COVID-19 HR Community Response Fund Grants April 24, 2020 Grants Total: $100,335 Valley Program for Aging Services The Salvation Army Harrisonburg Corps
Access to Food
New Community Project/Vine & Fig
Access to Safe Shelter
Hope Distributed Community Development Corporation Harrisonburg Rockingham Child Day Care Center Second Home Learning Center Open Doors
Access to Food
Our Community Place Mercy House, Inc. United Way of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County Brain Injury Connections of the Shenandoah Valley
Access to Safe Shelter
Access to Safe Shelter & Food Access to Safe Shelter & Food Access to Safe Shelter Access to Food & Safe Shelter Access to Safe Shelter Access to Safe Shelter
Daycare for 1st responders, healthcare workers, essential business employees Safe daycare & food for children of essential workers
Access to Safe Shelter & Food
Increased client need, due to recent unemployment or reduction in wages, for rent assistance, food, transportation to medical appointments Significantly increased need for utility bill assistance for more clients now unemployed or with reduced wages Rent assistance for single parent household – lost employment Motel costs, food & supplies for COVID-19 positive homeless individuals discharged from Sentara RMH Extra staff time to address/help prevent client evictions Need for the purchase of additional food due to increased client load Providing food for 100 Eritrean & Congolese families needing assistance due to lost or reduced income
People Helping People
Access to Safe Shelter
Bridge of Hope
Access to Safe Shelter Access to Safe Shelter & Food Access to Safe Shelter Access to Food
City of Harrisonburg Blue Ridge Legal Services West Rockingham Food Pantry Mihret Medical Supply
Hygiene bags and milk, eggs & bread for elderly with delivery of in-home meals Hiring additional staff person to move shelter to a 24-hour operation & provide hazard pay for shelter monitors Rent assistance for families and hiring of 2 individuals laid off from previous jobs to manage organic garden which supplies food to clients and community Significant increase in demand for food for an increased client load
Access to Food
Shelter operations in response to COVID-19 crisis Increased services to provide food for Open Doors, increased daytime clients Motel housing for families/individuals as shelters are full Rent assistance for individuals with reduction in work hours or lost employment