Ask United Way for help with COVID-19 resources! Keep them up to date on your facility closures. See highlighted section below.

Emily

Emily Less (pronouns: she/her)

Health Promotion Coordinator III

Communicable Disease

(253) 625-1362

From: Krystle Amundson <KAmundson@tpchd.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2020 2:00 PM
To: Communities of Focus <CommunitiesOfFocus-DL@tpchd.org>
Subject: FW: United Way of Pierce County - COVID-19 Impacts & Response

FYI – United Way is surveying community organizations below regarding their COVID-19 needs. Please share widely with your community partners.

From: Pierce County Human Services Coalition <buildingastrongercommunity@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2020 12:21 PM
Subject: United Way of Pierce County - COVID-19 Impacts & Response

As our community struggles to contain the spread of COVID-19, the United Way is reaching out to learn about the challenges and needs your organization is facing because of this public health crisis and to share resources.

As schools and colleges move online and senior centers close, vulnerable populations lose access to needed meal programs and other services and supports.  Please use this link if your organization has needs or challenges that we can promote with our stakeholders and donors. For example, shelters may need additional hygiene kits, hand sanitizer, etc. or food banks might be able to use volunteer drivers to drop food boxes to those who cannot get out of their homes because they are high-risk.

Also, please keep 2-1-1 up-to-date on any agency closures or service impacts.

United Way of Pierce County’ s team is helping with statewide response efforts through support of the WA State Department of Health’s 1-800 service to answer questions/concerns about COVID-19. If you or others have questions, please call 1-800-525-0127 for more information.

Other resources:

·         Attached please find a document with information on how to respond within your organization as well as an example of a Business Impact Analysis form to determine impact of long-term closure and/or offsite work.

·         Nonprofit Quarterly article “Nonprofits Who Can’t Cancel: The Ones that Serve Those at Greater Risk of COVID-19”

·         Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department - https://www.tpchd.org/healthy-people/human-coronavirus

·         Is My School Closed Today - https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/is-my-school-closed-today-heres-a-list-of-coronavirus-related-k-12-and-college-closures-in-washington-state/

Thanks,

United Way Impact Team

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