MINNESOTA
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FOOD & SUPPLIES
Who can get help: Children who need food to substitute for what would have been free or reduced price meals at school.
What: Families can use this tool to find local food to replace school lunches. Type in your zip code / city to find local food resources for kids.
Who can get help: Anyone who cannot purchase food due to financial burden or shortages in their area can get help.
What: Full Cart delivers meals to families in need all across the United States. This application will place you into a virtual queue and you will be notified by email with instructions on how to redeem your bag of groceries if it is funded. Important: While they are trying to assist everyone, this application does not guarantee assistance.
Who can get help: Children and families in need of food can get help.
What: FoodFinder is a safe, secure and award-winning mobile and web app that gives food insecure children and their families a way to find free food assistance programs quickly.
Who can get help: Anyone in need.
What: The clearinghouse aides low-income individuals or communities by providing food assistance and other nutrition and social services information, serving as an important tool in combating hunger and promoting economic mobility.
Phone Number: CALL 1-866-3HUNGRY, 1-877-8HAMBRE Mon - Fri 7AM-10PM ET OR Text “97779” to the automated service with a question that may contain a keyword such as “food”, “summer”, “meals”, etc. to receive an automated response to resources located near an address and/or zip code.
Who can get help: Women in need of menstrual products
What: PERIOD HQ's major focus right now is serving the marginalized communities that are being hit the hardest by this global COVID-19 crisis by scaling their distribution to be able to serve the communities that would normally be served by local chapters. They are focusing on shipping and maintaining the distribution of free menstrual products to all our communities across the US. Those in need of menstrual products can request them through the form below.
Who can get help: Students and families who need to locate food resources while schools are closed
What: SchoolMealFinder.com ia an online meal locator to support education agencies, families, and students during COVID-19 school closures. The website will enable students who rely on schools for meal benefits to find their nearest pickup program. Select your state and/or provide your address below to find meal sites while schools are closed. This site currently has data for Louisiana, Tennessee, Texas, South Carolina, and Virginia, provided by state education agencies, plus partial data from Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, California, and Colorado, provided by local districts.
Who can get help: Most programs require U.S. Citizenship.
What: Get information on government programs that may help you pay for food, housing, health care, and other basic living expenses. Find out about eligibility requirements for programs like food stamps, welfare, and Medicaid, and how to apply for them.
Who can get help: Anyone who is in need of food.
Who can give help: Anyone
What: Feeding America is a United States–based nonprofit organization that is a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks that feed more than 46 million people through food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and other community-based agencies.
INTERNET & DEVICES
Who can get help: Nonprofits or educational institutions looking for support or tech resources for their students.
What: Mobile Citizen offers mobile internet and hotspots for educational entities, nonprofits, and social welfare agencies starting as $10/month.
Contact: Send an email to [email protected] and we’ll get you connected!
Mobile Citizen Contact: Kassie Hueckstaedt, Customer Support Representative. Phone: 877-216-9603. Email: [email protected].
Who can get help: Nonprofits or educational institutions looking for support or tech resources for their students.
What: T-Mobile offers a program called “Tmobile for Education” that offers high speed unlimited data and donated devices.
Contact: If you are a non-profit or a school, send an email to [email protected] and we’ll get you connected!
Who can get help: Nonprofits or educational institutions looking for support or tech resources for their students.
What: Best Buy has a Best Buy Business program that provides discounted devices for nonprofits and educational entities.
Contact: Send an email to [email protected] and we’ll get you connected!
Best Buy Business Program Contact: Jose Gajate, Market Account Manager. Phone: 612-292-0478. Email: [email protected]
Who can get help: Nonprofits or educational institutions looking for support or tech resources for their students.
What: T-Mobile offers a program called “Tmobile for Education” that offers high speed unlimited data and donated devices.
Contact: [email protected]
Who can get help: Nonprofits or educational institutions looking for support or tech resources for their students.
What: Lenovo offers discounts on devices for nonprofits through their LenovoPro for Small Business program.
