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The resources below include secondary and older items. They are provided here for reference purposes. Visit VML’s COVID-19 Resources main page to view only the most recent.

State:

- Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) Unemployment Benefits Update: July 20 Presentation to VML & Summary documents below:

- Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Social Services: COVID-19 Reopening Child Care – Phase I Guidelines and Information for Child Care (May 13)

- Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority: Procedural and regulatory matters for Virginia ABC licensed businesses affected by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak (May 13).
  - Note: Topic 16 in the document above covers Temporary Approval of Outside Dining Areas.

- Virginia Department of Education: from James F. Lane, Ed.D., Superintendent of Public Instruction – CARES Act Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund Division Allocations.
  - Supporting documents:

- Virginia Department of Elections: A message to General Registrars and Electoral Board Members in Localities Holding May 19, 2020 Elections

- RAND Corporation Healthcare: Virginia COVID-19 Models by Carter C. Price, Ph.D.

- Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: Guidance for Farmer’s Markets

- Education / Special Education:
  - Joint Guidance for Student Placements Reimbursed by the Children’s Services Act from the Virginia Department of Education and the Office of Children’s Services (March 30, 2020)
    - Accompanying letter from Dr. Daniel Carey, Secretary of Health and Human Resources (March 30)

- Office of the Governor:
  - Executive Order Number Sixty-Five (Phase II Easing of Temporary Restrictions due to COVID-19) – Amended (June 9)
  - Executive Order 63 (Requirement to Wear Face Coverings While Inside Buildings)
    - FAQ on Face Coverings
    - FAQ Spanish
  - Order of the Governor and State Health Commissioner – Declaration of Public Health Emergency (details person limit for restaurants, fitness centers, and theaters)
  - Executive Order Fifty-Nine: Postponing May 5, 2020 General and Special Elections to May 19, 2020 Due to Novel Coronabirus (COVID-19)
  - Executive Order 55
    - Governor’s press release on Executive Order 55
  - Executive Order 53
    - VML statement on Executive Order 53: On March 23, Governor Ralph Northam issued Executive Order 53 which orders all K-12 schools in Virginia to remain closed through the end of the originally scheduled academic year. The Virginia Municipal League strongly supports the Governor’s firm stance on protecting children, families, and the public at large by limiting the spread of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. Further, VML appreciates the framework provided in this directive for localities to begin making plans.
    - Governor’s press release on Executive Order 53
    - FAQs
  - Governor Northam’s State of Emergency announcement (March 12)
  - AMENDED Executive Order Number Sixty-Two (2020) and Order of Public Health Emergency – Jurisdictions Temporarily Delayed from Entering Phase One in Executive Order 61 and Permitted to Remain in Phase Zero: Northern Virginia Region (May 12). Amended to include City of Richmond and the County of Accomack (May 14)
  - Forward Virginia presentation outlining the various phases for easing restrictions and reopening businesses. (May 4)
  - Governor Northam Issues Statewide Stay at Home Order
    - Executive Order 55
    - Governor’s press release on Executive Order 55

- State Corporation Commission: Order Suspending Disconnection of Service and Suspending Tariff Provisions Regarding Utility Disconnections of Service (March 16)

- Pre-COVID-19 Resources:
  - Commonwealth of Virginia’s Emergency Operations Plan
  - Executive Order 41 (which covers emergency management procedures for state agencies)

Federal:

- Office of Secretary of Veterans & Defense Affairs
  - COVID19 Posture Update #6 (June 18)
  - Overview of COVID19 Posture

- Congress of the United States: Letter from members to Chairman Powell and Secretary Mnuchin (June 8)
  Requesting further action to stabilize the municipal bond market by ensuring that as many local governments and communities as possible have access to this necessary liquidity.

- Congressional Budget Office: Letter from Director Swagel to Speaker of the House Pelosi (June 9)
  Regarding the decline in CBO’s projections of Gross Domestic Product for 2020 and 2021

- Federal Register: Paid Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
  - Summary: The Secretary of Labor (“Secretary”) is promulgating temporary regulations to implement public health emergency leave under Title I of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and emergency paid sick leave to assist working families facing public health emergencies arising out of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic. The leave is created by a time-limited statutory authority established under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Public Law 116-127 (FFCRA), and is set to expire on December 31, 2020. The FFCRA and this temporary rule do not affect the FMLA after December 31, 2020.

- FEMA: Seeking FEMA Assistance to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Steps and contact information for localities to use when engaging FEMA

- The White House: The President’s Coronavirus Guidelines for America (March 16)

- CDC Interim Guidance for Event Planners

- White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs: The Trump Administration Is Supporting the People of Virginia (April 23)
  Includes a partial overview of Federal assistance provided to the Commonwealth of Virginia and the people of Virginia to combat the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).