Bulletin Regarding COVID-19 Virus

Mountain Vista Farm is taking the following precautionary measures in our ongoing commitment to our community’s safety, health, and future:

• Social distancing is being practiced and enforced.

• Staff member temperatures are taken and recorded at the beginning of each work shift. Any staff member feeling poorly does not work until well. Staff members are tested for COVID-19.

• Clients and staff continually wash their hands with soap and water. Reminders are placed throughout the facility and are given verbally.

• Clients are reminded to avoid touching their noses, eyes, and mouths.

• Maintenance staff and employees continually wipe down and sanitize all common-area surfaces.

• Public contact is strictly limited. Telehealth is utilized for conferences, assessments, family counseling, and aftercare program sessions.

• Sanitizer and disinfectant are provided for use throughout the facility.

• Extra sanitizing stations have been added at the entrances to offices and common areas.

• All staff members and consultants are required to wear facemasks at all times.

• Disposable masks and gloves are provided for clients and staff.

• All offices and meeting spaces are cleaned thoroughly with disinfectant between shifts.

• Only larger offices are utilized for 1:1 counseling sessions, allowing 6’ space.

• All clients will be masked up for the full time in treatment.

• The number of total clients has been adjusted to allow clients more space in the meeting rooms.

• Clients do not hold hands during the coin-out ceremony and after support group meetings.

• Support Group meetings are attended by clients on-line.

• A number of special safety protocols have been added to our admissions screening process.

• Daily, continual communication with our Consulting Physician and on-site Registered Nurse continues.

• We are closely monitoring the situation with the CDC, Public Health Department, and other agencies in order to maintain the best possible practices, and work continually to safeguard our program, taking every precaution possible to keep our community safe.

The Mountain Vista Farm Staff is taking every precaution possible to keep our community safe during this uncertain time.