COVID-19 UPDATE:

AINC is committed to continue providing our listening services throughout the COVID-19 developments. We have worked hard to provide a solution that will protect the health of staff and volunteers, while also continuing to provide our services to the fullest extent possible.

Find resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. Crisis support, food banks, health resources, childcare, unemployment, seniors, caregivers, disabilities, transportation, Navajo and Hopi, and more tips.

*This information is updated regularly, but because the state of the pandemic is changing rapidly, please ensure you check with the specific organization you are interested in using as a resource for their most updated information.*

CORONAVIRUS INFORMATION

•  COVID-19 Website –
  • Same information available by telephone through COHELP – Colorado’s call line for general questions about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Information can be provided in many languages. Call 303 389-1687 or (877) 462-2911
  •  Videos (includes a link to CDC’s ASL videos) 
• Colorado Commission for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Deaf-Blind COVID-19 Resources
• CDC multilingual resources
• 2-1-1 is a confidential and multilingual service connecting people to vital
  resources across the state.
  • Call 2-11 or (866) 760-6489.
  • Text your ZIP CODE to 898-211.
  • Visit the Colorado 211 website
    ○ Rumor Control page
• Colorado’s Stay at Home website
• State Agency Directory for COVID-19 resources
• Broomfield updates

CRISIS SUPPORT

• There With Care: Support for families and children facing critical illness
• Colorado Crisis Services
• National Domestic Violence National Hotline: 800-799-7233
• National Sexual Assault Hotline: 800-656-4673.

MAINTAINING HEALTH DURING CORONAVIRUS

• Tips for Home Health and Personal Care Providers
• COVID-19 and People living with HIV
• CDC: People who are at Higher Risk for Severe Illness
• Do you have symptoms?
  • Telehealth and Nurselines
  • Telehealth and Nurselines Directory
• Guidance for Long Term Care Facilities (under box for Long Term Care Facilities)
• Crisis Standards of Care
• Executive Summary and Core Principles re: guidelines for hospitals
• 2020 Fact Sheet
• Colorado Cross Disability Coalition
  • Resources
  • Effective Communication Recommendations
• Communication Access Recommendations for Hospitals from National Association of the Deaf
• Wellness page of Colorado’s Stay at Home website

MENTAL HEALTH

• Mental Health and COVID-19 Emergency mental health resources and self-care support
• Reducing Fear and Stress
• Colorado Crisis Services provide free, confidential, professional and immediate
  support for any mental health, substance use or emotional concern, 24/7/365.
  • Call 1-844-493-TALK (8255)
  • text TALK to 38255
• COVID-19 information from the Office of Behavioral Health
• Colorado Behavioral Health Council COVID-19 resources
• Disaster Distress Helpline offers help and support for any distress you or someone you care about may be feeling related to a disaster
  •  Call 1-800-985-5990
  • Text ‘TalkWithUs’ to 66746
  • TTY for Deaf / Hard of Hearing: 1-800-846-8517
  • Spanish-speakers: Text “Hablanos” to 66746
• Wellness page of Colorado Stay at Home website
• The Census and COVID-19

SENIORS AND CAREGIVERS

• Village Connector Experience: Ambassadors make regular calls and host virtual events with seniors during COVID-19 to battle loneliness
• Resources for Older Adults, Family Caregivers and Health Care Providers
• CAPC COVID-19 Response Resources
• Resources for Older Adults and their Families
  • CDC Guidance for Older Adults
• National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life
• National Center on Elder Abuse

MAINTAINING INDEPENDENCE

• Administration for Community Living COVID-19 page
• CCDC: Disability Specific Issues related to COVID-19
• Rocky Mountain ADA: People with Disabilities and COVID-19
• Colorado Department of Human Services
  • Benefits and Services
  • Resources for Low-income Coloradans
• Colorado Department of Education
  • COVID-19 and Special Education
  • Autism and COVID Resources
  • US Dept. of Ed. Questions and Answers on Providing Services to Children with Disabilities during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak – March 2020
• Economic Recovery and Business Resources (including assistance for workers and
  families)

