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RESOURCES FROM SOCIAL WORK TEAM
Our Social Work team is working hard to get our community the most up to date resources. Please see CLICK RESOURCES to learn more about:
- Free Food
- Free Internet
- Other educational resources.
We will continue to update this document as we obtain more information, so please check the link regularly.
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UNEMPLOYmENT
- Unemployment relief: New York State has waived the seven day waiting period for workers to claim unemployment insurance: https://www.governor.ny.gov/
news/after-weeks-demanding- approval-governor-cuomo- announces-fda-gives-new-york- state-authority - File for New York State Unemployment : https://www.ny.gov/services/unemployment-0
FOOD RESOURCES
Bagged breakfasts and lunches are no longer available to picked up at Heketi. The closest site distributing grab and go meals is P.S. 5 on E. 149th St and Jackson Ave
- Find other NYC DOE sites distributing food here: https://www.schools.nyc.gov/
freemeals - Chefs providing food in the Bronx: https://wck.org/news/thebronx
- Other sources of food: https://maps.nyc.gov/foodhelp/
#map-page
INTERNET RESOURCES
- Charter is offering free broadband and WIFI for a limited time to students to help learn during the outbreak: https://corporate.charter.com/
newsroom/charter-to-offer- free-access-to-spectrum- broadband-and-wifi-for-60- days-for-new-K12-and-college- student-households-and-more - Verizon FIOS is tripling data tier allowances: https://www.verizon.com/about/
news/verizons-covid-19-relief- efforts - Comcast is offering free WIFI hotspots: https://corporate.comcast.com/
covid-19 - Open hotspot networks: https://instabridge.com/free-
wifi/United_States-US/The_ Bronx-5110266/ - Spectrum Internet Service: https://www.spectrum.com/
internet - Media Companies Offering Free WiFi: https://www.fox2detroit.com/
news/media-companies-to-offer- free-internet-to-low-income- families-during-coronavirus- crisis