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CCHD Opens Countywide COVID-19 Vaccine Pre-registration

2021-01-20 Leave a Comment

Vaccine Rollout Continues According to Priority Group Calvert County residents who wish to receive a COVID-19 vaccination may pre-register online beginning Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 10 a.m. Any Calvert County resident age 18 and older may pre-register at www.CalvertCountyMd.gov/Vaccine. Calvert County Government (CCG) created a pre-registration portal in partnership with the Calvert County Health Department […]

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: CCHD, COVID-19, vaccine

Governor’s Coordinating Offices Releases 2020 Impact Report

2021-01-20 Leave a Comment

Millions of Marylanders Provided PPE, Crucial COVID-19 Resources The Governor’s Coordinating Offices – a group of eight offices unified by Governor Larry Hogan to organize a shared services business model that would reduce costs and connect Marylanders with needed resources statewide – today released their 2020 Impact Report. Milestones included pivoting essential resources for easy, […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: coordinating offices, COVID-19, Gov Hogan, volunteer hours

Gov Hogan Declares State of Emergency For Inauguration

2021-01-16 Leave a Comment

Requests Presidential Disaster Declaration State Seeks Federal Assistance for Security, Other Resources Related to D.C. Riots, Presidential Inauguration Governor Larry Hogan has issued a proclamation declaring a state of emergency related to the 2021 Presidential Inauguration. This executive action will allow the state to more efficiently coordinate support and provide assistance to local jurisdictions within […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: COVID-19, Gov Hogan, inauguration, virtual

$781 Million Additional Funding for Maryland Schools

2021-01-16 Leave a Comment

Maryland State Department of Education Superintendent Karen B. Salmon, Ph.D. announced $781 million in additional funding to assist Maryland schools and students recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding, allocated through the federal Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act, provides grant awards directly to local school systems and the SEED […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: CARES Act, COVID-19, CRRSA, Dr Salmon, funding, Maryland schools

Lt Gov Announces Enhancements to Small Business Reserve Program

2021-01-08 Leave a Comment

Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford today announced executive order 01.01.2021.01, signed by Governor Larry Hogan, enhancing the state’s Small Business Reserve (SBR) Program. Speaking at the bi-weekly Board of Public Works meeting, the lieutenant governor announced that under the order, all executive branch procurement units under the authority of the governor must reserve all procurements […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Boyd Rutherford, COVID-19, Lt Gov, SBR program, small business

Maryland Accepting Claims and Issuing Payments

2021-01-06 Leave a Comment

For the Extended PUA, PEUC, and FPUC Federal Unemployment Insurance Programs Claimants Will Experience No Gap in Benefit Eligibility or Payment Approximately $79 Million in Benefits Already Paid to Claimants Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the Maryland Department of Labor has begun accepting claims and issuing payments for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Pandemic […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: checks, claims, COVID-19, FPUC, PEUC, PUA

Health Benefit Exchange Announce New Enrollment Period

2021-01-04 Leave a Comment

Governor Larry Hogan announced today a new special enrollment period in which all uninsured Maryland residents have the opportunity to enroll in health coverage now due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the recent rise in the positivity rate throughout the state. The enrollment period begins immediately and will run until March 15. “I am […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: COVID-19, enrollment period, Gov Hogan, health coverage

BOCC Extends State of Emergency Thru January 11th

2021-01-03 Leave a Comment

The Nation continues to face effects from the life-threatening virus, COVID-19. A state of emergency and catastrophic health emergency was proclaimed by Governor Lawrence J. Hogan on March 5, 2020 and continues to remain under this state of emergency. Due to this public health catastrophe, Kelly D. McConkey, President of the Board of County Commissioners […]

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: BOCC, CARES Act, COVID-19

Vaccinations at Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Health Departments

2020-12-31 Leave a Comment

Local Health Departments to Begin Vaccination Clinics for First Responders Enough Doses Allocated to Vaccinate 100% of Critical Front Line Hospital Staff Vaccination Clinics at Maryland Nursing Homes Are Underway Early COVID-19 vaccinations at Maryland hospitals, nursing homes, and local health departments will continue this week as the state allocates an additional 82,800 doses of […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: COVID-19, Gov Hogan, Moderna, vaccinations

COVID-19 Relief for Agriculture and Seafood Producers

2020-12-29 Leave a Comment

State Has Now Provided More Than $9 Million For Farmers, Watermen, and Producers; Part of More Than $600 Million In Emergency Economic Relief At the direction of Governor Larry Hogan, the Maryland Departments of Agriculture (MDA) and Natural Resources (DNR) have now provided more than $9 million in COVID-19 relief funding to farmers, watermen, and […]

Filed Under: First Responder Tagged With: COVID-19, DNR, MDA, seafood industry, watermen

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