This page is updated frequently. Please scroll down for earlier updates and resources.
For up-to-the minute information, please visit NC DHHS Coronavirus Response page
WATCH: Check out our weekly legislative update for January 15, 2021, in English or Spanish.
Presenters:
Adam Sotak & Michelle Hughes, NC Child (Welcome)
Matt Gross, NC DHHS (COVID-19 Response Update)
Ashley Perkinson, NC Child (State legislative update)
Whitney Tucker, NC Child (Federal policy update)
Fawn Pattison, NC Child (Messaging Memo for Child Advocates)
Murtado Bustillos (Spanish Language Interpreter)
NC Child shares weekly videoconference updates alongside our partners to ensure you have what you need to best support kids. Click below to view all previous weekly update videos in English and Spanish.
FACT SHEET: Summary of Select Provisions, HB 1105 Coronavirus Relief Act 3.0 – NC Child
Summary of Select Provisions: 2020 COVID-19 Recovery Act and Related Legislation
Medicaid changes under COVID-19, a pair of fact sheets for families and health care providers, from NC Child
APPLICATION: Coverage for free COVID-19 Testing for Uninsured in NC, NC DHHS
UPDATED GUIDANCE: Child Care Strong NC Toolkit, NC DHHS
COMMUNICATIONS: Prevent and Protect Media Toolkit, NC DHHS
CALENDAR: Free Community COVID-19 Testing Events, NC DHHS
COVID-19 North Carolina Dashboard, NC DHHS
GUIDANCE: Strong Schools NC Public Health Toolkit (updated 7/22/20), NC DHHS
Testing Tools from NC DHHS
NCDHHS COVID-19 Video Playlist (on wide range of COVID-19 topics in English and Spanish)
Foster Family concerns and complaints about visitation or other issues during COVID-19 to NC Division of Social Services: 919-527-6340
EVICTION HELP LINES: Are you being evicted? Legal assistance is available from these sources:
TIP SHEET: Supporting Children of Incarcerated Parents During COVID-19, The New York Initiative for Children of Incarcerated Parents
GRANTS FOR INDIVIDUALS: NC Community Action Agencies have received funding from NC DHHS to help people with needs like unmet rent and utilities. Contact your local Community Action Agency to find out how to apply.
Guía del Padre/Cuidador para COVID-19 / COVID-19 Parent & Caregiver Guide, Prevent Child Abuse NC & NC DHHS
(English and Spanish): Educators, Essential Workers & Volunteers: Help Keep Kids Safe, Prevent Child Abuse NC
Know your rights: Your employment and COVID-19 (covering paid leave, unemployment insurance and safe workplaces), NC Justice Center
COVID-19 Parent & Caregiver Guide, Prevent Child Abuse NC & NC DHHS
Ensuring Vulnerable Children and Families Have Access to Needed Health Services and Supports During theCOVID-19 Pandemic, Duke Center for Child & Family Policy
Strategies to Support the Well-Being of Essential Child Care Staff and Young Children During COVID-19, Duke Center for Child & Family Policy
COVID-19 Resources & Updates for pediatricians, NC Pediatric Society
Finding an emergency dental care provider during COVID-19, NC Oral Health Collaborative
ISSUE BRIEF: Health Equity Principles for State and Local Leaders in Responding to, Reopening and Recovering from COVID-19, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
TOOLKIT: Racial Equity in State and Local COVID-19 Response Checklist, Community Catalyst
FACT SHEETS: State-by-State Fact Sheets on SNAP and COVID-19, Feeding America
COMMUNICATIONS: Framing COVID-19 series, Frameworks Institute
COVID-19 Resources that Take Race Seriously, EmbraceRace
Why We Need $50B in Pandemic Child Care Relief: A State-By-State Estimate, CLASP
COVID-19 Claims Reimbursement to Health Care Providers and Facilities for Testing and Treatment of the Uninsured, US Health Resources & Services Administration
Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfecting Public Spaces, Workplaces, Businesses, Schools and Homes, CDC and US EPA
States need significantly more fiscal relief to slow the emerging deep recession, Center on Budget & Policy Priorities
Approved Disaster Relief SPAs Reduce Burdens on Beneficiaries, Georgetown Center for Children & Families
COVID-19 Resource Hub, Compilation of tools and resources to help families access life-saving resources and support children through this difficult time, Children’s Defense Fund
Compilation of COVID-19 resources for refugees (and others) in many different languages, Society of Refugee Health Care Providers
COVID-19: 24/7 Parenting in many different languages, Parenting for Lifelong Health
Local community foundations with COVID-19 rapid response funds for nonprofits, Community Foundation Awareness Initiative
Helping children cope with changes resulting from COVID-19 (English and Spanish), from the National Association of School Psychologists
