Updated 01.11.2022
United Way of Southwest Alabama (UWSWA) and the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) and the Mobile County Health Department (MCHD) are working together to provide assistance to individuals in Alabama, who are facing hardship resulting from the need to isolate due to COVID-19. If you’ve tested positive for, or been exposed to, COVID-19, and are required to quarantine, you may qualify for assistance that could help keep your family safe and make isolation easier for you.
By calling United Way’s 2-1-1 information and referral line, you can be screened to see if you may qualify for help in various ways, such as:
These are just a few examples of ways you might receive assistance, but there are strict guidelines to qualify. Call 2-1-1 (888.421.1266) to be screened for qualification and to learn more about this special program.
Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH)
Mobile County Health Department (MCHD)
Franklin Primary Health Clinic
USA Health
MONTGOMERY –Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday, April 7, issued her twenty-sixth supplemental emergency proclamation transitioning the state from an amended Safer at Home Order to a new Safer Apart Order, the third phase of COVID-19 pandemic health orders. Masks will no longer be mandated statewide, but individuals are strongly encouraged to wear a mask or other facial covering when in public and in close contact with other people. This order goes into effect at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 9, 2021 and extends until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.
Find out more at https://governor.alabama.gov/newsroom/2021/04/governor-ivey-issues-new-safer-apart-order/
“Masks or other facial coverings will no longer be a mandate after April 9, but ADPH reminds everyone that masks remain one of the most successful tools to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. Many businesses and healthcare facilities will continue to require facial coverings in their facilities. Hospitals and nursing homes are under federal guidance that supports the use of facial coverings, and we anticipate the requirement for facial coverings to remain in place at those facilities.”
UWSWA has established United Way of Southwest Alabama COVID-19 Relief Fund to provide additional resources for the agencies and clients they serve. If you would like to help, you may do so through the channels listed below:
AIDS Alabama South was allocated a $10,000 from the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
American Red Cross South Alabama Chapter was allocated $5,000 from the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
Big Brothers Big Sisters South Alabama was allocated $6,818 from the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
Boys and Girls Clubs of South Alabama was allocated a total of $5,000 from the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
Boys and Girls Clubs of Southwest Alabama was allocated a total of $10,818 from the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Mobile was allocated $8,318 from the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
Crittenton Youth Center was allocated $8,318 from the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
Drug Education Council was allocated $7,231.09 from the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
Dumas Wesley Community Center was allocated $8,318 from the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
Epilepsy Foundation of Alabama was allocated $8,31 from the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
Housing First was allocated $10,000 from the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
Lifeline Counseling Services was allocated $10,000 from the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
McKemie Place was allocated $17,318 from the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
Ozanam Charity Pharmacy was allocated $2,000 from the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
Penelope House was allocated $5,818 from the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
Sickle Cell Disease Association – Mobile Chapter was allocated $10,000 from the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
The Salvation Army of Coastal Alabama was allocated $18,318 from the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
Via Health, Fitness and Enrichment Center was allocated $8.318 from the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
Victory Health Partners was allocated $8.318 from the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
Wilmer Hall Children’s Home was allocated $8.700 from the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
The Petters Foundation donated $100,000 to the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
The Mobile County Commission donated $50,000 to the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
The Arnold Foundation through United Ways of Alabama donated $28,274.13 to the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
Alabama Power Foundation donated $24,600 to the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund
Hancock Whitney Bank donated $20,000 to the Covid-19 Community Crisis Found
The Daniel Foundation donated $16,156 to the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
United Way Worldwide donated $15,488 to the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
Wells Fargo donated $15,000 to the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
Truist through United Way Worldwide donated $10,000 to the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
An anonymous donor gave $10,000 to the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
The Conrad & Eugenia Armbrecht Vanguard Fund donated $5,000 to the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
The First donated $1,000 to the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
The First Baptist Missionary Baptist Church donated $800 to the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
United Way of Central Alabama provided $300 to the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund.
Individual donors gave $375 to the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund
Individual donors gave $1,225 to the Covid-19 Community Crisis Fund through Facebook.
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