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Oakland County, in partnership with Honor Community Health, is offering free drive-through COVID-19 testing to Oakland County residents by appointment only (same day appointments are not available):
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Monday and Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
1200 N Telegraph Rd., Pontiac
Medical Examiners Facility (Bldg. 28E) Parking Lot
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Tuesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
27725 Greenfield Rd., Southfield
Oakland County Health Division Parking Lot
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Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
45175 W 10 Mile Rd., Novi
Novi Civic Center Parking Lot
Individuals will be screened for symptoms, age, and whether or not they are part of a priority testing population before an appointment is scheduled. Those over the age of 18 should call Oakland County’s “Nurse on Call” at 1-800-848-5533 to schedule an appointment. For those under the age of 18, call Honor Community Health at 248-724-7600 to schedule an appointment.
COVID-19 testing is also available to any resident of the tri-county region (Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb County) through the Coronavirus Community Care Network located at Joe Dumars Fieldhouse at the State Fairgrounds in Detroit. To schedule an appointment, call 313-230-0505 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
More information on testing can be found at oakgov.com/covid.
On April 29, the Board of Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution accepting $219 million in funding from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
The funding, which was determined based on Oakland County’s population, can be used on expenditures related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Examples of eligible expenditures include expenses associated with economic support in connection with the COVID-19 public health emergency, expenses of actions to facilitate compliance with COVID-19- related public health measures, public health expenses, medical expenses and payroll expenses for county employees whose services are substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to the pandemic.
The expenditures must be related to items that were not accounted for in the county’s budget and must have been incurred from March 1, 2020 to December 30, 2020.
Oakland County’s Small Business Stabilization Fund, which provides grants for companies impacted by the coronavirus health emergency, received $12 million from the CARES Act grant.
The Board of Commissioners unanimously approved an additional $12 million to be added to the county’s Small Business Stabilization Fund at its meeting April 29.
The Board approved the creation of the fund at its March 31 meeting. Nearly 800 small businesses have been awarded grants to help with payroll expenses, rent, mortgage payments, utility expenses or other similar expenses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The $12 million will allow the county to award additional grants to small businesses in the region and boost previous awards. The most recent round of funding for the county’s Small Business Stabilization Fund comes from the federal CARES Act grant Oakland County received.
Leaders from business, education, health care, a non-profit agency, labor and government have been named to the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Task Force to advise County Executive David Coulter and the Board of Commissioners on strategies to help stabilize the county’s economy and recover from the downturn caused by the pandemic.
The task force will meet regularly to provide Coulter, the Board and the Department of Economic Development & Community Affairs with recommendations the county can use as it plans for its eventual emergence from the coronavirus pandemic. As businesses begin to re-open, the task force will help identify county strategies to help accelerate and sustain the rebound from the economic slowdown. It will review how operations and services may change and make recommendations on how the county can support local businesses and organizations.
For more information, visit bit.ly/2xgFk1u.
Oakland County is accepting donations of masks (all types), face shields, surgical gowns, surgical gloves, no-touch thermometers and respirators at the Oakland County Farmers Market located at 2350 Pontiac Lake Road in Waterford, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Oakland County will pick up any donated equipment on the list for those who are unable to drop off donations at the Farmers Market. To donate, please contact Oakland County’s Emergency Operations Center at 248-858-5300 or oakeoc@oakgov.com.
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More information can be found at oakgov.com/census2020.
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