From food, to mental health, to school, help is available.
Our partners at the GW Rodham Institute gathered a helpful list of resources for residents of the metropolitan DC region during the novel Coronavirus outbreak
Food Arcadia Foods
- Free meals at each pick-up site for students affected by school closings
Bread for the City
- Offering groceries to medical patients with urgent care needs
Capital Area Food Bank
- After School Meals that can be picked up on site
- Senior Programs: providing groceries though the food bank’s Grocery Plus and My Groceries to Go Locations and at Senior Brown Bag Locations
- Pop-Up Pantries – For confirmed times and locations, please visit capitalareafoodbank.org/covid19response
DC Central Kitchen
- Takeaway meal sites at WalkerJones Education Campus (Ward 6) and Kelly Miller Middle School (Ward 7)
- Free meals for individuals 19 and under – times locations listed on DC Central Kitchen’s Twitter, @dcck (twitter.com/dcck)
DC Department of Ageing and Community Living (DACL)
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Meals for seniors will be available for pick-up at each site from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm for current participants – visit coronavirus.dc.gov/mealsites for more information and DACL services
DC Public Schools
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Free meals for all students – times and locations available on coronavirus.dc.gov/mealsites
Food and Friends
- Regular operations are continuing
- Preparing to deliver shelf-stable food items if limitations affect regular operations
Good Stuff Eatery
- Kids eat free while schools are closed
List of Maryland and Virginia Free Meal Sites
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Available at WJLA.com
Little Miner Taco
- Kids get one free meal per day while DC and MD schools are closed
Medium Rare
- Delivering free meals to seniors in DC
Rasa
- Free take-out meals for children under 18
- Free take-out meals to hospital workers with valid ID and free take-out meals for their team members and families
&pizza
- Free meals for hospital workers with valid ID – text #Hero to 200- 03 to obtain a unique code for delivery
Mental Health
The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation
- TeleHealth services, support groups, and other resources available at: borislhensonfoundation.org/resource-guide
Psychology Today
- Tips on battling the psychological obstacles of COVID-19
- Information on online therapy sessions
School Resources
DC Public Schools
- Instructional materials, including lessons and student activities, available online
Free subscriptions from education companies
- American Chemistry Society, BrainPop, Conjugemos, Dyslexia Academy, Free Math, Kahoot, Khan Academy, Seterra Geography, Typing Club, Zoom, and MORE!
Scholastic Learn at Home
- Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing while schools are closed
- Explore activities at classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
U-Haul
- 30 days of free storage for college students forced to evacuate campuses
- Partnering with Collegeboxes.com to deliver boxed and packing supplies to students’ residences
Other Resources
Aunt Bertha - The Social Care Network
- Phone application for free health resources available in your zip code
Comcast
- Offering free broadband internet for 2 months to low-income families
Pepco
- Suspending service disconnections and waiving late fees through May 1 on a case-by-case basis
For even more emergency resources in the DMV, please visit: dcfoodproject.org/emergency-food-access.
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