Special: Ongoing COVID-19 coverage

Do you have any local questions about COVID-19? Contact Elliott Robinson at erobinson@cvilletomorrow.org, Billy Jean Louis at bjeanlouis@cvilletomorrow.org and Charlotte Rene Woods at cwoods@cvilletomorrow.org; visit our Facebook page or send us a direct message on Twitter @cvilletomorrow. 

We will update this page with new developments.

Local COVID-19 resources for how to help and get help

Thomas Jefferson Health District hotline: (434) 972-6261 (Currently staffed Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)

Virginia Department of Health hotline: 877-275-8343

University of Virginia call center domestic: 877-685-4836 international: (202) 800-2408

This is an list of links to ways people can help by donating money or volunteering their time and service or get the help they need. If you have a resource you think we should add to our lists or bring special attention to, please e-mail Elliott at the address listed above.

• Charlottesville City Schools is seeking volunteers to aid in its food distribution to youth.
• Piedmont Housing Alliance Emergency Assistance Fund will allow PHA to provide necessities and relief to its most vulnerable residents due to COVID-19 pandemic. All residents who face hardship in the coming weeks will be met with long-term support to ensure that everyone maintains stable, healthy housing.
• The Community Mental Health and Wellness Coalition has listed information about actions we can take to reduce stress during the pandemic. Resources also include virtual recovery support groups. Other offerings will be posted as they become available.
• Support Cville is a landing page that connects people who need support to those who want to provide support. Basically a well-organized page of links staffed by a group of volunteers who are working to facilitate connections to achieve positive community outcomes. Want to help? Check out their directory and/or get in touch with their mods.
• Mutual Aid Infrastructure – Charlottesville is a public Facebook Group where people can connect with volunteer groups, tell their story, share information resources, and interact in a moderated space specific to our community.
• Alliance for Interfaith Ministries is offering non-emergency assistance from volunteers. Residents of Charlottesville and Albemarle County may request services through this online form.  Information about access to other programs is on their website.
• Charlottesville Area Community Foundation COVID-19 Community Emergency Response Fund is a new funding initiative created by CACF to organize community donations that can be used to help people impacted by this crisis in the short- and long-term. Visit their page for more details and consider donating.
• United Way of Greater Charlottesville COVID-19 Crisis Relief Fund is a new funding initiative designed to provide emergency help for those who are most in need within Charlottesville and our surrounding counties. Visit their page for more details and consider donating.
• Charlottesville area COVID-19 coronavirus – Ask a reporter is a public Facebook Group that connects people in the community with questions to a group of local reporters representing daily, weekly, radio, and broadcast news organizations in our area. It is moderated and requires permission to participate. Ask to join if there are questions you cannot get answered or you want to be part of a community working to verify facts and information.
• Cville Craft Aid is making masks for local organizations for free.

If you have anything to add, contact Elliott Robinson at erobinson@cvilletomorrow.org, Billy Jean Louis at bjeanlouis@cvilletomorrow.org and Charlotte Rene Woods at cwoods@cvilletomorrow.org; visit our Facebook page or send us a direct message on Twitter @cvilletomorrow.