• Effective April 5th, Pennsylvania officials with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations that reflect the latest research, advised some Pennsylvania students may now be at least 3 feet apart in classrooms.  The previous requirement was 6 feet. Universal masking remains a requirement. 
    • In elementary schools, students should be at least 3 feet apart.
    • ​In middle and high schools, students should be at least 3 feet apart in counties with low and moderate community transmission.
    • In substantial counties, middle and high school students should be 6 feet apart if cohorting is not possible.
    • Additionally, 6 feet of distance must be maintained when masks can't be worn in situations such as eating and during activities when increased exhalation occurs, such as singing, shouting, band, or sports and exercise.
  • You do not need to meet any criteria in order to be tested for coronavirus in Montgomery County.
    • See details further down on the page​​​​​​​
  • ​For more information, to find out if the site is open or closed for the day, and to register for an appointment, visit www.montcopa.org/COVID-19 or call 610.970.2937.
  • Registration for same day testing appointments open at 7:00 AM Monday-Friday online and 8:30 AM Monday-Friday by phone. Once these appointments are filled, the system no longer allows for scheduling. You can try again the next day.
    • Montgomery County Community Based Testing Sites - Call 610-970-2937 for an Appointment
    • ​Pottstown - 364 King Street - OPEN M.W.F 2:30pm-5:30pm T.TH 9:30am-12:30pm
    • Lansdale - 421 Main St. - OPEN M.W.F 2:30pm-5:30pm T.TH 9:30am-12:30pm
    • Willow Grove - 1678 Fairview Ave. - OPEN M.W.F 9:30am-12:30pm T.TH. 2:30pm-5:30pm
    • Green Lane - Deep Creek & Snyder Rd. - OPEN M.W.F 9:30am-12:30pm T.TH. 2:30pm-5:30pm
    • Ardmore - 114 W. Lancaster Ave. - OPEN M.W.F 9:30am-12:30pm T.TH. 2:30pm-5:30pm
  • ​CVS test sites can be found HERE.
    • ​CVS Health is conducting drive-up coronavirus testing (COVID-19) at 101 Easton Road, Horsham, PA. Limited appointments are available to patients who qualify. Patients must legally reside in the state where the test is given and be 18 years of age or older. Patients being tested are required to stay in their vehicles and surfaces are sanitized after each visit. Find coronavirus testing info and please view our other coronavirus support options.
  • Rite Aid test sites can be found HERE.
    • ​Rite Aid​ is conducting coronavirus testing at 1390 S Valley Forge Road Lansdale, PA.  Patients must legally reside in the state where the test is given and be 18 years of age or older. ​
  • Liberty Urgent Care also has testing for Covid-19 to include rapid testing. 
    • Click HERE to see how to get tested.​
  • ​These sites may require preregistration or a doctor’s script in order for a test to be taken, so please check with your health care provider before going to a testing site.​
Pre-registration for individuals is for:
  • Persons ages 65 and older
  • Persons ages 16-64 with high-risk conditions:
    • Cancer
    • Chronic kidney disease
    • COPD
    • Down Syndrome
    • Heart conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, or cardiomyopathies
    • Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) from solid organ transplant or from blood or bone marrow transplant, immune deficiencies, HIV, use of corticosteroids, or use of other immune weakening medicines
    • Obesity (body mass index [BMI] of 30 kg/m2 or higher but < 40 kg/m2)
    • Severe Obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2)
    • Pregnancy
    • Sickle cell disease
    • Smoking
    • Type 2 diabetes mellitus
QUESTIONS? Any questions or concerns regarding vaccine registration MUST be directed to the Montgomery Country Office of Public Health at publichealth@montcopa.org. Veoci, the survey provider, will not be able to address any inquiries or provide any assistance on this matter.
  • The Office of Public Health will review the responses and send a registration link to persons that fit into the 1A category, which will take them to an appointment system. Appointment confirmation and a medical license, badge, or paystub verifying employment will be required to receive a vaccination.
    • Healthcare Offices and Healthcare professionals: Individuals employed by a healthcare office should have their office complete one survey form for all staff.
    • Private Healthcare Contractors: Private contractors who work in the healthcare industries listed in the Phase 1A category below, and who do not have a primary employer may apply as an independent contractor. In this case, “Business Name” would be “Your Name Private Contractor.” Business contact information would be the individual’s contact information. A description of the individual’s work in the healthcare industry (as described above in 1A) should be included under “describe the service your agency providers.”
  • COVID-19 VACCINATION REGISTRATION
    • The Montgomery County Office of Public Health has started scheduling appointments for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for Phase 1B which includes qualifying healthcare staff who live or work in the county. 
    • If you have received ANY type of vaccine in the past 14 days, or plan to get a vaccine in the next 14 days, YOU CANNOT GET THE COVID VACCINE UNTIL 14 DAYS HAVE PASSED.
The below website which is updated daily by Georgia Tech provides the estimated chance (0-100%) that at least 1 COVID-19 positive individual will be present at an event in a county, given the size of the event. It is intended to help people identify their risk of coming into contact with a COVID-19 positive person based on the location and size of an event they may be planning to attend.
COVID-19 RISK
The following table for Montgomery County, PA is based on the latest information provided by the site:
  • Traveling during Covid-19?
    • ​​The Secretary of Health issued an order requiring anyone who visits from another state to have a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours prior to entering the commonwealth. 
    • If someone cannot get a test or chooses not to, they must quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in Pennsylvania.
    • Pennsylvanians visiting other states are required to have a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours prior to their return to the commonwealth, or to quarantine for 14 days upon return to Pennsylvania. This does NOT apply to people who commute to and from another state for work or medical treatment. 
    • This order took effect at 12:01 a.m. Friday, November 20. 
All Horsham Recreational Summer Camps, Programs and Trips have been (cancelled)
National Night Out (cancelled)
Carpenter Cross Cyclocross Race (cancelled)
Project Blue Light (cancelled)
Freezer 5K (cancelled)
​Citizens Police Academy scheduled for April (cancelled)
Police Station Tours (suspended)
Fingerprinting of Civilians, for job applications, citizenship, etc. (suspended)
​Didn't complete your CENSUS yet?  Click HERE to be directed to the 2020 Census Questionnaire. 
L • O • C • A • L - it's kinda like BINGO, but easier! If you enjoyed our selfie game, you're gonna love this.

