Update for week of October 19
Applications for CARES Act Funding for Nonprofits (Community Health & Wellbeing) and Recover Manatee Safety First Small Business Grant Program are now open. Application for Manatee CARES Housing Assistance Program will reopen on Wednesday, Oct. 28.
On Sept. 25, Gov. DeSantis announced Florida will enter Phase 3 of reopening, effective immediately. View Executive Order 20-244. On Sept. 29, Manatee County Commissioners repealed a mandatory face covering resolution, replacing it with a position by unanimous proclamation that anyone in Manatee County should continue to wear masks if they're unable to socially distance indoors.
The state drive-thru COVID-19 test site formerly at UTC Mall has reopened at 100 Cattleman Road, Sarasota. View more COVID-19 testing information.
Manatee County Government is distributing 40,000 free reusable cloth face masks at public libraries.
View Manatee County's plan for phased re-opening of public facilities and spaces. The public is encouraged to continue to conduct transactions with the County online or over the phone whenever possible. Call 3-1-1 for more information.