Contact: Send an email to [email protected] and we’ll get you connected!
Lenovo Discounts Contact: Joshua Rice, Lenovo Small Medium Business. Phone: 919-874-3207. Email: [email protected]
Who can get help: Nonprofits or educational institutions looking for support or tech resources for their students.
What: Dell has partnered with TechSoup, a company providing technology for nonprofits, to give discounts on Dell products.
Contact: Send an email to [email protected] and we’ll get you connected!
Dell Tech Discounts Contact: Greg Ralph, Dell Small Business. Phone: 512-513-0143. Email: [email protected].
Who can get help: Nonprofits or educational institutions looking for support or tech resources for their students.
What: Microsoft has a Community and Giving Team committed to providing community events and workshops for education. You can find these events here. For nonprofits Microsoft offers discounts on devices with the link below.
Contact: Send an email to [email protected] and we’ll get you connected!
Microsoft Community Team Contact: Arianny Reyes, Business Sales Specialist. Phone: 929-446-0187. Email: [email protected].
Who can get help: Anyone in need of a low-cost device or internet. Nonprofits or educational institutions looking for support or resources.
What: PC’s For People’s mission is to offer affordable technology to provide a bridge across the digital divide that offers employment and educational opportunities to low-income individuals and non-profits. Check out their products here. Because they are a 501(c)(3), you do not need this status to be tax exempt.
Contact: Send an email to [email protected] and we’ll get you connected!
PCs for People Contact: Sales Associate, Antony Frank. Phone: 720-278-7725 Ext. 847. Email: [email protected]
Who can get help: Anyone in need of a low-cost device or internet. Nonprofits or educational institutions looking for support or resources.
What: Everyone On helps bring low-cost internet and computer offers to those who need them through partnerships with internet service providers. You can use their locator tool to find offers ini your location and digital literacy courses on their website.
Who can get help: Anyone with a phone, tablet, or computer that can connect to wifi.
What: Until further notice, all Xfinity WiFi Public Hotspots are now open to everyone on the “xfinitywifi” SSID. Public hotspots can be found in small/medium businesses and outdoors in commercial areas. Non-Xfinity subscribers need to accept Terms and Conditions to access the network and repeat when requested to continue to receive free unlimited access. Please refer to the map below for available public hotspots.
Who can get help: Anyone who is in need of internet or devices.
What: EveryoneOn.org created a search tool for internet & device support that you qualify for. Just enter your zip code and check the boxes that apply to you to see what your options are.
Who can get help: Families of K-12 or college students in need of internet.
What: Charter will offer free Spectrum broadband and Wi-Fi access for 60 days to households with a K-12 and/or college student who do not already have a Spectrum broadband subscription and at any service level up to 100 Mbps. Installation fees will be waived for new student households.
Contact: To enroll, call 1-844-488-8395
Who can get help: Families with at least one member on a public assistance program or with a student on National Lunch Program
What: Comcast is offering to install the “Internet Essentials” package for free to new members for 60 days. To qualify, a member of the household must be on Medicaid, Public Housing, SSI (Supplemental Security Income), TANF (Temporary Assitance for Needy Families), SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistence Program), or NSLP (National School Lunch Program). To apply, fill out the form on the website linked below. If you need help applying, please Contact Us at the email address at the bottom of this page.
LOST INCOME
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.
Who can get help: Military or wounded veteran families and gold star families who have lost a loved one due to war and/or PTSD. Families must have one child 18 or under.
What: Financial assistance can be provided for lease, mortgage, utility bills, insurance, car payments, and some travel expenses. Payments cannot be made in direct cash.
Who can get help: Music industry professionals that have had income impacted by cancelled work.
What: Grants of up to $1,000 will be disbursed to replace proven, verifiable gigs or events that have been cancelled. Requests will be answered in the order received.
Who can get help: Anyone seeking to give or receive aid in their local community
What: A regularly updated collection of mutual aid resources spanning communities nationwide allowing residents to request and to offer whatever aid is required or available.
