COVID-19 Activation
If you have information that would benefit the CADRE Network, we can push that out through this website, Facebook (cadrescco) and the monthly newsletter (first week of the month)
8/12/2024 – this page is not actively being updated but the resources may still be useful for current COVID cases.
Access and Functional Needs
Community Care Licensing COVID Questions
CCLD has established a dedicated email address to receive public inquiries related to CCLD-licensed facilities and COVID-19.
When sending an email to this address, please specify the facility type in the subject line and/or the body of the email:
For example: Residential Care Facility for the Elderly, Adult Residential, Child Care, Children’s Residential, Continuing Care Contracts, etc.
Check for updates
Child Care Regional Offices
Children's Residential Regional Offices
Home Care Services Bureau
Rights Related to COVID: 800-776-5746
Rights Related to COVID TTY: 800-719-5798
Children
Resources for Children
First 5 for Kids Website
Santa Clara County Office of Education Website
Parents Helping Parents
Community Care Licensing COVID Questions
CCLD has established a dedicated email address to receive public inquiries related to CCLD-licensed facilities and COVID-19.
When sending an email to this address, please specify the facility type in the subject line and/or the body of the email:
For example: Residential Care Facility for the Elderly, Adult Residential, Child Care, Children’s Residential, Continuing Care Contracts, etc.
Check for updates
Child Care Regional Offices
Children's Residential Regional Offices
Home Care Services Bureau
Online Meditation for Children and Parents
Free
Faith Organizations
Practical Solutions - Hacking Christianity Blog
Spirituality In a Time of Crisis - Interfaith Panel Series
Considerations for Faith Bases Organizations
Faith Based Community Checklist
Financial Assistance
Funeral Reimbursement for COVID-19
Project Sentinel’s webpage has links to application checklists, eviction protection information and other information for tenants and landlords.
Project Sentinel
Rent Relief Application Portal
Questions?: ehislop@housing.org
The Silicon Valley Strong website serves as a hub with critical updates and resources for vulnerable neighbors in our community.
Food & Feeding Resources
This flyer details locations and times for free weekly and bi-weekly (Tuesdays through Saturedays) drive through sites at churches for food. No registration is needed before hand. A link is also provided to volunteer to deliver food.
Volunteer Sign Up Catholic Charities
Volunteer Sign Up Second Harvest
Meals on Wheels is for homebound individuals who are 60 years of age or older; who – due to illness or disability – are unable to purchase food or cook meals for themselves; and who do not have someone who can purchase food or cook meals for them on a consistent basis. To request this service, the form on the Sourcewise website can be completed or the phone number can be called.
Sourcewise Website - Meals on Wheels Request Form
408-350-3200, Option 1
Immigrant Support
Produced by the Santa Clara County Office of Immigrant Relations July 2019
In addition to these resources, organizations may provide additional services during different disaster events.
Check under the assistance topics listed in the Response Relief/Activation section for additional resources.
The Immigrant Info website has a wealth of information on many different topics.
Alert: USCIS encourages all those, including aliens, with symptoms that resemble Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (fever, cough, shortness of breath) to seek necessary medical treatment or preventive services. Such treatment or preventive services will not negatively affect any alien as part of a future Public Charge analysis.
In-Home COVID Tests - FREE
Test kits are available free of charge at the Better Health Pharmacy. No identification or insurance is required. Limit two test kits per person.
Better Health Pharmacy
725 E Santa Clara St, #202, San Jose, CA 95112
Tuesday-Friday 10:30am-7:00pm
Saturday 8:30am-5:00pm
Get no-cost self-tests from participating retail pharmacies. Medicare members can visit Medicare.gov for participating pharmacies and present your Medicare ID card at the pharmacy counter. Availability of tests may vary.
Valley Health Plan has free COVID tests for members. Go to their website to view instructions to 1) Pick up at a local approved pharmacy, 2) Have kits mailed to your home.
If you know of other places offering free in-home tests, email admin@cadresv.org and we’ll post them online.
Legal Support
Legal Advice Line: 800-551-5554
Disaster Relief Hotline: 888-382-3406
TTY: 800-735-2929
California Relay Service: 7-1-1
Rights Related to COVID: 800-776-5746
Rights Related to COVID TTY: 800-719-5798
Disaster Legal Assistance California COVID Support
If anyone is seeking legal help with domestic violence, child custody and visitation…our office, although is closed, we are still is still open by phone and are accepting new clients
408-998-5298
Senior Adults Legal Assistance
The Law Foundation is FREE for Santa Clara County Residents.
Eviction Info Hotline (English, Spanish, Vietnamese): 408-280-2424
Health Related Issues: 408-280-2420
This website gives a summary of where to report worker’s rights violations.
Mental Health
Documents and a website to help with disaster shock.
