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COVID-19 Resources

General Information

General COVID-19 Facts & Information

 

Overview & FAQs

  1. Centers for Disease Control
  2. What you need to know in plain language

 Tracking COVID-19

  1. Virginia Department of Health 
  2. United States and Worldwide

Symptoms and Testing

  1. Centers for Disease Control
  2. Virginia Department of Health Testing Guidance
  3. CDC Evaluating and Testing

 

Resources

Prevention and Taking Care of Yourself

 

Social Distancing

  1. How to be Distant and Not Isolated
  2. Coronavirus, Social Distancing and Self Quarantine

Hygiene Practices

  1. How to Protect Yourself
  2. Video - Handwashing
  3. Centers for Disease Control, Hand Hygiene

Mental Health Strategies

  1. Managing Stress
  2. Stuck at Home? We Have Some Ideas
  3. How to Talk to Your Kids about the Virus
  4. How to Cope with COVID-19 Anxiety, Stress, Irritability and Uncertainty

 

financial

Financial Resources & Medicaid

  1. Family Leave
  2. Unemployment Insurance In Virginia
  3. Finding Child Care Assistance
  4. Medicaid Updates and COVID-19 Coverage Information
  5. Medicaid Memo
  6. Federal income tax extension: July 15, 2020.
  7. Virginia state income tax extension: June 1, 2020.

Download this information as a PDF file for easy reference.  

Many banks and power companies are providing relief to customers. Internet essentials are being provided at low cost and most pharmacies are providing free prescription deliveries. To learn more, contact your provider. 

You can contact BIAV to connect with our Information and Resource Specialists to learn more about community resources that may be available to you. Call 1-800-444-6443 or use the chat feature on our website to speak with a trained professional who will listen to your situation, offer support and provide guidance on accessing services and support. Our I&R service is free and confidential.

2-1-1 VIRGINIA is a United Way program that provides information on government, nonprofit, and community-based agencies, as well as businesses that provide health and human services for Virginians across the state, and you can search for these same services on this 2-1-1 VIRGINIA Web site.

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Advocacy Updates!

3.26.2020

Ask your Senators to Support Increased Funding for TBI Programs!

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is leading a Dear Colleague letter in the Senate to support increased funding of the traumatic brain injury (TBI) programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Administration for Community Living. Click here to download the letter. 

This is the first Dear Colleague letter in the Senate in the history of the TBI programs. The deadline for senators to sign the letter has been extended! Please reach out to your senators and ask them to sign this letter by the end of today, Thursday, March 26 at 5:00 p.m. EST. 

If you have any questions, please contact BIAA Director of Government Affairs Amy Colberg at acolberg@biausa.org.