Adams County Health Center Inc. P.O. BOX 428 Council, ID 83612 US
Phone: (208) 253-4242
ADAMS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER NEWS
We will Provide you with a mask!
We will Provide you with a mask!
We will Provide you with a mask!
Don't Be afraid to reach out!
We will Provide you with a mask!
We will Provide you with a mask!
The Department of Health and Welfare has opened a COVID-19 Behavioral Health Distress Line.
IDAHO COVID-19 HOTLINE 888-330-3010
Idaho Care Line: call 2-1-1 or visit www.211.idaho.gov
Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline: call 2-1-1 or 208-398-4357
Optum Idaho Member Crisis Line: call 855-202-0973
Community REsources During Covid-19
Resources to help you through this trying time.
FOOD
The Idaho Foodbank Food Assistance Locator: https://idahofoodbank.org/getfood/
Put your zip code in and it pops up the food banks near you with their address, contact information & hrs of operation
Local Pantry’s
Food Pantry in Council – Loaves and Fishes, April 16th, 3pm – 4:30 pm
Food Pantry in New Meadows – April 25th & May 23rd 10am – 12 pm @ Methodist church
Food Pantry in McCall – Heartland Hunger Resource Center, Wednesday’s 4-6pm
Council Senior Center – Providing Home Delivered Meals & Curbside Meals.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday.
To get a Curbside Meal, it has to be ordered by 10:00 am, phone: 208-253-4282, and picked up at noon.
The Curbside Meals are a suggested donation of $5.00 but we are accepting any donation to help defray the expense of the containers to send out the meals.
All Curbside Meals are picked up at the window by the emergency door off (S. Main St.)
Children under the age of 18, regardless of enrollment in school
Free, breakfast and lunch
Available at approved sites across the state.
Children must be physically present at the feeding site to receive a meal.
Please contact individual sites for meal service times.
To locate a feeding site near you, go to the Feeding Site Locator below.
https://www.sde.idaho.gov/cnp/
Free Little Pantry – New Meadows
Meadows Valley Little Free Library is now sharing its space to create a Little Free Pantry.
Kiosk at the park
Roadhouse Java
Methodist Church for local residence
If you would like to leave food…. Canned, boxed or packaged in good condition and not expired.
NO fresh or homemade items.
“Community Cupboard” has been placed at the front of the Ontario Red Apple Marketplace!
Give what you can, take what you need
Community Connections
*Council – Delivery of Food and Supplies
Call Kellie Wilson (Threadz) 208-230-1012
*Cambridge-Lovelands General Store - Delivery of Food and Supplies
Call 208-257-3813
*Midvale - Midvale Market - Delivery of Food and Supplies
Call 208.355.1212
Library’s:
Council Library and Council Elementary will pull books at request and leave it at curbside pickup. Council Library 208- 253-6004
Project Gutenberg has over 60,000 free eBooks
https://www.gutenberg.org/
Amazon Prime – Free children and adult books
https://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node=20102661011
Scholastic Books
The free resource provides 20 days of articles, stories, videos. Challenges, virtual field trips.
www.scholastic.com/learnathome
Denver Zoo – brings the zoo to you with virtual cameras set up throughout the zoo
https://www.denverzoo.org/
Student Loans
Loans through the Department of Education, the CARES Act is providing temporary relief for student loans through the end of September.
To see if your loans qualify for 0% interest or administrative forbearance, which allows a person to temporarily stop making payments through the end of September, check with your lender.
AARP has a community connections website
www.AARPcommunityconnections.org
Click Coronavirus news and guidance Connection links if you want to:
Connect with others
Symptoms checker
Stay active at home
Advice on working at home
How to stay safe when grocery shopping
Link to stimulus check confusion
All about scams and fraud
Voting:
Idaho’s primary election to remain on May 19, will be conducted by mail
Provided is a link to request an absentee ballot at https://idahovotes.gov/vote-early-idaho/.
Idaho Dept of Health and Welfare,
“We Can Help”… Click on this link to access the following
https://coronavirus.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/127/2020/03/WeCanHelpInfographic.pdf
Apply for Food Assistance (Food stamps)
Meal Delivery for Senior Citizens
Child Care Costs
Cash Assistance for Families
Medicaid Healthcare Coverage
Unemployment Benefits
Small Businesses
Information for Small Businesses Navigating the COVID-19 Outbreak – information includes:
https://www.sba.gov/page/coronavirus-covid-19-small-business-guidance-loan-resources?fbclid=IwAR2m-9XqlCOIW0NdhLeFNCXu1UHSIyPmPFx3MlSgzv16Aab4-m7u8nTv3Q8
SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
SBA Express Loan
SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL)
Yale University
Free class, The Science of Wellbeing https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being
In this course, you will engage in a series of challenges designed to increase your own happiness and build more productive habits.
Taught the misconceptions about happiness, annoying features of the mind that lead us to think the way we do, and the research that can help us change.
Exercise
YMCA has free exercise videos available for all ages and abilities
https://ymca360.org/on-demand#/
Planet Fitness
· National gym-chain Planet Fitness is offering free workouts on Facebook Live daily at 7 p.m. E.T.