Get or Give Help
Who can get help: Students, parents of students, and graduates are eligible to apply.
What: In Scholly’s unrelenting effort to support students in need, they are providing cash assistance to those in need during this unprecedented crisis to buy groceries, health supplies, and other necessities.
Who can get help: Small businesses and entrepreneurs
What: The Opportunity Fund is a microfinance institution that typically lends to small businesses and entrepreneurs. Small businesses can apply to this organization to acquire loans to help them through the COVID-19 outbreak. Loans are typically geared toward entrepreneurs.
Who can get help: Individuals who work in food services.
What: National and city/state resources available to restaurant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Who can get help: Anyone in in the Entertainment Industry with Disabilities.
What: Through a Disabled Care Program, qualified social workers will develop plans personalized to their needs. This can range from income support, referrals, and assistance getting public and private benefits.
Who can get help: Experimental artists across the United States.
What: $1,000 grants to artists who have had performances or exhibitions canceled or postponed because of the COVID-19 virus.
Who can get help: Painters, printmakers, and sculptors.
What: The grant provides interim financial assistance for qualified applicants whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation.
Who can get help: Anyone who is an artist of any kind
What: Artist Relief Tree provides financial assistance to artists who have lost income because of COVID-19. They plan to fulfill every request with a flat US$250 on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Who can get help: Bartenders or the spouse or child of a bartender
What: The USGB National Charity Foundation provides grants to bartenders who have experienced a catastrophic event or emergency hardship.
Who can give help: Anyone can purchase a gift card to support local restaurants
What: Giftforward.co lets you purchase discounted gift cards to help local eateries stay afloat. All proceeds go directly to the restaurants.
Who can get help: Food & beverage workers with children. During the pandemic, applications for support specific to COVID-19 are limited to those who have been diagnosed with or are living with someone diagnosed with COVID-19.
What: CORE is a national nonprofit organization that is dedicated to granting support to food & beverage service employees with children, who are faced with life-altering circumstances and in need of their help.
Who can get help: Restaurant workers
What: Restaurant Opportunities Centers United is providing resources and financial assistance to restaurant workers impacted by the coronavirus crisis.
Who can get help: Restaurant workers, car service drivers, delivery workers, personal service workers and more
What: One Fair Wage is providing cash assistance to restaurant workers, car service drivers, delivery workers, personal service workers and more who need the money they aren’t getting to survive.
Who can get help: Restaurant Owners and Workers
What: RWCF’s Relief Fund provides zero-interest loans to businesses to maintain payroll during closure or re-open once this crisis has passed. The fund also provides direct financial support to individual workers facing economic hardships or health crises as a direct result of COVID-19
Who can get help: You must be employed in a restaurant or hospitality establishment for 6 months. You must apply no later than 6 months after onset of need
What: Apply for assistance grants during time of hardship to support basic needs.
Who can get help: Anyone whose income has been directly impacted as a result of COVID-19
Who can help: Anyone
What: Community members are fulfilling each other’s requests for micro grants.
Get Help | Give Help
Who can get help: Most programs require U.S. Citizenship.
What: Get information on government programs that may help you pay for food, housing, health care, and other basic living expenses. Find out about eligibility requirements for programs like food stamps, welfare, and Medicaid, and how to apply for them.
Who can get help: Anyone who needs support paying rent
What: Type in your zip code to find assistance in your area
Get Help
Who can get help: Hospitality workers who have lost their jobs or had hours slashed due to COVID-19
What: $500 relief grants for hospitality workers who lost their jobs or had their hours slashed in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. We’re also collecting donations from community members willing to help their hospitality-industry friends and neighbors stay afloat in this time of uncertainty
K-12 EDUCATION & TEACHING
Who can get help: Nonprofits or educational institutions looking for support or tech resources for their students.
What: Mobile Citizen offers mobile internet and hotspots for educational entities, nonprofits, and social welfare agencies starting as $10/month.