UNEMPLOYMENT CONCERNS

• Colorado Housing Financial Assistance Programs
• Unemployment Information
  • US Dept. of Labor Unemployment Insurance Relief during COVID-19
• Housing and COVID-19 Resources from Colorado Department of Local Affairs
  • Homelessness Resources
  • Eviction Prevention
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Guide to Coronavirus mortgage relief options
  • IRS Economic Impact Payments
  • USDA Rural Development COVID-19 Resources
• COVID-19 Mutual Aid Chain A platform to submit connect needs and available community support
• Colorado H.E.L.P. (Colorado Department of Labor)
• Temporary Rental and Utility Assistance program
• Energy Outreach Colorado 1-866-432-8435

FOOD BANKS OPEN DURING CORONAVIRUS

• National Food Bank Finder (Feeding America)
• Covid-19 Rapid Response Fund (Community Food Share) Boulder and Broomfield Counties
• Food Finder Map
• Care and Share Food Bank
• School Meals (Colorado Department of Education)
• Temporary Food Pantry Closures in Southern Colorado

DENVER AND BOULDER

• Food Bank of the Rockies
• Denver Inner City Parish
• North Denver Cares Food Pantry
• Metro Caring
• Hunger Free Colorado
• Adams County Foodbank
• Community Ministry
• Denver Food Rescue
• Joy’s Kitchen: Rescue Food-Feed People
• Denver Metro Emergency Food Network
• Harvest of Hope Pantry
• Emergency Family Assistance Association
• Boulder Food Rescue
• Community Food Share

OTHER

• ARVADA:
  • Bienvenidos Food Bank
  • Community Table
• LAFAYETTE: Sister Carmen Community Center
• WELD COUNTY: Weld Food Bank
• LARIMER COUNTY: Food Bank for Larimer County

FOOD DELIVERY SERVICES

• GROCERY DELIVERY SERVICE NOW AVAILABLE TO RTD ACCESS-A-RIDE CUSTOMERS
• Food delivery apps

CHILDCARE HELP

• Face Covering Guidance for Child Care Operations
• Approval of Child Care Operations in COVID-19
• Emergency Child Care Collaborative for essential workers
• COVID-19 Information on Early Childhood Programs
• COVID-19 Division of Early Care and Learning Frequently Asked Questions
• CDC Guidance for Child care providers that remain open
• Boulder County Childcare Support for COVID-19 Closures

PET HELP

• Colorado Pet Pantry: Locations in Denver, Boulder, Lafayette, and throughout the Front Range.
• Longmont Animal Control (Emergency): 303 651 8500
• Humane Society of Boulder Valley will deliver food and pet supply: 303 441 1874
• City of Boulder Animal Protection

TRANSPORTATION

• Guidelines for Public Transportation Providers
• RTD COVID updates
• COVID-19 Information from RTD Public Transit
• Non-Emergent Medical Transportation
• Department of Motor Vehicle and other services offered online

NAVAJO & HOPI RESERVATIONS

• Navajo & Hopi Families COVID-19 Relief Fund
• Adopt-A-Native Elder:  Delivering food, medical supplies, firewood and other forms of Elder support for Elders living on the Navajo Reservation.

SOCIAL NETWORKS (FACEBOOK)

• Front Range Mutual Aid Network 
• Front Range Covid-19 Kindness Circle
• Kindness Outbreak Evergreen CO
  • Boulder Covid-19 Mutual Aid (and Group)
• Denver COVID-19 Support Group
• Help Needed in Denver Metro Covid-19

PASSING TIME WHILE STAYING AT HOME

• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Live-Streaming Concerts for Free)
• Paris Musées (14 museums in Paris made high-res digital copies of 100,000 artworks freely available to the public)
• Metropolitan Opera (Free steams)
• At home Yoga from AINC

MORE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

• Help Colorado Now
• Community Organizations can apply for funds through the COVID Relief Fund

GUIDELINES FOR BUSINESSES

• Considerations and Resources for people with Access & Functional Needs
• Stop the Spread of Racism
• Inclusive, Virtual Community Engagement During COVID-19
• Guidelines for Leaders
• Get Help Now page of Stay at Home Colorado Website
• Help spread the word with free graphics from postermywall.com