Information About COVID-19
- Home Care Instructions for COVID-19 Patients
- World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 Advice for the Public
- How to Safely Un-bag Groceries and Other Purchases
- Don’t touch your face: Tips from a habit reversal therapist
Mental Health or Substance Use – Crisis/Emergency
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Local: 352-374-5600, Option 1
Toll Free: 1-800- 330-5615, Option 1
Available in: Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Suwannee, and Union counties The Mobile Response Team (MRT) responds 24/7 to individuals in need of crisis intervention services
Non-Crisis Mental Health or Substance Use Services
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
New Clients: 352-374-5600, Option 2, then Option 1
Current Clients: 352-374-5600, Option 3 or contact your provider
Or Get started today at https://mbhci.org/telehealth
Telehealth Services
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Access confidential and secure telehealth from a computer, tablet, or smartphone for:
Assessments
Counseling
Psychiatric Evaluation
Medication Management
and more
New Clients: 352-374-5600, Option 2, then Option 1
Current Clients: 352-374-5600, Option 3 or contact your provider
Or Get started today at https://mbhci.org/telehealth
Additional Crisis Resources
- 911
- Alachua County Crisis Center: 352-264-6789
- National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) or 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255)
- Crisis Text Line: Text “Home” to 741-741
- 2-1-1: Text your zip code to 898-211 (during normal business hours)
- NAMI Help Line: 1-800-950-NAMI (1-800-950-6264)
- County Sexual Assault Helpline: Call 352-264-6760 or 1-866-252-5439 (toll free)
- Nacional de Prevencion del Suicidio (en espanol): 1-888-628-9454 (toll free)
Individuals in Recovery
Online Meetings
Recovery Apps
- Sober Grid allows you to interact, support, and engage with other people in recovery using a platform similar to Facebook.
- SoberTool is an easy way to track your clean and sober days. The app includes daily motivational messages and reminders to keep you on target.
- WEconnect provides you with daily reminders to stay on track with your recovery plan. You can create reminders to call your sponsor, go to a group meeting, meditate, etc.
- AA Big Book an app that gives you access to the full text of the Big Book, along with a meeting finder, podcasts, prayers, and personal stories.
- 12 Step Meditation Daily Reflections for AA, NA, Al-Anon: This app features hundreds of easy-to-follow guided meditations, as well as soothing music, prayers, and 12-step recovery audio.
- Connections App: provides access to e-therapy, clinical support, and a unique e-library of resources.
Mental Wellness Online Resources
- Tips and Resources from Mental Health America
- Mental health tips for social distancing
- 7 Crucial Research Findings to Help Deal With COVID-19
- Tips for dealing with uncertainty
- Science-based tips for emotional resilience during coronavirus crisis
- American Psychiatric Association COVID-19 Resources
- American Psychological Association Pandemic Resources
- CDC Resources to Manage Anxiety and Stress
- SAMHSA Tips – Taking Care of Your Behavioral Health
- Resilience in Challenging Times
- Care for Your Coronavirus Anxiety Toolkit
- Self-Compassion and COVID-19: For self-compassion guided activities
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Use this simple 3-Minute Self-Assessment for Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to help make the decision to take the first step to wellness by calling us now at 352-374-5600
Free Meditation Resources
- Headspace
- Ten Percent Happier App
- com [currently offering free resources]
- Insight Timer Meditation App [free]
- Stop Breathe & Think App
- Meditation for Calmness in Uncertain Times (6 min)
- Healthy Minds App [currently available free]
- 2-Minute COVID-19 “Resilience Reset”(Daily guided meditation and tip from resilience science)
Bridging the Social Distance
- Video chat with friends and family (FaceTime, Android video chat, Google Hangouts, Zoom, Skype, House party app)
- Host a “Netflix Party”
- Have an Online Karaoke party
- Play charades via Google Hangouts, Zoom, Skype
- Host an online scavenger hunt (meet via Google Hangouts, Zoom, Skype then give everyone a fun list of items to find in their house and “show off” what they find when time is up!)
- Host a photo/video scavenger hunt—give them a list of silly things to do and take a photo/video of themselves to share with the group (e.g., headstand, attempt to juggle, eat a hot pepper)
- Play Pictionary via Zoom using the screen share feature
- Practice your photography skills and share with friends
- Make/share TikTok videos
- Play “Car Pool Karaoke” via Zoom—take turns picking a song and challenge other(s) to sing along. Everyone starts muted, then selectively unmute friends to share their performance with the group.
- Host an online journal club or book club
- Watch a movie or show “together” via Zoom, FaceTime Group, Google Hangouts, Skype, Facebook Live or host a movie Tweet-along via Twitter (start your own #hashtag)
- Do a craft “together” via Zoom, FaceTime Group, or Google Hangouts
- Write a story together—one person in the group writes a couple sentences, then emails it to the next group member who adds another couple sentences and passes it along. Keep going as many rounds as it remains fun!
