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For Immediate Release Date: 3/23/2020           

                                           UME Response to COVID-19

In response to the University of Maryland, Baltimore City Government and Governor Larry Hogan’s actions taken to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the University of Maryland Extension, Baltimore City Office is implementing policies to limit in-person transactions and safeguard the health of its employees, stakeholders, and the general public.

Effective immediately, the University of Maryland Extension is currently functioning, however, building access is limited to staff only. Our employees are teleworking so appointments will be held via email and/or conference call between 8 am and 4:30 pm. During this time, our staff will continue to be available by phone and email. They can be reached as follows:

Manami Brown, City Extension Director mbrown4@umd.edu [2]
Tamara Scott, Business Services Specialist tkscott1@umd.edu [3]
Shanna Chuenyane, Administrative Assistant schuenya@umd.edu [4]
Michael Elonge, Financial Management Educator melonge@umd.edu [5]
Neith Little, Urban Agriculture Educator nglittle@umd.edu [6]
Albert Lewis, 4-H Youth Development Educator alewis17@umd.edu [7]
Bidemi Oladiran, 4-H Youth Development Educator bidemio@umd.edu [8]
Marcus Williams, Master Gardener Coordinator mwilli65@umd.edu [9]
Lauren Williams, Food Supplement Nutrition Education lwilli26@umd.edu [10]
Sarah Fortunato, Food Supplement Nutrition Education sfortuna@umd.edu [11]
Erin Bowman, Food Supplement Nutrition Education ebowman@umd.edu [12]
Maribet Brute, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program mbrute@umd.edu [13]
Barbara Fisher, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program bkrivance@umd.edu [14]
Cassandra King, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program cking1@umd.edu [15]
Maria Cruz, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program macru2@umd.edu [16]
Bianca Brown-Croswell, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program bbrowncr@umd.edu [17]

Additionally, all in-person public meetings will be canceled, postponed or held via teleconference.

As part of the state’s strong response to COVID-19, Governor Hogan issued an executive order providing a grace period for any state licenses, permits and/or registrations that may be expiring or up for renewal during the state of emergency. Renewal deadlines will be extended up to 30 days after the state of emergency is lifted. This order applies to several items issued by MDA programs, including but not limited to pesticide applicator licenses, State Chemist product registrations, and nutrient management certifications.

This is a rapidly evolving situation, and the University of Maryland Extension will continue working hard to maintain normal operations as much as possible. Any questions regarding specific programs or services please contact the UMEBaltimore City office (410) 856-1850 Ext. 112 or 114 and https://extension.umd.edu/baltimore-city [18]

For more information on the statewide response to COVID-19, please visit governor.maryland.gov/coronavirus.

The University of Maryland Extension programs are open to all and will not discriminate against anyone because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry, or natural origin, marital status, genetic information, political affiliation, or gender identity and expression.
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Source URL: https://extension.umd.edu/baltimore-city/covid-19-press-release

Links
[1] http://www.extension.umd.edu/baltimore-city
[2] mailto:mbrown4@umd.edu
[3] mailto:tkscott1@umd.edu
[4] mailto:schuenya@umd.edu
[5] mailto:melonge@umd.edu
[6] mailto:nglittle@umd.edu
[7] mailto:alewis17@umd.edu
[8] mailto:bidemio@umd.edu
[9] mailto:mwilli65@umd.edu
[10] mailto:lwilli26@umd.edu
[11] mailto:sfortuna@umd.edu
[12] mailto:ebowman@umd.edu
[13] mailto:mbrute@umd.edu
[14] mailto:bkrivance@umd.edu
[15] mailto:cking1@umd.edu
[16] mailto:macru2@umd.edu
[17] mailto:bbrowncr@umd.edu
[18] https://extension.umd.edu/baltimore-city
[19] https://extension.umd.edu/sections/baltimore-city