COVID-19 Resources

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. AINC studios are currently closed but all listening services are still available.

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.*

VACCINE INFORMATION

• General Vaccine Information from the CDC
• Find Locations and Register for your COVID-19 Vaccine in Colorado
• Register for the DOUGLAS COUNTY Vaccine Waiting List

VACCINE TRANSPORTATION

• GoGoGrandparent will book your Lyft/Uber: 855-464-6872
• RTD Flexride (Longmont, Louisville, Superior residents): 303-299-6000
• Peak to Peak Housing (Mountain residents): mobilityforall@bouldercounty.org

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
• Broomfield updates

CRISIS SUPPORT

• Colorado  Spirit Crisis Counseling and Training Program
• Crisis Counseling Program:  from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
• 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
• 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
• Colorado Cross Disability Coalition
  • Resources
  • Effective Communication Recommendations
• Communication Access Recommendations for Hospitals from National Association of the Deaf

MENTAL HEALTH

• 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
• 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
• Palmer Lake Recovery meetings
• Domestic Abuse Guide

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

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

UNEMPLOYMENT CONCERNS

• 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
• 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
• School Meals (Colorado Department of Education)

DENVER AND BOULDER

• Food Bank of the Rockies
• Denver Inner City Parish
• North Denver Cares Food Pantry
• Metro Caring
• 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.

TRANSPORTATION

• Guidelines for Public Transportation Providers
• RTD COVID updates
• COVID-19 Information from RTD Public Transit
• Non-Emergent Medical Transportation

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)

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
• Help spread the word with free graphics from postermywall.com