Protect Your Health
Care Resource Coordination
The Care Resource Coordination is a program for people who tested positive for COVID-19 and need support to isolate safely, such as food, childcare or shelter.
This program is also for those who are experiencing long-term impacts of COVID-19, called Long COVID.
Do you need support following a COVID-19 infection?
If you or someone you know is actively isolating at home and needs assistance or needs support getting care for Long COVID, help is available at no cost for those that qualify. Your local care resource coordinator can help identify local resources for support.
A Local Approach to COVID-19 Support
This program operates on a local level. Care Resource Coordination is managed by the Virginia Department of Health, local health departments, and their partners. Each health department has created or will create a network of community-based partners who connect people to services they are eligible for. Examples may include medication delivery, health care, help applying for unemployment, local housing agencies, food banks, childcare providers, and more. Help is given based on need.
Care Resource Coordination supports COVID-19 care needs by connecting people with resources. This makes it possible for people in isolation to stay home and those with Long COVID to get the care they need. A local Care Resource Coordinator helps people apply for local resources or services they may be eligible for.
The Care Resource Coordinator can also connect people to longer-term local services to support ongoing health and social needs. Care Resource Coordination provides the information people need in their preferred language.
Need assistance related to COVID-19 infection? Contact your local health department by using the locator links listed below.
Frequently Asked Questions
You qualify if:
- If you tested positive for COVID-19 and are actively isolating at home OR
- If you are experiencing Long COVID (having symptoms 4 weeks after testing positive for COVID-19)
Your Care Resource Coordinator will work with you to develop a care plan based on your situation and can also connect you to longer-term care coordination support if needed. Care Resource Coordination is free and provided based on need.
Your local Care Resource Coordinator will identify local resources available to support you. They can also connect you to needed services, including:
- Health care
- Medication delivery services
- Applying for unemployment
- Local housing agencies
- Food banks
- Elder care
- Behavioral health providers
- Childcare providers
- Longer term support
- Other culturally appropriate community-based services
Services will vary by health department and can also provide the information you need in your preferred language.
- If you are isolating, your Care Resource Coordinator will provide needed services for 5 days while you isolate.
- For those with Long COVID please speak with your Care Resource Coordinator for more details.
Any information you share with your Care Resource Coordinator will be confidential. They will not share any private health information.
Contact your local health department to see if they offer these services.
Yes. Care Resource Coordination offers interpretation services.
Resources
Isolation
Utilities
Childcare
Food
General Resources and Information
- VDH Understanding Long COVID Fact Sheet (PDF)(1pp,383KB)
- VDH COVID-19 FAQs (see Long COVID section)
- Long COVID or Post-COVID Conditions (CDC)
- Patient Tips: Healthcare Provider Appointments for Post-COVID Conditions (CDC)
- Long COVID (NIH)
- Resources for People with Long COVID (ACL)
- Guidance on Long COVID as a Disability (HHS)
Participate in a Long COVID Study
Have a question?
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Noelle Stenson
Heather Harmon-Sloan
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