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“Advocates working in local programs and shelters are facing additional challenges as they seek to continue uninterrupted services for survivors. In response to the request of guidance and resources for emergency preparedness for domestic violence shelters and programs concerning the novel coronavirus, below are some recommendations and resources.”

–nnedv.org

General COVID-19 Guidance

• NNEDV
  • COVID-19: Coalition Guidance for Programs 
  • One-Page Guidance About Programs: https://nnedv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Library_Coronavirus_Guidance_for_DV_Shelters_NNEDV_12MAR2020.pdf

• NRCDV
  • https://vawnet.org/news/preventing-managing-spread-covid-19-within-domestic-violence-programs

• Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence 
  • https://wscadv.org/news/response-to-coronovirus-resource-round-up/ 
  • Coronavirus: what advocates need to know (webinar recorded 3/16/20). Slides from this presentation can be viewed here. 

• Futures Without Violence 
  • https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/get-updates-information-covid-19/

Strategies for Adapting Advocacy

• NNEDV 
  • Using Technology to Communicate with Survivors During a Public Health Crisis (find additional related resources in our Digital Services Toolkit)
  • Uso de Tecnología Durante una Crisis de Salud Pública
  • Best Practices for Using Mobile Devices for Advocacy
  • How to Operate as a Remote Workplace During a Public Health Crisis
  • Cómo Operar como un Centro de Trabajo Remoto Durante una Crisis de Salud Pública
• Safe Housing Alliance
  • Covid-19 and Flexible Funding: Redefining Resilience for Survivors (pdf) 
  • Mobile Advocacy Webinar Slides (pdf) 
  • Flexible Funding FAQ (pdf)
  • Supporting Safe Housing Stability for Survivors through Flexible Funding Webinar- https://youtu.be/fkKXjXm5CWg

• Victims Rights Law Center
  • Protecting Survivor Privacy While Working from Home

Safety Planning

• Safe Housing Alliance
  • Safety Planning Toolkit (pdf)
  • Safety Planning with Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence: A Guide of Homeless/Housing Programs Webinar- https://youtu.be/YK5njMg-Dgk 
• National Domestic Violence Hotline
  • COVID-19 Special Report
  • Safety Planning (also available in Spanish below): https://www.thehotline.org/2020/03/13/staying-safe-during-covid-19/?fbclid=IwAR0Hh2v73umamLVL7g8P2o_Oqw9wYu2xHvP57o6_d_7k4LUvqCtX5mkL-jU 
  • https://espanol.thehotline.org/2020/03/18/mantenerse-segurx-durante-covid-19/

Legal Considerations and Policy

• WomensLaw – Frequently Asked Questions Involving Courts and COVID-19
• National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) – Dependency Court and State Responses to COVID-19: provides information on each state’s decision in response to COVID-19 on the operation of the state’s courts, hearings, visitations, and other functions during the pandemic.
• The New York State Council on Women and Girls: COVID-19 Domestic Violence Task Force (May 28, 2020)

• National Housing Law Project (NHLP) – nhlp.org

  • Reasonable Accommodations and Disability Discrimination in the Context of COVID-19  
  • FAQ: Eligibility for Assistance Based on Immigration Status 

Resources for Kids and Families

• Futures Without Violence
  • https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/resources+for+kids+and+families

Additional resources on the evictions crisis and related moratoria available here: https://www.safehousingta.org/evictions-resources/

United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH):

• COVID-19 Resources
• Webinar: COVID-19 Planning and Response: Isolation and Quarantine: Lessons Learned from King County

National Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) Council:

• COVID-19 Resources
• Archived Webinar: Coronavirus and the HCH Community: Status Updates, Available Guidance, Local Preparations, and Outstanding Issues

CDC Guidance:

• Unsheltered Homelessness and COVID-19

National Alliance to End Homelessness:

• Coronavirus and Homelessness
• New Report: Impacts of COVID-19 on People Experiencing Homelessness
• A FRAMEWORK FOR COVID-19 HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE (May 1, 2020)

HUD:

• Visit the SNAPS Disease Risks and Homelessness page on the HUD Exchange for a full list of COVID-19 infectious disease prevention and response resources.
• HUD Webinars and Office Hours
• Specific Considerations for Public Health Authorities to Limit Infection Risk Among People Experiencing Homelessness
• HUD guidance for CoC Projects for using funds for Infectious disease and disaster preparedness
• For ESG Projects, HUD has this guidance for ESG Projects for eligible program costs for infectious disease preparedness
• Preventing & Managing the Spread of Infectious Disease for People Experiencing Homelessness
  • Preventing & Managing the Spread of Infectious Disease Within Shelters
  • Preventing & Managing the Spread of Infectious Disease within Encampments
• Resident declaration forms in multiple languages

Public Advocates:

• Federal Eviction Moratorium (English): https://www.publicadvocates.org/wp-content/uploads/federal-english-ca-logo-pdf.pdf
• Federal Eviction Moratorium (Spanish): https://www.publicadvocates.org/wp-content/uploads/federal-spanish-pdf.pdf

Safe Housing Alliance

• Federal Safe Housing Funding Resources – CARES Act 

National Low Income Housing Coalition

• Multifamily Properties Subject to Federal Eviction Moratoriums
• State and Local Rental Assistance 

National Housing Law Project

• Tenant Rights of Domestic Violence Survivors During COVID-19
• Protecting Renter and Homeowner Rights During Our National Health Crisis

VAWA Implementation

• The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Massachusetts State Law and Housing: An Overview for Housing Providers

