Resources

NCDHHS to Send Community Health Workers to Underserved COVID-19 Hot Spots

“The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) today issued a Request For Proposals for an initiative that will send up to 250 Community Health Workers to historically underserved areas with high COVID-19 caseloads. Starting in August, teams of trained frontline public health professionals will connect North Carolinians affected by COVID-19 with needed services and support.” Continue reading.

Community Testing Events

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) offers a tool for finding testing events and sites.

COVID-19: Entrepreneur Resources

“Every day, we learn more about coronavirus (COVID-19). This much is already clear: the virus not only represents a public health risk and strain to our health care system. It also creates a dire financial situation for many businesses – particularly startups and other small business – in communities across the Research Triangle region, North Carolina and beyond.”

“Innovate Carolina will provide updates to entrepreneurs about resources – including the latest information, advice from entrepreneurial experts and financial support – that are available from organizations across the local region, state and country.”

Black Lives, Police Brutality, and Rewriting the Rules

“The cruel impacts of Covid-19 and recent murders of multiple black people by police have laid bare longstanding inequities of systemic racism in America. These injustices cut across criminal justice, healthcare, housing, employment and education. Harvard historian Tonya Allen discusses the long history that led us to this moment and the rules — both written and unwritten — that have shaped these systems and cultures. Importantly, they ask: What does it look like to rewrite those rules?”

COVID-19 Small Business & Economic Development Resource Database

Business Investments in Opportunity Zones

Opportunity Zones (OZ) represent one of the most significant federal community development initiatives in recent years. Real estate and business investments are eligible to participate in the program; however, real estate deals have received significantly more investment and attention. In our new report, we examine why this is and what communities and businesses can do to encourage, prepare for, and leverage business investments in Opportunity Zones.

Family & Community COVID-19 Resources: Food Assistance

Locate Nearby Free Meal Sites

Text FOODNC to 877-877 to find local sites offering free meals. The texting service is also available in Spanish by texting COMIDA to 877-877.  Or use No Kid Hungry North Carolina’s interactive map, which is updated daily. Read more about Governor Roy Cooper’s texting tool.

Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer Program

Children who receive free or reduced lunch or attend a Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) school will be automatically enrolled for a benefit of $257 per child through the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) Program.

Learn more about P-EBT.

Food & Nutrition Services

Information about enhanced benefits for recipients of the Food and Nutrition Services program, including maximum allotments for eligible households, extended certification periods and work requirements. Learn more about changes for Food and Nutrition Services.

Tip Sheets for Remote Clinical Research Work

The Clinical Research Support Office (CRSO) in the UNC School of Medicine created tip sheets with guidance for clinical researchers continuing work during the pandemic.

Pandemic Ethics Resource

The UNC Center for Bioethics has produced a guide to resources that they have found most useful in their involvement with the UNC Health System COVID-19 pandemic preparations.

The list of resources from the Center for Bioethics includes:

• Fairly Allocating Scarce Medical Resources
• Guidelines and Protocols for Hospitals
• Professional Guidelines
• State, National, and International Organization Guidelines
• Ethics of Surveillance and Isolation

The Network for Public Health Law

• Emergency Legal Preparedness: COVID-19
• U.S. Social Distancing Measures for COVID-19
• COVID-19 and Health Data Privacy FAQ

Pop Health Tackles COVID

“The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting population health on a global level. Population health science leverages knowledge and expertise across scientific disciplines to answer questions that individual disciplines alone cannot.”

The IAPHS COVID-19 Working Group is chaired by Kasim Ortiz and Julie Maslowsky in conjunction with the IAPHS Communications Committee Co-Chairs Darrell Hudson and Michael Esposito. Learn more about IAPHS resources, blogs and general COVID information.

RURAL COUNTS

HELP IS ON THE WAY: WHAT DOES THE CONGRESSIONAL RELIEF PACKAGE MEAN FOR RURAL

Late last week, both chambers of Congress unanimously passed the Rural Resources in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, House Resolution 748 (HR748/CARES), the latest installment in the federal government’s stimulus response to COVID-19. The focus of HR748 is to provide financial and resource-related relief to rural healthcare providers, systems, and businesses.

COVID-19 Internet Service Offerings: North Carolina Department of Information Technology

In response to COVID-19, more commonly known as the coronavirus, many North Carolina residents are being asked to work and learn remotely. To help ensure they can access high-speed internet, we have compiled a list of new and existing free or affordable service offerings from vendors across the state.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Training

Training related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is available through the TRAIN Learning Network, a national learning network that aggregates training opportunities for public health, healthcare, and preparedness professionals from thousands of training providers. This includes training from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), World Health Organization, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and other organizations.

UNC School of Medicine News

• A Coronavirus Guide for People With an Autoimmune Condition
  “By now, it’s obvious: The novel coronavirus does not discriminate. Young people, older adults, healthy individuals and those with preexisting conditions are all at risk. If you have an autoimmune disorder, it’s understandable that you are worried about how your condition—or treatment for your condition—could make you more susceptible to either getting COVID-19 or struggling with the symptoms if you are infected.” – Lexi Krupp, Health Writer