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COVID-19 UPDATE - LIMITED DONATION DROP-OFFS TO BEGIN OCTOBER 1
We are excited to welcome our donors back to campus beginning Thursday, October 1, 2020 for contactless donation drop-off. We will accept your donations on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays between 10am and 6pm. Please review the list of items we DO NOT ACCEPT before bringing your donations to campus.
If you can't make it during a designated drop-off time, please contact Jessica Rojas at [email protected] or call 352.792.0800 x150.
Our COVID-19 Response & Plan for re-opening
CURRENTLY IN PHASE THREE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
PHASE ZERO
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The GRACE campus is in emergency lock down operations mode. Campus is closed to the public. No new shelter entries will be permitted. Guests who leave campus will not be permitted to return. |
GENERAL ASSUMPTIONS
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- If at any time the community shows a resurgence in COVID cases, OR we have a confirmed case at GRACE, we will revert back to Phase Zero
- Staff will be required to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- No ill or recently ill staff with COVID symptoms will be allowed to return to work without COVID testing
- Campus will remain on “voluntary quarantine” status through Phase Three
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PHASE ONE
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Start date: June 1, 2020
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Resume new entries to shelter
- All new entries must be non-symptomatic, receive a COVID test on arrival, and isolate in Building 8 until negative test results come back. COVID testing is available Mondays and Fridays between 9 am and 11 am at GRACE.
- Congregate shelter capacity <=75%
- Resume shelter exits
- Campus remains closed to non-overnight guests
- Continue with additional cleaning/disinfecting + add’l staffing
- Continue hazard pay for employees
- Ongoing COVID testing
- Keep front (drive-thru) gate closed, screening at gates for guests and staff
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CURRENT PHASE |
PHASE TWO
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Start date: June 15, 2020
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AMENDED JUNE 15, 2020. CHANGES IN BOLD
- Maintain all services resumed in phase one
- Congregate shelter capacity <=75%
- Re-open volunteer sign-ups
- Schedule meal groups for open slots beginning July 1 or later
- Continue with additional cleaning/disinfecting + add’l staffing
- Continue hazard pay for employees
- Ongoing COVID testing
- Non-residents will continue to receive to-go meals at the front gate. Day services restricted to guests with an assigned bed.
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PHASE THREE
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Start date: September 1, 2020
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- Maintain all services resumed in phases one and two
- Congregate shelter capacity <=100%
- Invite service providers back, by appointment only (scheduled hours)
- Resume volunteer orientation
- Continue with additional cleaning/disinfecting + add’l staffing
- Ongoing COVID testing
- Resume walk-in meals for non-shelter residents (tentative, based on community COVID data)
- Volunteering and meal groups remain suspended until further notice
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PHASE FOUR
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Start date: TBD
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Resume all pre-pandemic campus operations, including dine-in seating at Cafe 131 in accordance with CDC guidelines, with the following changes:
- Drive-thru gate remains closed
- Donation drop-offs still happen at front gate (will require attendant)
- PPE required for staff, volunteers, meal groups until further notice; guests encouraged to do so
- Ongoing COVID testing
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Statements & Press Releases
Press Inquiries
All press inquires should be directed to Jon DeCarmine by emailing [email protected]
Local, State & National Resources
Alachua County Emergency Management
https://alachuacounty.us/Depts/EM/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx
Florida Department of Health
http://www.floridahealth.gov/diseases-and-conditions/COVID-19/index.html
Centers for Disease Control - Interim Guidance for Homeless Shelters
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/homeless-shelters/plan-prepare-respond.html