COVID-19 | Galveston Community Resources for Youth & Families
Resources below are sourced from information provided by community members as well as members from the collaborative. We are committed to doing our best to share accurate and updated information regarding the resources available in our community. In the event that a resource listed is out of date or if you would like to contribute a resource to add, please do not hesitate to notify is via email.
Funding Support
The Galveston County Recovery Fund website is up along with the link to the nonprofit impact survey. Right now applications for funding are not yet up but will be coming soon.Completing the survey does not guarantee funding but it will help Galveston County Recovery Fund, individual foundations, and the community in data-driven and timely decisions about funding and resources. This survey is specific to Galveston and Galveston county and will be part of the larger Houston area data set that is being collected via their united way survey and Recovery Fund efforts.
Galveston County Recovery Fund Survey
Galveston County Recovery Fund
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or Act) requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. These provisions will apply from April 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020.
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) ACT
TNOYS has $2,000 mini-grants available to help fund your census outreach, and assist clients in completing the census survey. This funding can be used in a variety of ways, and can go hand in hand with what you are currently doing to support youth and families during COVID-19.
Texas Network of Youth Services Mini-Grants
COVID-19 Updates
UTMB Twitter Feed @UTMBNews or @UTMBHealth
Galveston County Health District
City of Galveston - Rumor Control
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
Center for Disease Control (CDC) - Situation Summary
World Health Organization (WHO)
Use the COVID19 Local Action Tracker, created by the National League of Cities and Bloomberg Philanthropies, to learn what has been done in your area to protect housing, keep utilities turned on, ensure access to healthy food, and otherwise support health, safety, and wellbeing during the coronavirus pandemic.
COVID-19 Volunteer Opportunities & Resources
Education
Rosenberg Library Online Resources
Internet Safety Tips for Parents
Remote Learning - Ball High School, Galveston ISD
CompUDopt COVID-19 Free Computer Distribution
10 University Art Classes You Can Take for Free Online
How to Talk to Your Child About COVID-19
Empowering Teens: Toolkit for Out of School Time - National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens
Childcare
Effective March 1, 2020, children may accrue absences without impacting ongoing eligibility for services or provider reimbursements. TWC will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation and make a future determination on when this absence policy will conclude. Providers will continue to be paid, if children are absent, or if the provider is temporarily closed due to COVID-19.Workforce development boards are authorized to make supplemental payments to child care programs to cover lost parent share of cost payments. TWC will issue further guidance on calculating supplemental payments.
Childcare & Early Learning - Texas Workforce Commission
Diapers, Wipes, Baby Food & Formula - Pregnancy Help Center of Galveston
Food
Galveston County Food Bank - Galveston Food Pantries
Free Curbside Meals for Students - Galveston ISD
Health & Safety
UTMB - Text CONNECT to 37420 to receive free resources to promote health and safety in relationships.
“St. Vincent's Day Clinic is still open and the social service side. We are having volunteers from UTMB come to screen everyone that comes in. We have also been approved to provide more financial assistance to families in need for rent and utilities. The student clinic is providing telehealth.”
“Family Service Center is providing telehealth and has limited office appointments (we are staggering clients to ensure social distancing). Our Front End team is maintaining an office presence at this time. They will continue to man phones and direct individuals to our clinical team.”
Family Service Center of Galveston County
teen health therapy: 409-766-5713
Teen Health Psychiatry: 409-766-5716
Resource & Crisis Center of Galveston County
UTMB Education - Sealy Center on Aging
Veteran’s Affairs Outpatient Clinic
Texas Mental Health Support Line
The Revised School Mental Health Toolkit - Mental Health Transfer Technology Network
Texas network of youth services is working with state agencies and partners on securing supplies for our members. As part of this effort, we have partnered with the Office of the Governor and TABC to help our members access hand sanitizer. TABC recently loosened regulations to allow distilleries to produce hand sanitizer, and we have been reaching out to Texas distilleries that have hand sanitizer available or plan to produce it soon.
Information on Texas Distilleries Producing Hand Sanitizer
Employment/Unemployment & Businesses
TWC will be waiving work search requirements for all claimants and the waiting week for those claimants affected by COVID-19. Also, Extended Benefits (EB) and Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) are NOT available at this time.The Texas Unemployment Insurance (UI) program pays benefits to those individuals who lost their jobs through no fault of their own. TWC determines benefit eligibility based on past wages, why someone lost their job, and ongoing eligibility requirements.
Texas Workforce Commission - COVID-19 Resources for Job Seekers
Texas Workforce Commission - COVID-19 Resources for Employers
Temporary Job Openings at UTMB
Employment - City of Galveston
COVID-19 Business & Community Resources - Galveston Regional Chamber of Commerce
Galveston Economic Development Partnership (GEDP) Business Recovery Loan Program
Report Suspected Price Gouging
Utility Assistance
“Moody Methodist’s doors as of [march 19, 2020] have closed. Their financial assistance program, the St. Stephen Society, will continue to be in operation providing financial assistance for Galveston island resident utility bills only. They will assist via telephone interviews and clients must call in advance to schedule a time slot. They must also have a working email address so that prior to the telephone interview, they can receive the ROI and application that must be completed and returned. Other documentation that is required too must be emailed. For those that are technologically-challenged the option of mailing in documentation is available, though it will be time consuming. They are not assisting with bus tokens or snack packs”
Utility Bill Assistance - Moody Methodist
Additional Resource Lists
Family Service Center of Galveston County
This page offers a central online location where you can find opportunities to stay connected, volunteer activities, updates on community events and information on where to turn if you or someone you know is in need of assistance.
LULAC@HOME - League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
Resources for the COVID-19 Crisis - Education Development Center