Student + Family Resources

• Small Business Assistance

  • • NYC has numerous programs set up to provide financial assistance to small business during the crisis

• Resources for Restaurants and Workers Coping with the COVID-19 Emergency

  • • Developed by the Restaurant Workers Community Foundation, it provides a list of resources to those that work in the restaurant industry.

Unemployment

• NY Unemployment Resources

• • New York Unemployment Insurance Claimants Handbook - helpful information people seeking unemployment should read

  • Eligibility for workers in New York for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance

• NJ Unemployment Resources

• • Guidance for answering unemployment questions during Coronavirus measures in New Jersey

  • Other benefits available in NJ

• Food Assistance Resource Finder provides information on how and where to access food, including information on applying for SNAP benefits and accessing the City's free food delivery.

• COVID-19 Food Assistance Resources in NYC

• List of Food Pantries

  • • List of food pantries to support all. Please take a look at the hours they are available. (There might have been a change due to COVID-19)

• Food Support Websites

  • • Websites with a full list of soup kitchens, pantries, and additional supports

• NYS Coronavirus Hotline - 1-888-364-3065

• NYC.gov Coronavirus information site

• CDC Coronavirus information site

• Accessing Health Coverage During COVID-19 - Letter from New York State of Health

• If you need help getting medical care, call 311 - you can get care in NYC regardless of immigration status or ability to pay

• If you have questions or concerns about health insurance costs related to COVID-19 tests or care, please call the Office of the Attorney General’s Health Care hotline: 1-800-428-9071.

• NYC sick leave policies

Health Resources for the Aging/Veterans:

• Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage Program (EPIC)

  • • The Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) program is a New York State program for seniors administered by the Department of Health. It helps more than 337,000 income-eligible seniors aged 65 and older to supplement their out-of-pocket Medicare Part D drug plan costs. Seniors can apply for EPIC at any time of the year and must be enrolled or eligible to be enrolled in a Medicare Part D drug plan to receive EPIC benefits and maintain coverage.

• Guide To Long-Term care for Veterans

  • • Identifies the various home and community-based and residential care available to aging veterans. It provides information on available programs, as well as helpful tools, and information about how to age healthily.

Supporting Students in Temporary Housing:

• Reaching Students in Temporary Housing - April Updates from DOE

• List of Shelters + Drop-In Centers in NYC

• Webinar Notes - Supporting Students in Temporary Housing - From Angelina Lorenzo at UA Central

• Supporting Students in Temp Housing - PowerPoint Slide Deck from NYSTEACHS

• Guidance for P-12 Schools from NYSED

• COVID-19 Best Practices for Students Experiencing Homelessness or with Foster Care Experience

• COVID-19 and Homeless Students - Q+A

• Tips for McKinney-Vento Liaisons

• New York halts evictions indefinitely due to coronavirus pandemic

  • • NYC Housing Authority has halted issuing residential eviction notices, NYS has halted eviction court indefinitely

• Housing Court

  • • Very user friendly and helpful information for tenants, advocates and even landlords regarding repairs, rent owed, evictions etc.

    • Contact information for courthouses in each borough. There is also up to date information about the operating plan for NYC Civil Court during the covid-19 public health crisis.

• Legal Aid Society

  • • Legal services that focus on social justice issues throughout NYC, including housing rights and homelessness. Pro bono services are offered. Up to date information regarding covid-19 can be found on website.

• DYCD- Runaway and Homeless Youth

  • • Contact information for Crisis Services Programs

• Human Resources Administration

  • • Currently residential and commercial rents are suspended. However, once the covid-19 pandemic has subsided and if/ when landlords ask for back rent a, “one shot deal” can be arranged so that only the rent moving forward needs to be paid and not back rent.

• Toolkit for anxiety and mental health as a result of Coronavirus

• Mental Health Resource Guide - for NYC from Transition & College Access Center

• Webinars:

  • • Dealing with Stress and Anxiety in these Uncertain Times (20 Minutes)

    • Dealing with Emotional Stress of the Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic (10 Minutes)

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

  • • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 (TTY 1-800-846-8517)

• CDC: Taking Care of Your Emotional Health

  • • Comprehensive list of how to deal with your own emotional well being during the covid-19 pandemic

Remote Learning:

• Parent Resources for Remote Learning - Multi-Language - from Affinity

• FAQS: Parents - Answers from the DOE as of 3/25

• Regional Enrichment Centers - Overview for Parents

Coronavirus:

• Tips for Talking to Middle and High Schoolers about Coronavirus

• CDC: Helping Children Cope with Emergencies

  • Comprehensive list of how to deal with your children’s emotional well being during the covid-19 pandemic

• New York State Youth Leadership Council’s Covid-19 Resources

  • • Live resource collection with tools available to the undocumented population during COVID-19. Includes support in finances, mental health, food, housing, internet, and art.