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• Thursday, June 18, 2020
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MORE COVID NEWS & INFORMATION Drive-up County Testing Sites (Free)
AVAILABLE COVID-19
TESTING SITES UPDATE New County COVID-19 Testing Website The County has launched a new website that will make it easier for San Diegans to get locate and schedule a COVID19 test. San Diegans can now more easily choose a site by location or day and make an appointment online. Listed testing sites give priority to San Diegans without health insurance, or those without access to a test site offered by their health care provider. Insurance carriers must provide COVID-19 tests free of charge. To find the website: 1. Visit sandiego.gov 2. In the search bar, enter “Testing in San Diego County” 3. Click on “Find site by location”
No Appointment Testing Site South Bay Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
South Bay Urgent Care Center 1628 Palm Avenue, San Diego, CA 92154
Rural Communities New Drive-up County Testing Sites (Free)
Hours: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. By Appointment, call 2-1-1. June Valley Center Library 20 29200 Cole Grade Rd, Valley Center, CA 92082
State Walk-Up Testing Sites (Free)
All require an appointment. Visit sandiegocoumty.gov, www.lhi.care/covidtesting, or call (888) 634-1123. Southeastern San Diego Tubman-Chavez Center Monday to Friday 415 Euclid Avenue, San Diego, CA 92114 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. El Cajon Tuesday to The former San Diego County Assessor Office Saturday 200 S. Magnolia Avenue, El Cajon, CA 92020 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Escondido Tuesday to California Center for the Arts 340 N. Escondido Boulevard, 92025 Saturday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Chula Vista Tuesday to Old Sears in Chula Vista 565 Broadway, Chula Vista, CA 91910 Saturday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. San Ysidro Tuesday to San Ysidro Civic Center 212 W. Park Ave., San Diego, CA 92173 Saturday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Appointments required. Call 2-1-1 and ask for the Nurse Triage Line. To schedule an appointment at a drive-up testing site: 1). Call 2-1-1 2). Press 1 for English, 2 for Spanish, 3 for other languages 3). Press 1 for COVID-19 testing information 4). Press 1 to be transferred to a triage nurse and avoid listening to the entire County recorded message. 5). T he triage nurse will take your name and number and someone will call you back to schedule an appointment. Leave a message if the triage nurse doesn’t answer. National City St. Anthony of Padua Sundays 10 a.m. to 410 W 18th Street, National City, CA 91950 2 p.m. Hillcrest Mondays The San Diego LGBT Community Center 3909 Centre St, San Diego, CA 92103 9 a.m. to 3 p.m Mission Valley Monday to Saturdays San Diego County Credit 11 a.m. to Union Stadium Friday 5 p.m. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Southeastern San Diego Saturdays Euclid Health Center 292 Euclid Ave., San Diego, CA 92114 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Chula Vista Aquatica San Diego Monday to Friday 2052 Entertainment Circle, 91911 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oceanside North Coastal Live Well Center Monday to Friday 1701 Mission Ave, Oceanside, CA 92058 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sycuan Monday to Sycuan Recreational Center Thursday 5577 Dehesa Road, El Cajon, 92019 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mission Bay Area University of San Diego (USD) Parking Lot Monday to Friday 5998 Alcala Park, CA 92110 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. SOURCE: County of San Diego
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Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) Deadline Approaching $91K in P-EBT Grocery Money Available to San Diego Families Voice & Viewpoint Newswire • Complete the application at: • Provides up to $365 for • Direct certifications receive meals but do not receive a P-EBT card in the mail groceries per child while https://ca.p-ebt.org/en/ P-EBT cards in the mail by • For all families with chilby May 25th must apply schools are closed due to May 25th. Students who are dren ages 2-18 who receive • The card arrives in the mail COVID-19. Families with online before June 30, 2020. enrolled in CalFresh, Medifree and reduced-price students who were receiving P-EBT cards should arrive Cal, or foster care benefits What is P-EBT: school meals in the mail 5-10 days after free or reduced-price meals will automatically receive a at school may get up to $365 applying. • Provides up to $365 of gro- • A new, federal nutrition P-EBT card in the mail. benefit available for famiper child for groceries this ceries per child over the • Enroll online by June 30th How do families use P-EBT? lies in addition to continued summer. summer at https://ca.p-ebt.org/en/. • Use it like a debit card. at grab-and-go meal services • Applications must be Students who received free provided at many school How families can apply for grocery stores, farmer’s received by June 30, 2020 sites in San Diego County. P-EBT benefits: or reduced-price school markets, and for online gro-
Quick Facts
cery orders (Walmart.com or Amazon.com). • Use it to replace school meals. • Does not impact immigration status. The public charge rule does not apply to P-EBT benefits. For more information, contact sandiegohumgercoalition.org
San Diego Hunger Coalition Interview Voice & Viewpoint Staff
Voice & Viewpoint interviewed Anahid Bra k ke, Executive Director of San Diego Hunger Coalition about the P-EBT program. The San Diego Hunger Coalition, a research, education, and advocacy organization, works closely with the County of San Diego to lead coordinated hunger relief efforts. Here’s what she had to say:
Grocery food, no non-food. VV: Who’s name is on the P-EBT card?
AB: The child’s name. The names of all children in a household are supposed to be on the card. Some families have received one card for each child. It is confusing. If not all children are on the card, parents should apply for them all at once. Don’t worry if only one of VV: Can families purchase your children already has a non-food items with the card. Apply even if one child P-EBT card? has a card. CDSS will help to Anahid Brakke (AB): Only match the household. There
is no penalty for applying again.
dispute the decision and we encourage people to do that. The CDSS (the VV: Is it a smooth applica- California Department of tion process? Social Services) is committed to returning every email AB: Right now there is a three week delay. If your and every message people child attends a school that may leave, and they will be serves free meals to all kids, processing applications long then your child is eligible for past June 30th. the P-EBT and you need to Our biggest concern is that apply. people didn’t know the card We are asking people to was coming. It looks fake. be patient. The state really One community member’s seems to be giving it their husband almost threw it all. If someone is denied, away. So we are worried the there will be a process to people who have received it
might have thrown it away. If eligible families don’t have the card now, they need to apply. VV: Does the state provide any nutrition information or guidance on how to stretch a food budget?
the federal nutrition programs (CalFresh, etc). Food banks can not do it alone. Only 9% of hunger relief is from private charities - one small piece. Federal nutrition programs are a much larger piece.
We want to make sure that AB: Yes. Leah’s Pantry is a anyone on hard times can good resource, and Eat Fresh. get food. We’re working to org. create better resources and tools for our hunger relief VV: What else would you partners. Come to our weblike our readers to know? site to find out more. Visit AB: The only systemic way sdhunger.org/meals-for-kids to end hunger is through and sdhunger.org/covid19.
