Community Settings: COVID-19

By taking these actions, community organizations can help slow the spread and reduce demands on the health care sector so the most seriously ill people get the supportive care they need.

On this page:
Sports and Music Activities
Community- and Faith-based Organizations
Congregate Living and Care Facilities
     Homeless Service Providers
     Adult Day Centers
     Jails and Correctional Settings
     Housing and Licensed Residential and Non-Residential Settings

Minnesota Department of Health Process for Assessing Situational Risk for Transmission SARS-CoV-2 (PDF)

Sports and Music Activities

• COVID-19 Organized Sports Practice and Games Guidance for Youth and Adults (PDF)
  Updated 3/14/21
  
  
• Face Coverings in Organized Sports During COVID-19 (PDF)
  2/26/21
  
  
• COVID-19 Preparedness Plan Guidance: Requirements for Public Pools (PDF)
  Updated 4/15/21
  
  
• Music Activities and Performances During COVID-19 (PDF)
  Updated 4/15/21

Community- and Faith-based Organizations

• Caring for People in Their Homes (PDF)
  Updated 4/13/21
  
  
• Guidance for Vehicle Gatherings, Parades, and Drive-ins (PDF)
  Outlines recommendations that organizers of vehicle gatherings should consider when planning a vehicle event.
  Updated 4/15/21
  
  
• Requirements for Celebrations and Significant Life Events (PDF)
  Updated 3/15/21
  
  
• COVID-19 Preparedness Plan Requirements for Faith-Based Communities, Places of Worship, Weddings, and Funerals (PDF)
  Updated 4/15/21
  
  
• Staying Safer during Ramadan 2021 (PDF)
  Requirements and recommendations to slow the spread of COVID-19 while observing Ramadan.
  Updated 4/9/21
  
  Translated versions: Staying Safer during Ramadan

  • Staying Safer during Ramadan 2021: Amharic (PDF)
  • Staying Safer during Ramadan 2021: Arabic (PDF)
  • Staying Safer during Ramadan 2021: Oromo (PDF)
  • Staying Safer during Ramadan 2021: Somali (PDF)
  • Observe Ramadan Safer (PDF)
    Flyer with tips on how to observe Ramadan safely.
    4/5/21
    
    
• COVID-19 Planning for Funeral Services and Ceremonies (PDF)
  Updated 3/26/21
  
  
• Guidance for Hmong Funerals during COVID-19 (PDF)
  Updated 4/5/21
  
  
• CDC: Community Organizations and Gatherings
  
  
• FEMA: COVID-19 Funeral Assistance
  How to apply, who is eligible, and more.
  Flyers with information on accessing this assistance:
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Funeral Assistance (PDF)
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Funeral Assistance in Spanish (PDF)
    
    
• Mortuary Science
  Includes COVID-19 specific guidance.

Congregate Living and Care Facilities

• COVID-19-Related Bed, Capacity and/or Service Change Application Form (PDF)
  4/10/20
  
  
• Guidance for Facilities Providing Transportation Services during COVID-19 (PDF)
  Guidance for Home and Community-Based Service (HCBS) providers, including day services and residential providers, when offering transportation services to high-risk participants in order to best protect drivers and occupants.
  Updated 3/3/21
  
  
• Minnesota Heading Home Alliance
  For more information and guidance for shelter and congregate living (non-nursing home) providers.

Homeless Service Providers

• COVID-19: Families and People Living in Encampments (PDF)
  Updated 2/17/21
  
  
• Homeless Service Settings: Interim Guidance for Providers (PDF)
  These recommendations apply to homeless services settings and encampments.
  Updated 5/10/20
  
  
• Guidance for COVID-19 Work Exclusion: Homeless Service & Shelter Providers (PDF)
  Updated 11/4/20
  
  
• COVID-19 Testing: Congregate Settings for People Experiencing Homelessness or Living in Emergency Shelters (PDF)
  Updated 2/2/21
  
  
• Interim Guidance about People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness and Encampment Settings (PDF)
  Updated 2/2/21
  
  
• COVID-19 Toolkit for Shelters and Drop-in Centers (PDF)
  8/21/20
  
  
• CDC: Homeless Populations

Adult Day Centers

• CDC Guidance for Adult Day Services Centers Guidance includes best practices for providing activities, transportation, and daily services within adult day centers.
  
  
• Information for Adult Day Centers and Day Service Facilities with a Confirmed Case of COVID-19 (PDF)
  Updated 2/2/21

Jails and Correctional Settings

• Jails and Correctional Settings: Interim Guidance for Responding to Cases of Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19 (PDF)
  Updated 12/29/20
  
  
• COVID-19 Vaccine Facts in Correctional Facilities (PDF)
  4/8/21
  
  
• COVID-19 Testing Recommendations for Jails, Prisons, and Detention Facilities (PDF)
  Updated 6/2/20
  
  
• Corrections Staff COVID-19 Notification Toolkit (PDF)
  3/17/21
  
  
• Integrating COVID-19 Vaccination with Tuberculosis Testing in Correctional Facilities (PDF)
  Updated 3/26/21
  
  
• Minnesota Judicial Branch COVID-19 Information
  
  
• CDC: Correctional and Detention Facilities

Housing and Licensed Residential and Non-Residential Settings

• Questions and Answers for Staff, Families, and Clients of Children's Residential Facilities: COVID-19
  Updated 8/12/20
  
  
• Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities: COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions
  9/10/20
  
  
• COVID-19 Guidance for Building or Property Managers and Management Companies in Multi-unit and High-rise Housing (PDF)
  Guidance for congregate housing, including apartment buildings, public housing, and other settings where groups of people or families live.
  Updated 10/5/20
  
  
• COVID-19 Prevention and Management in Licensed Group Homes (PDF)
  This document replaces "Interim Guidance on the Prevention of COVID-19 for Employees and Persons Who Use Services in Licensed Group Homes" and "Managing COVID-19 in Licensed Group Homes" and includes latest CDC guidance.
  Updated 3/23/21
  
  
• COVID-19 Testing Resources for Residential Programs Licensed by the Department of Human Services (PDF)
  9/2/20
  
  
• Interim Guidance for the Prevention of COVID-19 in DHS-Licensed Residential and Non-Residential Settings with At-Risk Persons (PDF)
  This guidance expands recommendations to DHS-licensed programs that provide residential or non-residential services in congregate settings.
  3/31/20

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