Community Resources

Commonwealth of Massachusetts COVID-19 Information Page

CDC: COVID-19 - What You Need To Know

Talking to Children About COVID-19: A Parent Resource

People who feel stressed can find a supportive voice at the end of a telephone line in Berkshire County. The local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness has set up a number that people can call to speak about coping with tough times, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The new "warm line" is funded by the Berkshire United Way, The Taconic Foundation, the Williamstown Community Chest and the Northern Berkshire United Way. Here's how it works: Until 8 p.m. each day, calls to 413-445-1136 will be answered by a NAMI staff member or a trained volunteer with "lived experience" of mental health issues and trauma, the agency says. In other hours, people who leave their phone number and first name will be contacted within 24 hours, the agency says. All calls are confidential.

Mass211.org - call center representatives assist residents across the state with questions and concerns about the COVID-19 virus. Operational 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Translation services are available.

Call2Talk - mental health, emotional support, and suicide prevention program operating 24/7. Residents can call 508-532-2255 or text C2T to 741741 to be connected

Disaster Distress Helpline - 1-800-985-5990 is a 24/7, 365-day-a-year national hotline dedicated to providing immediate crisis counseling for people who are experiencing emotional distress

Samaritans - a 24/7 suicide prevention hotline. Call or text any time at 877-870-4673

Lee Public Schools / Town of Lee Meal Delivery Program

Additional support for meals:

• Lee Food Pantry: Serves people in Becket, Lee, Lenox Dale, Otis, Stockbridge, Tyringham and West Stockbridge, 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays, 45 Railroad St., Lee, 413-266-114. For more information click here.

• Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Mobile Food Bank: No proof of eligibility required, bring your own bags, noon to 1 p.m., first Tuesday, rain or shine, 444 Stockbridge Road, Great Barrington, 413-247-9738.

• Lenox Ecumenical Food Pantry: Serves Lenox and Lenox Dale residents along with members of Lenox & Lenox Dale churches. Assistance available every other week, 10 to 11 a.m. Saturdays, United Methodist Church of Lenox, 6 Holmes Road, Lenox, 413-445-5918.