Escambia County Neighborhood and Human Services staff have placed mobile hand-washing stations at Waterfront Rescue Mission, 380 W. Herman St., and the Alfred Washburn Center, 31 Murphy Lane through utilization of Community Development Block Grant funding.
The hand-washing stations have been placed in strategic areas surrounding the buildings to allow homeless individuals to practice good hygiene and hand-washing techniques.
Waterfront Mission is currently open and providing limited day services, walk up lunch, and limited overnight stay for men. The Alfred Washburn Center is also open and providing to-go meals, showers and laundry facilities for homeless individuals. Find more information about these agencies online at
www.waterfrontmission.org and
www.alfredwashburn.org.
The Florida Department of Health in Escambia County
Coronavirus Call Center is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 1-866-779-6121 or you can email your questions to
[email protected]. Visit
floridahealth.gov for the most up-to-date resource for information and guidance regarding COVID-19 in Florida.
For Escambia County specific COVID-19 questions please call the Citizen Information Center at 850-471-6600 or email [email protected].
