Severn, 11:00 to 11:15 a.m.
• Spring Meadows, 8311 Still Meadows Drive, Severn, 11:20 to 11:35 a.m.
• Still Meadows, 8201 Averill Court, Severn, 11:40 to 11:55 a.m.
• Meade Village, 1710 Meade Village Circle, Severn, noon to 12:15 p.m.

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BALTIMORE CITY RESOURCES AND SERVICE CHANGES

Full list of health emergency resources https://health.baltimorecity.gov/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov

 Student meal availability here https://health.baltimorecity.gov/coronavirus/information-parents

An interactive map and locator showing food availability for students and other community members https://baltimore.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Nearby/index.html?appid=32ce54bc99e746f5bc4c386208cee3e7

Baltimore City list will be updated,

 

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Student meal availability in Charles, Howard and Frederick counties is also available at this link.

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ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE

MD HEALTH INSURANCE ENROLLMENT WINDOW REOPENS

People without health insurance in Maryland will have a chance to purchase it starting March 16 as the state opens a special enrollment window because of the coronavirus crisis. Policies can be purchased through the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, the state’s marketplace that sells individual policies. Many residents are eligible for subsidies. The enrollment window is open till April 15.

OTHER SERVICE CHANGES AND INFORMATION OPPORTUNITIES

In Prince George’s

BI-COUNTY SERVICES (PRINCE GEORGE’S AND MONTGOMERY

WSSC has announced suspension of water shutoffs in its bi-county service area; Pepco likewise will suspend service cutoffs and late fees.

 

IN BALTIMORE CITY

Here’s a spreadsheet for mutual aid initiatives and contacts in the Baltimore region:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ReeJZuaIu1WYKZjCPH0pGC44Ot63P6fNjkZR1yuKt64/edit?fbclid=IwAR3JWVgubvMZtFCs4CJixnRihqC5iiOdAPlAhiM3JgKo22U5IZYTbotbeWI#gid=0

Baltimore Mutual Aid and Emergency Relief Fund: https://www.facebook.com/donate/201582851152373/HEALTH CARE