Starting Friday, July 17 through Friday, September 4, we want YOU to get out there and #ShopHorsham! Mark off your card as you visit these places. No need to get items 'in a row' - we're looking for total squares!

‣ 3 TOTAL squares = 1 entry 
‣ 5 TOTAL squares = 2 entries
‣ 10 TOTAL squares = 3 entries

We'll randomly select three winners at the end of the gaming period to win a gift-card to a Horsham Township business or restaurant of your choice!

Download your LOCAL card here: http://ow.ly/sunA50ABwkK

Learn more & see contest rules: http://ow.ly/zfWy50ABwkJ

Submit your entries at the Horsham Township Municipal Building, or by email at horsham@horsham.org

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  • Expiration dates for driver licenses, identification cards, and learner's permits scheduled to expire from March 16, 2020 through July 31, 2020 have been extended until July 31.
    • ​PennDOT says a camera card is considered a driver's license, so it is covered by the same terms and conditions extending other driver's license products. Camera cards with expiration dates within this timeframe are also extended through July 31, 2020.

GREEN PHASE

Horsham Township was in the GREEN Phase - that means we can celebrate this transition AND try to help our community by shopping local! Starting on Monday, July 13th through Labor Day you can shop small to win big!
See the guidelines below:
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  • We'll randomly select three winners at the end of the gaming period to win a gift-card to a Horsham Township business or restaurant of YOUR CHOICE! First prize is $125 gift-card, second prize is $75 gift-card, and third prize is $50 gift-card.
No purchase necessary to enter or win. A purchase does not improve your chances of winning. Contest starts on Friday, June 5, 2020 and will be open to any person following the contest guidelines for the next four weeks. Employees of Horsham Township and their family members and/or those living in the same household are not eligible to enter.
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​Business Questions Related to Governor Wolf's Non Life Sustaining Business List:
For business looking for a waiver or exemption form to stay open please e-mail: ra-dcexemption@pa.gov
For additional  information on waivers please click on the button below
Have questions and looking for clarification on the Governors order please e-mail: ra-dcedcs@pa.gov
For additional resources click the button below 
For a current list of businesses allowed to operate:
Click on the button below for the full list 
  • Hey we were on the radio!  Listen in as our Library Director, Regina Vesely tells KYW what changes are coming to the Horsham Township Library.
The Horsham Township Library is holding Virtual Story Time!  This week, they'll have Picture Books on Monday & Wednesday and Chapter Books on Tuesday & Friday.  
​​Visit the Horsham Township Library's Facebook Page at 10:30am on the days above. 
  • Library Book Club is going virtual on April 28th. For more information or to be added to the group please e-mail our Library Director, at rvesely@mclinc.org​

