Protecting our Elderly and Most Vulnerable As many of you may know, this disease is hitting our long-term care facilities especially hard. These facilities house a vulnerable population and unfortunately, they have experienced significant outbreaks. The Baker Administration just yesterday…
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COVID-19 Updates: Connecting with State Agencies
For unemployment benefits, visit: https://www.mass.gov/orgs/department-of-unemployment-assistance. For those not eligible for regular or extended benefits, you can apply for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program for up to 39 weeks of benefits. Please visit: https://www.mass.gov/how-to/apply-for-pandemic-unemployment-assistance To connect with additional sources of food…
COVID-19 Updates: Relief Fund
The COVID-19 Relief Fund for Individuals provides $1,000 grants to people who have lost income derived from their work as individual artists and independent teaching artists/humanists/scientists as a direct result of COVID-19 related cancellations and closures in Massachusetts. Application deadline is April…
COVID-19 Updates: State and Local Resources
State & Local Resources To volunteer in public health, healthcare or emergency response capacities, click here. Buoy Health has provided an online symptom checker which can be used to assess your risk for COVID-19. Text COVIDMA to 888-777 for up-to-date alerts straight to your…
COVID-19 Updates: Incarcerated Individuals and Corrections Staff
Incarcerated Individuals and Corrections Staff Many of us are concerned about the potential for an outbreak in our prisons and houses of correction. Given the inability to maintain physical distancing in these environments, the possibility of a significant spread is…
COVID-19 Updates: Resources for Veterans
Resources for Veterans: VA Health Care: Per the VA Health Care Website: Call your VA medical center before going to a clinic, urgent care, or emergency room, especially if you have symptoms of fever, cough and shortness of breath. Calling first helps…
COVID-19 Updates: RMV
Registry of Motor Vehicles UPDATE (1/22/21) – The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is announcing that it is extending designated Wednesday appointment hours for customers 75 years of age or older through March 2021. This new customer service option…
COVID-19 Updates: Healthcare
UPDATE (7/10/2020) Regarding health care, certain group treatment programs and adult day programs can resume. Governor Baker has also announced that Phase 3 brings new guidelines for group gatherings. Indoor gatherings can now be held for 8 people per 1,000…
COVID-19 Updates: Small businesses and gatherings
UPDATE (3/1/2021) Phase 3, Step 2 Information Public Health official have deemed it appropriate to reopen the state of Massachusetts, following a decline in hospitalizations and COVID-19 infection rates. This would allow our state to return to Step 2 of…
COVID-19 Updates: Schools, Daycare, and Educational resources
UPDATE (3/3/2021) Educators Now Eligible:This past Wednesday, it was announced that starting March 11th, roughly 400,000 K-12 teachers, childcare workers, and school staff will be able to sign up for a vaccination appointment at any of the Commonwealth’s 170 sites…