Contact: Send an email to [email protected] and we’ll get you connected!
Mobile Citizen Contact: Kassie Hueckstaedt, Customer Support Representative. Phone: 877-216-9603. Email: [email protected].
Who can get help: Parents and Teachers looking for free live virtual interactive summer camps
What: Virtual School Day: Virtual Summer Camps: Week-long sessions. Fully interactive, all for free., limited Seats.
Who can get help: Parents and Teachers looking for free live online K-12 classes
What: Virtual School Day: Live classes taught by real-life stars. Helpful assessments., valuable resources, all for Free.
Who can get help: Parents and Teachers of K-8 students looking for mathematics and reading practice exercises
What: Free printable at-home learning activity packs (K-8) are designed to provide students with valuable self-directed exercises and practice during extended absences from school. Each pack is designed to reinforce key concepts for a given grade level while students are learning remotely.
Who can get help: Parents of pre-K students and children
What: Miss Megan is a former kindergarten teacher and current preschool assistant. She has started a Facegroup group to add a little routine with her Facebook Live “Morning Meeting” to get 3-7 year old’s day started! She does calendar, counting, days of the week, months of the year, weather, morning message, letter(s) of the day, some guitar playing, and ends with a book being read. The group is followed by 90K+ Pre-K students and parents as of April 2020.
Who can get help: School and System Leaders, Parents, and Teachers
What: In response to conversations with schools across the country, Transcend has curated a resource hub for parents and teachers, which includes action plans, technology tools, distance learning and special education resources, and related articles and resources.
Who can get help: Parents looking for free social and emotional learning lessons for K-5, and educators looking for online professional development
What: Second Step has compiled a list of resources you can use to help young people learn the social-emotional skills they need to get through these challenging events. This includes on-demand Second Step lessons, online professional learning for educators, and free Second Step and Committee for Children resources for educators and families to use during school closures.
Who can get help: Parents looking for resources to engage kids and pique their curiosity
What: The Fordham Institute has compiled a variety of resources for parents to use while educating kids at home, including educational YouTube channels, TV shows, movies, podcasts and online instructional resources.
Who can get help: Parents and teachers looking for K-9 Language Arts, Life Science, and Social Studies curriculum
What: Created by teachers for teachers, and based on college and career readiness standards, the EL Education Language Arts curriculum is a comprehensive, research-informed program that engages teachers and students through real world content. They have resources for Language Arts (K-8), Life Science (Grade 3-5), and Social Studies (Grade 6 and 9)
Who can get help: Parents and teachers looking for K-2 lesson plans, or parents and teachers looking for digital citizenship and well-being resources for K-12.
What: Common Sense can help you prepare with free remote teaching resources, family education materials, and research-backed strategies to ease stress and encourage learning. This includes resources for digital citizenship and well-being.
Who can get help: Parents and Teachers are encouraged to utilize this resource.
What: Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila has created a guide of practices for homeschooling and mental health (in Spanish).
Who can get help: Parents and Teachers are encouraged to utilize this resource.
What: Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila has curated a list of resources for learners with special needs (in Spanish).
Who can get help: Parents and Teachers are encouraged to utilize this resource.
What: Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila has curated a multi-subject resource hub for K-12 teachers and parents (in English).
Who can get help: Parents and Teachers are encouraged to utilize this resource.
What: Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila has curated a multi-subject resource hub for K-12 teachers and parents (in Spanish).
Who can get help: Parents and Teachers are encouraged to utilize this resource.
What: Ottiya is a creative learning content studio and platform for the 21st-century. Their content is created by and for education innovators from diverse backgrounds around the globe. They are continuosly updating a list of over 50 PK-12 learning resources, most of which are free.
Who can get help: Parents can get help with this resource.
What: Mommy Poppins is a parent-written blog site that shares enriching experience ideas for parents and kids to enjoy. This list of 63 easy science experiments for kids using household items is great resource for at home learning.
