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Who can get help: DoorDash dashers who have been on the platform for at least 60 days and have thirty deliveries in the last thirty days and have a documented COVID-19 related health issue.

What: Direct cash payment equivalent to your average earnings of two week son the DoorDash platform.

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Who can get help: Anyone seeking mental health support can get help. There are also specific supports available for healthcare workers and essential workers.

What: Modern Health offers free mental health resources including meditations 3x per day, daily courses on coping with stress from our mental health providers, and a variety of themed workshops to help those who are dealing with the challenges of COVID-19. Some sessions are targeted specifically to healthcare and other essential workers.

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Who can get help: Healthcare workers and first responders who require homes closer to their work locations

Who can give help: Anyone who is willing to open their home to host COVID-19 frontline workers or who is willing to donate to this effort

What: AirBnB will provide free or subsidized housing for healthcare professionals, relief workers, and first responders, typically closer to where they are working. Hosts can opt in to provide homes that follow new cleanliness protocols based on recommendations from medical experts

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Who can get help: Healthcare workers in need of personal protection equipment (PPE)

Who can give help: Volunteers with 3D printers across the US who can print and donate PPE

What: Budmen Industries is leading the charge to produce 3D printed devices to support health care workers.

Email: [email protected]

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Who can get help: Healthcare Workers and First Responders

What: Through May 3, any customer who identifies as a front-line responder to the COVID-19 outbreak will receive a tall brewed coffee (hot or iced) at no charge.

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Who can give help: Those willing to donate Allbirds shoes to healthcare workers or who want to participate in the buy 1 give 1 program

What: AllBirds is donating wool shoes to assist healthcare workers. People who are interested in getting involved can either donate a pair through the buy 1, give 1 program or can directly purchase a pair to be donated.

Phone: 1-888-963-8944

Email: [email protected]

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Who can get help: Healthcare workers on the front line in need of masks

Who can give help: Anyone with a mask to donate, no need to leave your house

What: Mask Match is a peer-to-peer platform helping people with spare N95 and surgical masks send them directly to healthcare workers on the front lines who need them — without needing to leave their house.

Email: [email protected]

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Who can get help: This resource is for essential workers, which includes cashiers, delivery drivers, maintenance people, and other workers who are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis

What: StopCOVID.co provides training via text message to essential workers about COVID-19 for free.

For more information, email [email protected]

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Who can get help: Healthcare workers and people from low-income household are eligible.

What: Uber is offering free or discounted rides to front line healthcare workers, to and from patients’ homes as well as between healthcare facilities. For low income and vulnerable communities, Uber is offering discounted rides to and from essential service locations.

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Who can get help: Healthcare institutions in need of personal protective equipment (PPE) can receive help.

Who can give help: Anyone with personal protective equipment to donate, or anyone who knows of hospitals needing supplies, can get involved.

What: Project N95 connects PPE donors and makers to those in need of PPE.

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Who can get help: Recipients are hospitals accepting donations across all states

Who can give help: Anyone with personal protective equipment to donate, or anyone who knows of hospitals needing supplies.

What: Platform that connects PPE donors and makers to those in need of PPE

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Who can get help: Recipients are hospitals accepting donations across all states.

Who can give help: Anyone with personal protective equipment to donate, or anyone who knows of hospitals needing supplies.

What: An App (Donate utilities to hospitals) to connect donors to hospitals near them. Includes detailed descriptions of each hospital’s needs and points of contact.

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Who can get help: Hospitals & healthcare professionals who need Personal Protective Equipment

Who can give help: Anyone

What: Connect hospitals and healthcare professionals with their local communities to get PPE.

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Who can get help: Restaurants Care grants are focused on restaurant workers who are: (1) diagnosed with coronavirus (COVID-19) or (2) those who have been quarantined with a doctor’s note.

Who can give help: The program is created by the Restaurant Association of California to help the employees within the association who have been effected by COVID-19.

What: Workers can apply for financial support to help cover basic living expenses such as rent, food, utilities as someone works through the crisis. Fill out application. All applications will be reviewed. Depending on funding illegible applicants will be given a grant and notified via-email. Check will be sent out in 7-10 days. No need to pay back the grant.

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Who can get help: Requires official invitation but if you meet the following criteria, you can be invited:

1. Work for the San Francisco Department of Health or One of its Community Health Clinics
2. Work for one of the San Francisco-based Hospitals
3. Have been activated as a Disaster Service Worker

What: Childcare for eligible Healthcare and Disaster Service workers in Greater San Francisco Bay Area.

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Who can get help: Any hospital team who is serving patients in the COVID-19 crisis.

Who can give help: Anyone

What: Provide nutritious meals to the hospital teams we depend on and simultaneously provide jobs to those who have lost them.

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Who can get help: Child care providers can use this resource.

What: The Office of Early Childhood is offering funds — in addition to normal tuition fees — to reward licensed child care programs that provide care to the children of essential workers during the COVID-19 emergency.

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Who can give help: Anyone with PPE can give help.

What: The state is accepting donations of specific medical-related supplies that are new, unopened, and not expired: N95 respirators, face and surgical masks, face shields, surgical gowns, gloves (nitrile, or non-latex), thermometers and covers (if applicable), and hand sanitizer.

