COVID-19 HR Community Response Fund Grants April 9, 2020 Grants Total: $100,925 Blue Ridge Area Food Bank
Access to Food
Lacey Spring Community Food Pantry
Access to Food
Emmanuel Episcopal Church Food Pantry Valley Program for Aging Services
Access to Food
The Salvation Army Harrisonburg Corps
Access to Safe Shelter Access to Safe Shelter Access to Food
New Community Project/Vine & Fig Hope Distributed Community Development Corporation Church World Service, Refugee Resettlement Elkton Area United Services
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Way to Go
Access to Food & Safe Shelter
First Step
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 Access to Safe Shelter Access to Food
Harrisonburg Rockingham Child Day Care Center Second Home Learning Center Open Doors Our Community Place Mercy House, Inc. Strength In Peers United Way of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church Food Pantry
1000 boxes of food for distribution to food pantries and HCPS & RCPS food markets Food for pantry with significant increase in client numbers Food for pantry – # of clients have jumped from 400 to 600 per month Nutrition drinks for elderly for delivery of in-home meal delivery Forced to temporarily house shelter clients in motels - virus exposure Rent assistance for families and individuals out of work Significant increase in demand for food Food for refugee families exposed to the virus through their employment Demand for food at the pantry has doubled in the last month Assisting ALICE workers/low-income individuals with vehicle costs for access food, medicine and shelter Motel housing for clients due to overflow/increased demand Daycare for 1st responders, healthcare workers, essential business employees Safe daycare & food for children of essential workers 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 Resources for homeless population Rent assistance for individuals with reduction in work hours or lost jobs Client numbers have increased additional food purchase necessary