Tag: Covid Resources

Tyler Dippold, MT-BC, has assembled a spreadsheet of resources. Tyler is a board-certified music therpaist for Personal Counseling Service, Inc. in Southern Indiana.

This database has categories for education, mental health, health and safety, relief efforts, music, entertainment, local categories.

The spreadsheet is here: COVID Resources

As always, Metro United Way is available to help. Visit their website or call 211 any time of the day or night. If you don’t know where to turn, 211 is a good place to start. https://metrounitedway.org/get-help-now/

The Louisville Association of Community Ministries is a group of 13 networks of faith based organization helping people in need. The ministries serve anyone in Jefferson County, and can provide assistance with food or rent and utility payments. The ministries are also seeking donations and volunteers.

Find the one that serves your neighborhood here: http://www.louisvilleministries.org/directory/

They are all open to serving LGBTQ people and do not discriminate.

According to Mayor Greg Fischer, households seeking assistance should call their nearest Neighborhood Place location. Those locations are closed to walk-ins but will have drop-boxes available to leave verification documents required for getting assistance.

To be eligible for support, individuals/households must be Jefferson County residents with an income at or below 100 percent of Area Median Income (AMI), which is determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The AMI for the Louisville region is $76,400 for a four-person family (100 percent AMI).

Applicants will be asked to offer proof of identity and supporting documents that demonstrate a loss of earned income due to the COVID-19 pandemic due to medical reasons, business closure, or school closure.

To find a Neighborhood Place in their area, residents may call Metro311 or (502) 574-5000, or visit www.louisvilleky.gov/neighborhoodplace.

Local Chef Edward Lee is organizing a relief effort for restaranut workers. Accorsing to the Courier-Journal, The LEE Initiative, in partnership with Maker’s Mark and Lee’s restaurant 610 Magnolia at 610 W. Magnolia Ave., is becoming a relief center for any restaurant worker who has been laid off or had a significant reduction in hours.

 

Here are some additional national resources that also apply to service employees in Kentucky and Indiana impacted by restaurant closures:

• One Fair Wage has launched an emergency fund to support tipped workers by providing emergency cash to those impacted. The organization hopes to give each worker $213, a nod to the federal minimum wage for tipped workers. Eligible workers are being screened in phone interviews.
• The Restaurant Worker’s Community Foundation has formed a COVID-19 Crisis Relief Fund for restaurant workers, providing funds to organizations doing on-the-ground assistance.
• The USBG National Charity Foundation has launched a Bartender Emergency Assistance Program available to bartenders and spouses and children of bartenders.
• The National Restaurant Association has a coronavirus page on its site that sends people to the Small Business Administration, which is working with state governments to provide low-interest disaster recovery loans to small businesses.
• The Gig Workers Collective has a master list of resources available on its website.
• Apron, Inc. is offering $400 grants to any restaurant workers who are diagnosed with the coronavirus.

Several people are organizing sites to share information and match people in need with potential helpers.

Black Lives Matter has put together a VERY comprehensive page with lots and lots of information: Black Lives Matter mutual aid page

Louisville COVID-19 matches people who are seniors or immune compromised, with young and healthy people who can do their shopping or otherwise help. Louisville COVID-19 Match