Who can get help: Parents and Teachers can find help with this resource.
What: Mindset Works has compiled free K-10 resources that will help you teach a growth mindset to both your own kids at home and your distance learning students.
Who can get help: Parents, Teachers, and Students can access this resource.
What: EVERFI provides free digital learning resources for K-12 students in STEM, financial literacy, social emotional learning, and health/wellness. There are online learning resources geared towards teachers and towards parents.
Who can get help: Parents and Educators can take advantage of this resource.
What: The Making Caring Common Project has curated a number of social and emotional learning resources geared towards cultivating empathy, concern for others, and gratitude as well balancing self-care and care for others during the COVID-19 crisis.
Who can get help: Teachers can get help.
What: Facing History’s entire collection of resources is available for free on our website. Hundreds of readings and dozens of streaming videos are directly accessible to both teachers and students and can be integrated into online learning plans.
Who can get help: Educators, Parents, and Policymakers looking for social emotional learning resources can get help.
What: CASEL CARES is a new initiative that connects the SEL community with experts to address how SEL can be most helpful in response to today’s circumstances.
Who can get help: Teacher can utilize this resource.
What: We've compiled a database of resources on online education, self-care, recipes and more.
Who can get help: Parents and teachers looking for education resources can get help.
What: These are a mix of lessons designed by HGSE students and selected activities available online. You can search by age group, subject, topic and time or resources needed for the lesson.
Who can get help: Parents looking for Grades K-3 or 4-8 online content for kids.
What: Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing.
Who can get help: Parents looking for K-3 online content and home school curriculums for kids.
What: Purple Mash provides fully mapped curriculums for students. Serial Mash provides over 100 books for kids. Accessible anywhere on any device.
Who can get help: Families of K-12 or college students in need of internet.
What: Charter will offer free Spectrum broadband and Wi-Fi access for 60 days to households with a K-12 and/or college student who do not already have a Spectrum broadband subscription and at any service level up to 100 Mbps. Installation fees will be waived for new student households.
Contact: To enroll, call 1-844-488-8395
HEALTH & WELL-BEING
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.
Who can get help: Anyone seeking medical support or information can get help.
What: AHIP is the national association whose members provide coverage for health care and related services to hundreds of millions of Americans every day. They have compiled a list of all healthcare insurance providers and how they're responding to COVID to increase access to medical care.
Who can get help: Anyone seeking information regarding health and safety measures can get help.
What: Harvard Medical School published a video series posted on the Harvard Health website to provide coping strategies to prevent mental health deterioration.
Who can get help: Anyone seeking information regarding health and safety measures can get help.
What: The CA Surgeon General released a playbook on stress relief during COVID-19, with tips on at-home stress relief and strategies to maximize mental health, including a self-care planning template.
Who can get help: Anyone seeking medical support and resources can get help.
What: MDLIVE is a nationwide telehealth services that provides virtual urgent care, psychiatry, and dermatology services. It accepts insurance from multiple providers or has a fee structure for those without coverage.
Who can get help: Anyone suffering any form of domestic violence can get help.
What: The National Domestic Violence Hotline provides lifesaving tools and immediate support to empower victims and survivors to find safety and live free of abuse. It also provides support to friends and family members who are concerned about a loved one. They have curated a well-written guide on recognizing abuse tailored to the current COVID-19 situation, as well as information on what to do if you are in a domestic abuse situation right now.
Phone: 1-800-799-7233
Who can get help: Anyone suffering any form of sexual violence can get help.
What: RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline in partnership with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country and carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help survivors, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.
Phone: 1-800-656-4673
Who can get help: LGBTQ+ young adults under 25 years of age can get help.
Who can give help: Anyone who would like to volunteer with the Trevor Project, advocate for it, and help with its regional events can give help.
What: The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25. Their services feature a crisis line, texting platform, chat platform and social networking platform.
ESSENTIAL WORKERS
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.
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.
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
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]
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]
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]
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]
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.
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.
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
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.
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.