8/13/2020 NCDHHS COVID-19 Response Updates

The following message is forwarded from NCDHHS:

 

Hello Community Partners,

Thank you for sharing these emails containing valuable state information on NC’s COVID-19 response with your stakeholder listservs and other contacts. Please find important information, tools, and updates for this week.

As many of our partners on this email list are providing support in our schools and child care programs across the state, take a look at these resources specifically for you:

For K-12 Schools:

• NEW family-friendly resource on what to expect when our schools reopen in English and Spanish.
• NEW Schools Guidance - NCDHHS Instructions on How to Adjust Cloth Face Coverings Distributed to K-12 Students, Teachers and Staff  (English, Spanish)
• Updated Infection Control and PPE Guidance for K-12

For Early Care and Education:

• NEW in Child Care guidance - Flyer to Promote Child Care Hotline for School-Age Children (Spanish)
• Updated Child Care Guidance

And, as always, make use of the COVID-19 Prevent and Protect Media Toolkit: full of social media posts and images, infographics, customizable flyers, and more –  updated often, and all materials are available in English and Spanish.

Read more below and please share!

Wear A Mask,

Rebecca

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PRESS RELEASES since the last update include:

• North Carolina Offers Expedited Funding to Increase Community Non-Congregate Shelter Options During COVID-19
• North Carolina Has First Reported SARS-CoV-2 Positive Case in Dog
• NCDHHS to Pay for Ongoing Testing of Nursing Home Staff, Codifies Requirement for Biweekly Nursing Home Staff Testing
• NCDHHS Selects Vendors to Supervise 250+ New Community Health Workers in 50 Counties with COVID-19 Hot Spots
• (Governor) State of North Carolina Has Distributed 3.5 Million Cloth Face Coverings, 4.5 Million Procedure Masks and Additional PPE Supplies Across the State
• (DPS) Mass COVID-19 Testing of All Offenders in State Prison Completed

NEW HUD resources in non-congregate sheltering page:

• HUD Eviction Prevention for At Risk Tenants: A Message to HUD Program Grantees  
• HUD Tools for Landlords with Tenants Impacted by COVID-19
• HUD Tenant Guidance: Rental Repayment Plans

NEW graphics and media resources:

• NEW Know Your Ws Zoom/Teams backgrounds available on the Know Your Ws page

• NEW web page on the COVID-19 Support Services Program, under Human Services
• Updated Phases graphics in Phase 2 guidance and in social media

UPDATED guidance since the last update include:

• NEW Schools Guidance - NCDHHS Instructions on How to Adjust Cloth Face Coverings Distributed to K-12 Students, Teachers and Staff  (English, Spanish)
• NEW in Child Care guidance - Flyer to Promote Child Care Hotline for School-Age Children (Spanish)
• Updated Infection Control and PPE Guidance for K-12
• Updated Child Care Guidance
• NEW Business Guidance:
• NCDHHS Interim Guidance for Construction Settings
• NCDHHS Interim Guidance for Manufacturing Facilities

UPDATED reports since the last update include:

• Updated Ongoing Outbreaks in Congregate Living and Ongoing Clusters in School Settings: https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard/outbreaks-and-clusters
• Updated Risk Factors for COVID-19 report: https://files.nc.gov/covid/documents/dashboard/Risk-Factors-for-Severe-Illness-from-COVID-19.pdf
• Updated Outbreaks in Congregate Settings and School Cluster outbreaks reports: https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard/outbreaks-and-clusters
• Updated CLI Surveillance report: https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard/cli-surveillance

NEW & UPDATED resources available in Spanish:

• NEW Resources for Renters Facing Eviction in English and Spanish on the Assistance page an in the Individuals guidance
• Updated Spanish version of NCDHHS Interim Guidance for the Safe Application of Disinfectants (Spanish)
• Updated P-EBT FAQs in Spanish

Rebecca Planchard, MPP

Senior Early Childhood Policy Advisor

Office of the Secretary

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services