How to Cope with the Emotional Stress of a Major Disaster
Aftermath of a Major Crisis - English & Spanish
Sky Schools offers free 30-min sessions, you’ll discover tools to release fear, frustration, and overwhelm. Join them on your own or with your family.
LISTOS First Aid Kit for Your Mind is available in English, Spanish and Chinese with Vietnamese, Korean, Hmong and Filipino coming soon.
Online Relaxation Series for Parents and Children
LISTOS California First Aid Kit for Your Mind
Funeral Reimbursement for COVID-19
Funeral, End of Life Resources
Mental Health Phone and In-Person Services
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
Helpline is available
Monday to Friday 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PST
800-950-6264: Helpline
Helpline: info@nami.org
Free 24/7 counseling or support, call or text the Disaster Distress Helpline.
Disaster Relief and Recovery Services/Recovering Emotionally
Disaster Distress Helpline: 800-985-5990
Telehealth Guidance for Professionals
A guide to inclusively addressing grief at work
Personal Protective Equipment
Topics include: How to Wear, How to Wash and Store
Seniors
Community Care Licensing COVID Questions
CCLD has established a dedicated email address to receive public inquiries related to CCLD-licensed facilities and COVID-19.
When sending an email to this address, please specify the facility type in the subject line and/or the body of the email:
For example: Residential Care Facility for the Elderly, Adult Residential, Child Care, Children’s Residential, Continuing Care Contracts, etc.
Check for updates
Child Care Regional Offices
Children's Residential Regional Offices
Home Care Services Bureau
Senior Adults Legal Assistance
Senior Transportation Services
Please notify CADRE at admin@cadresv.org or 2-1-1 if you have additional resources available
The Silicon Valley Strong website serves as a hub with critical updates and resources for vulnerable neighbors in our community.
Support Resources
Nonprofit Hub for COVID19 Communication
SVCN, Thrive Alliance, and CADRE invite you to a nonprofit email communications hub on an oldie but goodie platform – Google Groups. This is an email list for nonprofits to share information, strategies, resources, and materials related to COVID-19. Please try to centralize participation in this list to one or two key staff members.
Public Health COVID-19 Support Services Hotline
If you have tested positive for COVID-19 or have been exposed, assistance is available. The referral hotline is available 7 days/week, 8 am – 5 pm. Information flyers available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese and Tagalog.
408-808-7770
Flyer - English
Flyer - Chinese
Flyer - Spanish
Flyer - Vietnamese
Flyer - Tagalog
Free 24/7 counseling or support, call or text the Disaster Distress Helpline.
Disaster Relief and Recovery Services/Recovering Emotionally
Disaster Distress Helpline: 800-985-5990
Transportation to Vaccine Sites
VTA Paratransit to Vaccine Sites
VTA Paratransit is offering 50 free rides a day, to Santa Clara County vaccine clinics, and they will wait with the person and take them home.
Call at least 2 days ahead of time to book a ride. There is no online booking.
They can also book vaccination appointments.
There is no eligibility criteria and the person doesn’t have to be low income, elderly or disabled. It’s the first 50 people who register each day.
They can take wheelchairs but there are limitations on other medical equipment. There can be up to 3 people in a booking.
Call to Register: 408-809-2124
Trusted Information Sources
All Local Trusted Information Sources
Links to websites and social media used by organizations to share emergency information
Vaccination Resources
County Vaccine Information Website
Ages 12+ FREE! No insurance needed!
Check this website for drop in and appointment sites.
This website now has links to view the site in the following languages: Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Tagalog.
Interactive Map of Vaccine Resources
Santa Clara County, VTA has created an interactive map for the public to find a list of the current vaccination locations, along with the bus or light rail routes to take to each site. Transit trips are free as VTA is currently not collecting fares. When viewers click on any vaccination location on the map, they will be taken to the Google Maps transit option to find the most efficient transit route to get to the destination.
The Silicon Valley Strong website serves as a hub with critical updates and resources for vulnerable neighbors in our community.
Vaccination Telephone Appointment Assistance
Healthier Kids Foundation and First 5: 833-560-0560
Walgreens Pharmacy Morgan HIll: 408-782-9591
VMC M-F 8:00am to 5:00pm: 408-970-2000
CA COVID-19 Hotline: 833-422-4255
Paratransportation and Appointments: 408-809-2124
Vaccinations for Homebound. SCC Public Health In-Home vaccines for those who are “homebound” per the Medicare definition. Requests for applications can be made via email or phone.
408-970-2818
VTA Paratransit to Vaccine Sites
VTA Paratransit is offering 50 free rides a day, to Santa Clara County vaccine clinics, and they will wait with the person and take them home.
Call at least 2 days ahead of time to book a ride. There is no online booking.
They can also book vaccination appointments.
There is no eligibility criteria and the person doesn’t have to be low income, elderly or disabled. It’s the first 50 people who register each day.