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Township Facilities Closed Until Further Notice:
The Horsham Township Municipal Building, Community Center, Library, and Public Works Buildings will be closed to the public until further notice, starting on Monday, March 16, 2020 out of an abundance of caution and to help promote social distancing. Residents can continue to conduct business by phone 215-643-3131 and by email horsham@horsham.org. There will be a table set up with boxes in the vestibule Monday through Friday, 8:30AM to 4:30PM where permit applications, tax payments, mail, etc. can be placed in. The Township will be operating but at a staff reduction level. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation. We are all in this together.​​
  • Real Estate Taxes can be mailed (1025 Horsham Rd. Horsham, PA 19044) or dropped in our secure drop box located on the right wall of the entrance to the Township Building.  Once your taxes are processed a receipt will be mailed out to you.  Please be reminded that we are currently working with reduced staff so cleared checks, receipts and refunds will take longer than normal, they will be processed in the order they are received, please be patient during this time.   Remember that the Real Estate Tax Payment discount period is extended from April 30th until May 31st.

Code Enforcement Procedures for Permits and Inspections
The Code Enforcement Department has developed procedures for permits and inspections.
Please click on the button below.​

​Has your facility been shut down during Covid-19?  Flush the water system upon reopening.
​Click HERE for information on procedures from AQUA.
  • What do you adore and miss due to the current restrictions of this pandemic?  Join us in making Horsham delightful by showing us what you adore, “adoore” at a time…
    We would like to encourage our residents to participate in a community wide event and decorate your doors with an assortment of pictures. Show us what you adore and miss most due to the current restrictions of this pandemic.  It could be your grandparents, sports, your favorite vacation spot or even your friends from school.  Decorate your door to entice neighbors to walk around the block, while practicing social distancing, and see if they may miss some of the same people, places, or activities you do.
    Those that are unavailable to leave their homes can still enjoy on social media, post your front door display by using the hashtag #adoorehorsham and let’s see how Horsham residents can come together “adoore” at a time.  Please hashtag your posts until the conclusion on June 4th.
This is a good idea for young kids to record history in the making, they can complete the time capsule packet and then they can put it away (in a shoebox or coffee can, etc.) for the future so they can look back on this time and remember the Pandemic of 2020.  This time period is unprecedented and it might be cool for them to reopen their time capsules in 8th grade, high school, or even college?  
Montgomery County has taken steps to make voting safer and more efficient. As you know, Pennsylvania law now allows voters the option to vote by absentee or mail-in ballot rather than going to their polling place on Election Day. In Montgomery County, we are making voting more efficient by providing five (5) secure drop-off boxes located throughout the county for voters to return their completed ballots and avoid postal service delays.
Drop-off completed ballots at these secure locations instead of placing them in the mail. Completed ballots must be placed in the drop-off boxes by the time the polls close at 8pm on Election Day, Tuesday, June 2, 2020.

Horsham Township Polling Locations

We need your help.  We are seeking available supplies of N95 masks, gloves, long-sleeve Tyvek gowns, face shields, goggles, and other personal protective equipment (PPE) for Horsham Township EMS crews, Firefighters and Police officers who continue to fight the COVID-19 epidemic.  I know that similar requests are seen and heard on a larger scale, but concerns about the supply of these items remain right here in our community.  Please help our first responders who help you!  If there is anything you can do to help provide PPE to our EMS crews, Firefighters and Police officers they would greatly appreciate it.  What we are in need of most are the items shown below.  If you have a donation please reach out to the Township's Emergency Management Coordinator Matthew Reinhardt at mreinhardt@horsham.org or call the Township building at 215.643.3131
  • Join us in displaying “Horsham’s Hearts for Hope!”   Horsham’s Hearts for Hope is a community wide event that you can participate in - safely from the comfort of your own home. Starting today until April 30th create a heart to display on your front lawn however you would like. You can simply make a heart shape out of any object and lay it on your lawn, make a heart sign and stick it in the ground, design a heart wreath and hang it from a tree, or even display your Hope Heart at night by using lights – the skies the limit – be creative!  ​Explore your neighborhood with your family, while practicing social distancing, to see how creative your neighbors can be. You can also drive around Horsham, without leaving your vehicle, and see displays other neighbors have created. Those that are unable to leave their homes can still enjoy on social media, post your Horsham’s Hearts for Hope photos by using the hash tag #HorshamHeartsforHope.​  Please stay safe and keep hope!
  • ​Recognizing the need to provide support to strengthen our local businesses and communities, the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners announced on May 6th, 2020 that it is making available $5,000,000 in economic development funds to provide grants to eligible small businesses for Round 2 of the MontcoStrong Small Business Grant Program.
    • ​Businesses that received a Round 1 MontcoStrong Small Business Grant may not apply in Round 2.
    • Please click HERE for additional information on the grant.