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Who can get help: Essential workers in need of childcare can get help.

What: The YMCA of West Central Florida is providing Emergency Relief Childcare for children of medical personnel, first responders and other essential workers. While there are fees for the program, no one will be turned away for inability to pay.

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Who can get help: Essential workers in need of childcare can get help.

What: The YMCA of Central Florida is repurposing its facilities to provide emergency childcare for these families at no cost. The Y will provide a safe, clean, and healthy environment for children to learn, play, and interact. Activities will include exercise, games, enrichment, and academic support.

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Who can get help: Essential workers in need of childcare can get help.

What: The Essential Services Workforce Priority Group was created by CAPS to support certain members of Georgia’s workforce during the public health emergency. This support will help essential workers pay for child care so they can help stop the spread of COVID-19 and serve the medical needs of Georgians.

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Who can get help: Essential workers in need of childcare can get help.

What: The Y Childcare Program is available to families of first responders, hospital employees, police department staff and any other essential workers who are required to work out of the home at this time. There is a daily fee, but financial assistance is available for those who need it.

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Who can get help: Food Workers in Georgia who have suffered from illness, loss, or any other issue.

Who can give help: Anyone can donate funds.

What: Giving Kitchen provides emergency assistance to food service workers through financial support and a network of community resources.

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Who can get help: Essential workers in need of childcare can get help.

What: PATCH has compiled and is maintaining a daily-updated spreadsheet list of statewide childcare resources for essential workers that includes 4 of the islands.

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Who can get help: Front line workers and restaurants can get help.

What: Feed the Front Line Chicago supports local restaurants in the Chicagoland Area by using 100% of donations to purchase meals from local and family-owned businesses that are facing economic uncertainty in the coming weeks. The prepared meals are donated to hospital doctors, nurses, and staff that are working on the frontline of the COVID-19 epidemic.

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Who can get help: Iowa restaurant employees experiencing a decrease in wages or loss of employment due to closure of Iowa restaurants and bars.

What: Up to $250 in cash for individuals who meet the eligibility criteria.

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Who can give help: Anyone with PPE can give help.

What: If you have critical, certified (not hand-made) medical supplies to donate to combat COVID-19, the state of Maine has created a form for the donation process.

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Who can give help: Anyone who is able to provide child care services can give help.

What: If you are able to provide care to the families of MaineHealth care team members, please complete and submit the following form. MaineHealth is encouraging both external partners and the MaineHealth community to contribute to this directory to support the current demand for child care.

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Who can get help: Local hospitals, first-responder stations, vulnerable populations and local hourly workers who would like food assistance can use this resource

Who can give help: Any restaurant willing to help the communities they serve

What: Feeding the Frontline is a movement to encourage restaurants to provide meals to individuals on the front lines and most vulnerable populations.

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Who can get help: Essential workers in need of medical masks

Who can give help: Anyone who is able to make masks, donate masks, or volunteer time to help with administrative tasks of the initiative is encouraged to get involved.

What: The Boston Area Mask Initiative is an effort to make and collect masks to distribute them to those who are most in need of the equipment.

Email: [email protected]

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Who can get help: Healthcare workers with children are eligible to receive help.

Who can give help: Students who are a part of the Harvard community are encouraged to volunteer.

What: This is a centralized volunteer form for students to help healthcare personnel (custodial staff, doctors, nurses, etc.) at Harvard-affiliated hospitals by offering different services including childcare, running errands (grocery/pharmacy runs), remote work (linking volunteers+workers), and more.

Contact [email protected] for questions.

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Who can get help: Any hospital team who is serving patients in the COVID-19 crisis.

Who can give help: Anyone

What: Provide nutritious meals to the hospital teams we depend on and simultaneously provide jobs to those who have lost them.

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Who can give help: Anyone with Protective Gear, Non-perishable Food items, or Toiletries to donate, who can drop off at the donation site.

What: Univeristy of Michigan Medicine is running a donation drive for Protective Gear, Food, and Toiletries. Donations will be accepted on weekdays and Saturdays from 12 - 5 pm at the location below. Please see link below for a list of most valuable items to donate.

Physical Location: Dock 90 of 2800 Plymouth Rd. at U-M’s North Campus Research Complex

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Who can get help: Medical professionals, first responders, or essential employees looking for child care

What: Child Care Aware® of Missouri helps clients make an informed child care choice. For frontline workers of the COVID-19 crisis, they are connecting families to childcare resources. They can be reached via phone or email or eligible workers can follow the link to browse their online database of childcare resources.

Phone: 1-866-892-3228

Email: [email protected]

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Who can get help: Healthcare workers in St. Louis in need of childcare

Who can give help: Students and others with the ability and time to provide childcare services in the St. Louis area

What: Childcare services for healthcare workers in St. Louis

Email: [email protected].

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Who can get help: Nevada residents with annual income below $50,000 who have had a position in the restaurant, beverage, or hospitality industry in the last 90 days and have been laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

What: Up to $500 in funding intended to provide lost income relief.