- Play a social online game together (e.g., Words with Friends, Draw Something, Golf Clash)
- Engage in Virtual Team Building Activities
- Send emails, notes, texts to your friends and family expressing gratitude and/or admiration
Free Online Exercise Resources
- Les Mills on-demand exercise classes (e.g., Body Pump, Body Flow, Body Combat, Barre, etc.) [currently available free]
- Peloton online [currently available free]
- Down Dog Yoga online yoga classes [currently free to everyone]
- 50 Best Free Online Workout Resources
- Whole Life Challenge [currently offering a free pop-up challenge for individuals or teams)
- Down Dog App (Yoga, HIIT, Barre, 7-min exercise) [currently free with .edu email address]
- Born Yoga (for families)
- Orange Theory Home Classes
- Fitness Blender online workouts
Resources for Parents
- Helping Kids Cope During the COVID-19 Outbreak
- From PBS Kids
- COVIBOOK (to ease anxiety in young children)
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network COVID-19 Parent/Caregiver Guide
- Steps to ease kids’ fears about COVID-19
Online lessons and activities for Kids
- Tips for working at home with kids
- How to Navigate Google Classroom (if your child’s school is using this to transition online)
- Go Noodle (games and exercise)
- Cosmic Kids Yoga
- Lunch Doodles (drawing lessons)
- Virtual Field Trips
- Virtual School Activities
- Cincinnati Zoo Online Safari
- Toledo Zoo Virtual Tour
- Virtual Disney Rides
- Dairy Farm Virtual Tours: Dairy Farms
- Georgia Aquarium Webcams
- NASA-Explore (Play Games, Complete Challenges, Become a Citizen Scientist)
- Zoo Atlanta Panda Cam
- Educational TV shows on Netflix
- Educational resource companies offering free subscriptions during COVID-19 outbreak
- PBS – educational resources
- UF Literacy Institute Parent Resource Hub
- Civics/Government Lessons and Games for Kids
- IFAS Gardening Guide
Online Storytime
- Storytime Online
- Brightly Storytime (Read Aloud Picture Books)
- Read-Alouds and Sing-Alongs
- Operation Storytime
Interfaith Services Offered Online
Local/National (incomplete listing)
- Abiding Savior Lutheran Church
- Abundant Grace Church
- Anthem Church
- Catholic Mass Online
- Christian Family Chapel
- Congregation B’Nai Israel
- Family Church
- First Presbyterian Church
- Gainesville Church of God
- Gainesville Karma Thegsum Choling (Buddhist meditation center)
- Grace at Fort Clarke
- Grace Bible Church Gainesville
- Greenhouse Church
- Jumah Prayer Service
- North Central Baptist Church
- Redemption Orthodox Presbyterian Church: Look for Redemption OPC
- Shabbat Services Online
- Sim Shalom Online
- Paul’s Lutheran Church
- Trinity United Methodist
- Westside Baptist Church
Journal While in Quarantine
- Consider keeping a COVID-19 Journal to remember this historical event (some prompts below):
- How has this impacted your daily life?
- How has it affected your view of the important work you do?
- How has spending time at home with family influenced your interactions and feelings toward your family? OR How has spending time home alone influenced your interactions and feelings toward your family?
- What has happened during this crisis that has surprised you in a positive way? What has happened during this crisis that has surprised you in a negative way?
- What can you be grateful for in this moment?
- How might this experience impact your life long-term?
Free Online Cultural Experiences
- Metropolitan Opera online broadcasts
- Seattle Symphony online broadcasts
- Live Virtual Concerts (all genres)
- Support Local Live Music with Facebook Live Concerts
- Museum Virtual Tours
- Museum Collections online
- Broadway Direct Guide to Online-Streaming Broadway Shows (most free with Amazon Prime)
Free Online Classes
- Khan Academy
- Coursera
- com
- Free online drawing classes from famous illustrators
- Free classes from Ivy League Schools
- Yale University “Happiness” (Science of Wellbeing) Course
Pharmacies
Several pharmacies are allowing early refills and/or 90-day refills on many prescription medications check with your provider
Meridian Pharmacy is still operating under normal hours and is open, located in the Main Building. Must be an established Meridian Client.
- Walgreens: Free medication delivery (or express pick-up)
- CVS: Free medication delivery
- Amazon pharmacy
Food Resources
Emergency Feeding Sites
Grocery Delivery Services
Grocery Curbside Pick-up (Online Ordering) Services
Meal Delivery Services
Most have introductory discount offers
- Blue Apron
- Chef Ami (local business)
- Eat The 80 (local business)
- Green Chef
- HelloFresh
- Home Chef [discount code DINNERTIME30]
- Splendid Spoon
- Sun Basket
- Mosaic Foods (vegan)
Restaurant Delivery Services
- 352 Delivery
- Bite Squad
- Door Dash (delivery fee currently waived)
- Grubhub
- Uber Eats (delivery fee currently waived)
- Alachua Country Restaurants Offering Take-Out/Delivery
