COVID-19 Resources for Families

 

COVID-19 Resources for Families

 

DOE Fall 2022 COVID-19 Guidance

This guidance provides best practice considerations for schools for the 2022-2023 school year to help prevent the transmission of COVID-19 among students and staff.

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• Just for Kids: A Comic Exploring the New Coronavirus  (WEBSITE)
• Fear of Coronavirus - A Good Time to Talk to Kids About Keeping Fears Realistic and Manageable (WEBSITE)
• How Do You Talk to Children About Coronavirus? Stay Honest and Simple to Avoid Anxiet (WEBSITE)
• How to Talk to Your Kids About the Coronavirus (and Ease Their Fears) (WEBSITE)
• Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus | Child Mind Institute (WEBSITE)
• Brain POP en español - Todo sobre Corona Virus: (WEBSITE) 
• School Mental Health Resource & Training (WEBSITE)
• New York State Office of Mental Health (WEBSITE)

Legal Information & Immigration Services

• Family Justice Centers -  (WEBSITE)
• NYC HOPE - can connect you to resources to help you or a loved one experiencing dating, domestic, or gender-based violence. (WEBSITE)
• LIFT - Justice for All - One family at a time Helping New Yorkers find justice in Family Court since 1996. (WEBSITE)
• SOCIAL SECURITY (WEBSITE)
• Resources for Immigrant Communities During COVID-19 Pandemic (WEBSITE)

 

Obtaining public assistance

 

ACCESS HRA - About the Human Resources Administration - (WEBSITE)

 

• Food Banks/Soup Kitchen by Borough (WEBSITE)
• WCK distributing meals in The Bronx, Queens, Harlem, Brooklyn & New Jersey (WEBSITE)
• One Week of Free Groceries: Distribution of free food, available to any New Yorker who needs it: (WEBSITE)

• Grab and Go Meals for All New Yorkers: To find a location, text “NYCFOOD” or “COMIDA” to 877-877 or visit  (WEBSITE)

• SNAP: (WEBSITE)
• Information about school meals and remote learning: (WEBSITE) 
• The Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center has partnered with Share Meals, Hunger Free America, BetaNYC and Plentiful to compile the most current and accurate data for these resource guides which are continually updated. Guides can be found here: (WEBSITE)
• Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) Food Benefits for All NYC Public School Students (WEBSITE)
• Food Assistance Resource Finder  (WEBSITE)
• Buscador de Recursos de Asistencia Alimentaria (WEBSITE)