Local COVID-19 Human Services Resources In Alexandria To Continue After CARES Funding Ends

Press release from the City of Alexandria:

Nov 24, 2020 at 1:07 PM

Local COVID-19 Human Services Resources in Alexandria to Continue After CARES Funding Ends

­­For Immediate Release: November 24, 2020

The City of Alexandria and community partners will continue to offer certain resources for residents in need of food, child care, rental assistance, and eviction prevention services as a result of the impacts of COVID-19, after state-allocated federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding ends over the next few weeks. Although there has been discussion at the federal level among the executive branch, the House of Representatives and the Senate of providing more CARES funding to states and localities, to date there has been no agreement among them to do so.

The table below highlights the end dates for the impacted state-funded programs, and alternative resources for similar programs.

Program

Ending Date

Alternative Resources

ALX Cares Grocery Card Gift Program
November 27, or when funding runs out

Hunger Free Alexandria

provides food distribution

State-funded Rental Assistance and Eviction Prevention (
COVID-19 Emergency Rent Relief Assistance Program)
December 15

alexandriava.gov/Housing

703.746.5700

State-funded
Child Care programs, such as the Micro Pod program and additional slots in other programs

December 1:
Application deadline

December 15:
Enrollment deadline

December 30:
Program ends

alexandriava.gov/ChildCare

703.887.8039

703.746.5437 (KIDS)

The state will announce a new round of CARES Act funding for the stabilization of child care.

The City offers several options to access the latest COVID-19 information, including announcements about available support resources.

• Visit
  alexandriava.gov/Coronavirus
• Subscribe to the City’s free Alexandria eNews service at
  alexandriava.gov/eNews.
• Subscribe to the City’s free COVID-19 text service by texting ALEXCOVID19 to 888777.
• Subscribe to the City’s free Human Services Spanish text service by texting ALEXINFOESP to 888777.
• Follow the City on
  Facebook,
  Twitter and
  Instagram.
• Follow the City’s Department of Community and Human Services on
  Facebook and
  Twitter.

For inquiries from the news media only, contact Andrea Blackford, Senior Communications Officer, at andrea.blackford@alexandriava.gov or 703.746.3959.

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This news release is available at
alexandriava.gov/119091.

This press release was produced by the City of Alexandria.The views expressed here are the author’s own.