COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESOURCES
For the next five weeks (one per week), NYCCAP hosted a series of virtual town halls on topics related to COVID-19. Town halls started at 7:00 pm ET. See our Home page for links related to each session. Topics include:
April 23: Outpatient Services/Partial Programs During COVIDApril 30: Training and Medical Education Issues During COVIDMay 7: Peer Support/Psychological Support for Frontline During COVIDMay 21: Schooling and Education in the COVID Era and Beyond--Creativity and ChallengesMay 28: Child Psychiatrist Working Through Health Care Disparities in the Midst of the COVID-19 Crisis Below is list of resources to support the NYCCAP community during these distressing times. You are welcome to share the link with your colleagues, students, fellow health professional educators, and others. We are experiencing an unprecedented pandemic—at least during our lifetimes. As such, we must all take appropriate measures to ensure the safety of everyone. APA Foundation New York State Psychiatric Assn (NYSPA) creates volunteer mental health hotline to help with Coronavirus crisis. To volunteer, professionals are asked to complete a survey at: health.ny.gov/assistance. Northwell: Talking to Kids About Coronavirus: The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds: 7 Ways to Support Kids and Teens Through the Coronavirus Pandemic: COVID-19 Information By and For People with Disabilities: COVID-19 Social Story: National Center for PTSD: Managing Stress Associated with the COVID-19 Virus Outbreak
Children's Mercy Kansas City: Social Distancing with a Plan Family Toolkit:
Data and Telephone Plans in Response to COVID: 1. Sprint: Effective 3/18/2020: - Providing unlimited data for 60 days to customers with metered data plans;
- Giving 20 GB of free mobile hotspot to customers with hotspot-capable devices
2. AT&T: Waiving data overage fees for kids K-12, for the next 60 days (as of March 13, 2020), they won’t terminate service and will waive late payment fees of any wireless, home phone, or broadband residential or small business customer due to an inability to pay their bill as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. They are also waiving domestic wireless plan overage charges for data, voice, or text for residential or small business wireless customers incurred because of economic hardship related to the coronavirus pandemic. 3. Spectrum: Call (844) 579-3743 for more information and to enroll - Waiving data overage fees for kids K-12;
- Offering free internet services to qualifying homes with students.
- Opened its Wi-Fi hotspots across our footprint forpublic use. A map of Charter’s Wi-Fi hotspots is available here: https://www.spectrum.com/wifi-hotspots.html Enter your address or zoom in to view street-level locations of indoor/outdoor hotspots.
4. Comcast: - Free Xfinity WiFi hotspots - visit www.xfinity.com/wifi for more info
- All customers receiving unlimited data plan for 60 days at no additional charge, no disconnect or late fees;
- Internet Essentials Free to new customers for 60 days (regular cost = $9.95/mo) for any qualifying low-income households
5. Verizon wireless is adding:
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