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COVID TESTS ARE AVAILABLE AT YOUR LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH OFFICE
Please test yourself if you have symptoms consistent with COVID, even mild, cold-like symptoms. Remember that a negative antigen test does NOT mean you are not infected. It simply means that your viral load was low when you took the test. And with Flu and RSV going around, it is always important to stay home whenever you have symptoms to avoid spreading the illness.
Another critical time to test is correct before you get together with a group of people to avoid infecting others in case you are asymptomatically infected.
For information and assistance, contact the Vineyard Health Care Access Program or the Massachusetts Health Connector at 877-623-6765 mahealthconnector.org
You can also get assistance from any SHINE counselors at the Councils on Aging on-island.
Dukes County Social Services
EXTRA COVID SNAP ENDING
The last extra COVID SNAP payment will be on March 2, 2023.  
Since April 2020, these extra payments (at least $95) have been put on EBT cards at the beginning of each month. Starting in April, households will get only one SNAP payment. That amount is the standard monthly benefit allotted to the households.

Clients can provide certain documentation under certain circumstances if a benefit is lower than these numbers. Some of these are; Medical costs over $35 a month for anyone in your SNAP household who is 60 or older or has a disability, an increase in housing costs (rent/mortgage), and child or disabled adult care costs.
If you or someone you know who would like to apply, please get in touch at (508)696-3844.
The Fuel Assistance Heating Season runs from November 1st until April 30th.
Island Health Care Community Health Workers / Peer Recovery Coaches are available for those who need help with their Substance Use.
Martha's Vineyard Community Services Recovery Coach Program
111 Edgartown Road, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568
508-693-7900 x451

Island Health Care Community Health Center
245 Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Rd, Edgartown, MA 02539
508-964-0940
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