They can take wheelchairs but there are limitations on other medical equipment. There can be up to 3 people in a booking.
Call to Register: 408-809-2124
Vaccine Hesitancy Resources
County COVID-19 Ambassador Program
Sponsored by Supervisor Cindy Chavez, the Community Ambassador Program provides information to Ambassadors that they can pass on their their local community.
Past Training Recordings
Join
Social Media Resources
Questions?: scccap@bos.sccgov.org
Outreach Resources for Vaccine Hesitancy
The Markkula Center has created a suite of materials to support practitioners, nonprofit organizations, faith community staff, social action directors, and school personnel in their efforts to encourage vaccination and address misinformation within communities. Check out their website! Webinars are also available through August.
CADRE, the Asian American Center of Santa Clara County and Santa Clara County Public Health have created vaccine hesitancy flyers in English, Spanish and Vietnamese.
PSAs, Webinars and Documents - Markkala Center Santa Clara University
CADRE COVID-19 Vaccination Fact - EN/SP
CADRE COVID-19 Vaccination Facts -EN/VIET
CADRE COVID-19 Vaccination Facts -EN/Portuguese
Veterans Services
US Department of Veteran Affairs – Burial Resources
Burials and Memorials - Headstones, Markers, and Medallions
Burial Benefits - Partial Reimbursement of Expenses
Burial Benefits - Presidental Memorial Certificates
Burial Benefits - Veteran and Dependent Burial in VA National Cemeteries
SCC County Veterans Service Office (VSO)
Veterans Experience Office (VEO)
Know A Vet Website
Housing Grants for Disabled Veterans
Inquiry Routing and Information System (IRIS)
VA Loan Management
My HealtheVet Website
Native American Veterans Housing Loan Program
Medic Alert System benefits
Veteran's Crisis Line: 800-273-8255
PTSD Local Support: 408-574-9200
Medical Non-Crisis Support: 408-574-9200
U.S. Dept. of Veteran's Affairs Palo Alto Medical Office: 650-493-5000
SCC County Veterans Office (VSO): 408-918-4980
Volunteer Opportunities
The Silicon Valley Strong website serves as a hub with critical updates and resources for vulnerable neighbors in our community.
Reach Out to Homebound – Sourcewise Ambassador Program
Human connection, fellowship, and friendship are good for the mind and soul. Volunteers bring a little joy and companionship to homebound seniors in our community.
Are you a natural nurturer who loves good conversation? The Sourcewise Ambassador Program is a perfect volunteer opportunity for you. Whether it’s a few minutes or an hour, a wellness call helps our elders feel connected during these uncertain times.
To become part of the Sourcewise Ambassador Program, you’ll be required to participate in a training session and make calls 1 or more hours per week. The commitment minimum is two months. Bilingual speakers are especially needed for Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese and Russian homebound.
Individuals or groups can email us.
Webinars
A Road to Re-Opening Session# 1
For Community-Based Organizations in Santa Clara County – 06/09/2020
PowerPoint Slides
Q&A
Re-Opening Resources
A Road to Re-Opening Session# 2
Deep Dive into CBO Workspace Design – 06/23/2020
How to Guide for Re-Opening Workplaces - Cushman Wakefield
Deep Dive into CBO Workspace Design
A Road to Re-Opening Session# 3
Staff Care: Supporting Your Workforce in a Times of Crisis – 07/07/2020
PowerPoint Slides
Participant Questions
A Road to Re-Opening Session# 4
Saving on Rent: A Shared Space Strategy – 07/21/2020
Road To Reopening- Saving on Rent: A Shared Space Strategy 07/21/2020Tools and Resources for Nonprofits working through the pandemic.
PowerPoint Slides
AFN Working Group Meeting Protocols
Resources For Accessible Trainings
Best Video Conferencing Apps & Software for Accessibility-The Big Hack
Coping with the Covid-19 Crisis
Featuring Dr. George Han, Deputy Health Officer, Director, Infectious Disease & Response Branch for Santa Clara County- 04/09/2020
Coping with the Covid-19 CrisisDocumenting Your Disaster Work 06/09/2020
Nonprofits and Government Maximizing FEMA Cost Recovery – 06/09/2020
PowerPoint Slides
Martinet Group LLC 2020 Webinar Info
Public Health Update for Nonprofits
Hosted with Dr. Marty Fenstersheib – 10/15/2020
Public Health Update for Nonprofits with Dr. Marty Fenstersheib 10/15/2020Self Care for Nonprofit Professionals
12 Ways to Deal with Stress and Anxiety –10/08/2020
State Rent Relief Webinar 06/10/21
Talking with Your Community About Vaccine
Understanding FEMA COVID-19 Public Assistance Resources for PNP’s Workshop
For Private Nonprofits – 04/17/2020
PowerPoint Slides
FEMA Public Assistance and PNP's FAQ