Racial Equity

• American Public Health Association:
• COVID-19 and Equity
  https://www.apha.org/topics-and-issues/communicable-disease/coronavirus/equity
• CDC
• https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/racial-ethnic-minorities.html
• Center for Urban and Racial Equity
• Equitable Response Community Commons: https://urbanandracialequity.org/covid19equitableresponse/
• National Collaborative for Health Equity
• COVID-19 Response and Updates: https://www.nationalcollaborative.org/covid-19/
• National Innovation Service
• An Equitable Systems Transformation Framework for COVID-19: https://www.nis.us/blog
• Racial Equity Tools
• COVID-19 Racial Equity and Social Justice Resources: https://www.racialequitytools.org/fundamentals/resource-lists/resources-addressing-covid-19-with-racial-equity-lens
• SPARC
• Racially Equitable Responses to COVID-19: https://c4innovates.com/racially-equitable-responses-to-covid-19/
• Switchboard: 
• A Round-Up of Multilingual Resources on COVID-19
  https://switchboardta.org/blog/a-round-up-of-multilingual-resources-on-covid-19/
• Teaching Tolerance 
• How to Respond to Coronavirus Racism

Asian-American Community

• Asian Pacific Community Fund 
• COVID-19 Funds & Resources
• Asian & Pacific Islander Health Forum  
• Collection of in-language resources (e.g. COVID-19 facts, help prevent spread, etc.): AA and NHPI In-Language Resources for Coronavirus (COVID-19
• South Asian Americans Leading Together
• https://saalt.org/covid-19resources/
• State of Hawaii, Office of Language Access 
• COVID19 Multilingual – Information on what you need to know, how to protect yourself, best practices, and more, translated into eight Asian and Pacific Islander languages.

Black Community

• NAACP
• https://naacp.org/coronavirus/coronavirus-resources/
• Ujima
• https://ujimacommunity.org/covid-19/

Deaf Community

• The Deaf Hotline
• https://thedeafhotline.org/covid-19/

Immigrants/Limited English Proficient Individuals 

• Safe Housing Partnerships
  • TAQ: What Housing Assistance is Available to Immigrant Survivors During COVID-19? 
• Informed Immigrant 
• Resources for Immigrants during the coronavirus crisis; Recursos para la comunidad immigrante durante el coronavirus
• National Employment Law Project (NELP)
• Immigrant Workers’ Eligibility for Unemployment Insurance
• FAQ: Immigrant Workers’ Rights and COVID-19
• Protecting Immigrant Families
• FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: COVID-19 Relief Legislation and Immigrants: https://protectingimmigrantfamilies.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/FAQ-COVID19-Relief-Legislation-and-Immigrants-2020-04-27.pdf
• Immigrant Eligibility for Public Programs During COVID-19 | Elegibilidad de Immigrantes Para Programas Públicos
• Tahirih Justice Center
•  The Impact of COVID-19 on Immigrant Survivors of Gender-Based Violence
• United We Dream
• Betancourt Macias Family Emergency Fund; La Fundación Familia Betancourt – Macias: Opportunity for undocumented individuals or undocumented family members to apply for emergency funds if they have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Healthcare access for Undocumented Folks in the Time of COVID19

Latinx Community

• Casa de Esperanza: National Latin@ Network
•  Casa de Esperanza’s COVID-19 Resource Library
• La Clínica del Pueblo
• Coronavirus resources: https://www.lcdp.org/news-and-stories/stories/coronavirus-covid-19
• League of United Latin American Citizens 
• https://lulac.org/covid19/Latino_Impact_Report_Form/

LGBTQ Individuals

• The National Center for Transgender Equality
• https://transequality.org/covid19
• Office of the High Commission on Human Rights
• https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/LGBT/LGBTIpeople.pdf
• VawNet
• https://vawnet.org/news/coronavirus-restrictions-highlight-lgbtq-domestic-abuse-crisis

Native American and Indingenous Communities

• Native Americans in Philanthropy
• Amplifying the Voices of Tribal Communities in Response to COVID-19 (Mutual Aid-type resources): https://nativephilanthropy.org/
• NDN Collective
• Decolonizing Community Care in Response to COVID-19: https://ndncollective.org/indigenizing-and-decolonizing-community-care-in-response-to-covid-19/
• Urban Indian Health Institute
• COVID-19 Fact Sheets for Tribes and Urban Indian Communities: https://www.uihi.org/resources/covid-19-fact-sheets-for-providers-employers-and-the-general-public/

Older Adults

• Administration for Community Living:
• What do Older Adults and People with Disabilities Need to Know about COVID-19? 

CDC Resources

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
• Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Recommendations
• Links about COVID-19 Testing
• General Guidance about COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
• Prevention of Coronavirus
• Resources for State, Local, Territorial and Tribal Health Departments
• Resources for Homeless Shelters
• Resources If You Are at Higher Risk
• Resources for Community- and Faith-Based Leaders
• Resources for Travelers and Travel-Related Industries
• Information on COVID-19 and Pregnant Women and Children
• Faith-based & Community Organizations Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Checklist
• Preventing COVID-19 Spread in Communities
• Frequently Asked Questions

General COVID Information

•  World Health Organization (WHO):
• Basic Protective Measures against the New Coronavirus
• National Association of County and City Health Officials:
  • Directory of Local Health Departments

Financial Assistance

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
• TANF-ACF-PI-2020-01 (Questions and answers about TANF and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic)

Workplace Readiness

• Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
• Memorandum on Identification of Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers During Covid-19 Response
•  World Health Organization (WHO):
• Getting your workplace ready for COVID-19