Briefs for Sept. 15, 2021
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St. Joseph offers non-symptom COVID testing for travel, work
News from Providence St. Joseph Hospital
POLSON — Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Polson offers a variety of COVID-19 testing options. Patients who are experiencing symptoms or have been exposed to COVID positive patients can visit the walk-in clinic at St. Joseph Medical Center from 8 a.m.-7 p.m., seven days a week.
We can also accommodate those without symptoms and with no known exposures, for example travel tests and pre-surgical tests, in our clinics on Monday through Friday 8:30-11:30 a.m. or 1-4 p.m. For more information, please call 406-883-5680. In case of emergency symptoms, please call 911 or come to the emergency room.
COVID-19 relief available for small producers, processors, distributors, farmers markets
News from the USDA
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced it will soon publish Requests for Applications (RFAs) for the Pandemic Response and Safety (PRS) Grants program to support agricultural stakeholders who haven’t yet received substantial federal financial assistance in responding to the COVID-19 crisis. This grant program will provide assistance to small businesses in certain commodity areas, including small scale specialty crop producers, food processors, manufacturers, distributors and farmers markets.
A grant forecast is now available to help potential applicants determine their eligibility and to prepare to apply for funding. Eligible entities should visit the PRS grant portal at usda-prs.grantsolutions.gov for complete information on the program, including how to obtain a free of charge DUNS Number from Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) BEFORE applying for this program. On Sept. 23, USDA will issue another announcement indicating that entities may submit their applications through the grant portal; entities will need their DUNS number to submit an application.