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Who can get help: New Hampshire residents who create and serve food or are lodging employees. Must have annual income below $60,000 and have worked in the hospitality industry before March 16th.

What: Direct financial assistance intended to replace tips lost due to decreased hospitality usage due to the COVID-19 crisis.

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Who can get help: Hospitals and Healthcare workers in NYC

Who can give help: Anyone that wants to help with NYC mask distribution or donations.

What: A fundraiser to deliver one million masks to New York hospitals

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Who can get help: Healthcare Workers

What: Open-source designs for intubation boxes and 3D printed ventilator splitters

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Who can get help: Healthcare Workers and those who are unemployed.

Who can give help: Healthcare workers

What: The City of New York has developed a list of resources for those who may be unemployed due to COVID-19 or are seeking additional assistance.

They are also seeking licensed healthcare workers to support healthcare facility needs during this challenging time

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Who can get help: Masks will be sent to the following hospitals; Bellevue, NYU Tisch, Cornell, Columbia, Mt. Sinai who are in need of mask donations.

Who can give help: Anyone with masks to donate. EIther drop off in NYC or ship to NYC.

What: Mask Requests & Donations

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Who can get help: For hospitals in need of mask donations

Who can give help: Anyone with masks to donate

What: Mask Requests & Donations

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Who can get help: Anyone in the support health care systems, patients, and communities during the pandemic.

Who can give help: Students at Columbia University's medical, public health, nursing, and dental schools

What: Students at Columbia University are staffing a community information line and creating a PPE task force to organize procurement, donation, and manufacturing of personal protective equipment. Student researchers are also volunteering in CUIMC laboratories that are engaged in time-sensitive COVID-19 projects. See link to New York Times article.

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Who can get help: Any hospital team who is serving patients in the COVID-19 crisis.

Who can give help: Anyone

What: Provide nutritious meals to the hospital teams we depend on and simultaneously provide jobs to those who have lost them.

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Who can get help: Parents that are critical workers, have limited income, and no other child care options available can get help.

What: The YMCA of Western North Carolina, YWCA of Asheville, Asheville City Parks and Recreation, and Henderson County Public Schools are offering emergency childcare for people who provide essential services. Drop-in services are fee-based, and weekly care is state-funded for critical workers who meet income requirements.

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Who can get help: Ohio residents who have had a position in the restaurant, beverage, or hospitality industry in the last 90 days..

What: Direct cash funding restricted intended for use supporting housing, living, or medical expenses.

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Who can get help: Healthcare workers in Philadelphia.

Who can give help: Students or others with the ability to provide childcare.

What: Volunteer childcare for the children of healthcare workers.

Email Address: [email protected].

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Who can get help: Any hospital team who is serving patients in the COVID-19 crisis.

Who can give help: Anyone

What: Provide nutritious meals to the hospital teams we depend on and simultaneously provide jobs to those who have lost them.

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Who can get help: Downtown Knoxville service industry professionals (restaurant/bar/hotel/etc) affected by COVID-19 shutdowns.

What: Up to $100 in direct cash transfer to offset lost income due to the COVID-19 related closures.

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Who can get help: Front line workers and restaurants can get help by participating in this initiative.

What: Feed the Frontline's meal delivery program provides much-needed support to local Nashville restaurants, while feeding the healthcare workers risking their lives to fight the virus

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Who can get help: Essential workers in need of childcare can get help.

What: The State of Texas has created a database of childcare options for frontline workers.

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Who can get help: Front line workers and restaurants can get help by participating in this initiative.

What: Feed the Frontline's meal delivery program provides much-needed support to Texas restaurants, while feeding the healthcare workers risking their lives to fight the virus.

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Who can give help: Veterans and family members with healthcare experience

What: Combined Arms is working with the Texas Medical Center to help identify veterans and family members with various levels of healthcare skills, education, and experience in order to volunteer to support potential future healthcare delivery needs should COVID-19 cases continue to increase in the region.

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Who can get help: This service is for essential personnel, defined as city & county staff responding to the crisis, first responders, medical personnel, food provision & distribution personnel (food bank and grocery stores), and other organizations & businesses providing critical services to the community during the crisis.

What: YMCA of Greater Houston is offering child care services for eligible healthcare and disaster service workers in the Greater Houston Area.

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Who can get help: Frontline healthcare workers and restaurants in Vermont can get help by participating in the program.

What: Frontline Foods Vermont connects local restaurants with hospitals to provide healthy meals for frontline workers. Hospitals and other medical facilities can get restaurant meals prepared according to clinician-specified requirements. The mission? Save local restaurants who have been impacted by shelter-in-place orders, while supporting those doing battle on the frontlines.

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Who can get help: Essential workers who have children in 8th grade or younger

What: Let's Grow Kids has developed a web form to help collect information to connect the families of essential workers with child care in schools and licensed child care programs that are operating to provide services now through April 6, 2020, while school dismissal and general child care service closures are in effect. Eligible families can complete the form and the State, through the Agency of Education for school-aged children through grade 8 and Child Development Division for younger children, will work to connect essential workers who need child care with options for their children.

Phone: 1-877-705-9008

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