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COVID-19 Crisis Broadband Commission Agenda for Action: For Faster and Better Recovery
From the Document: "Never before have broadband networks and services been so vital to our health and safety and to keeping our economy and societies working. Digital is truly the hidden hero of this unprecedented global crisis. With the new coronavirus continuing to ravage many nations around the globe and now beginning to make in-roads in countries less well-equipped to handle a major health emergency, immediate action is needed to ensure no one is left behind in humanity's collective response to the crisis. The Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, the UN's high-level public-private partnership, is committed to putting digital cooperation into action, to keep economies and societies working, and to support the world's vulnerable populations (the elderly, refugees and internally displaced populations, persons with disabilities, children, rural dwellers, indigenous communities, and those residing in the most vulnerable countries). A global pandemic demands a global response. The stakes have never been higher. We believe that building, reinforcing and scaling digital cooperation around three key broadband pillars will help accelerate our collective response to COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] and lay the groundwork for a better and faster recovery built on a broadband internet enabled world."
Broadband Commission
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Guidance for Homeless Shelters for Residents or Staff Who Test Positive for COVID-19
From the Document: "This guidance is intended to provide general guidelines for shelter residents and staff when someone tests positive for COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]."
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
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COVID and the Curb: How Cities Used the Curb and Street Space to Respond to COVID-19 and Policy Ideas to Ensure the Curb Best Serves the Public Good
From the Introduction: "Over the past few years, curbs have increasingly become more than just the space between streets and sidewalks. Curbs are transportation hubs, where people walk and roll; access app-based shared bicycles, scooters, or cars; board buses and taxis; and park their personal vehicles. Curbs are community spaces, too. They might host an annual block party or event where a portion of a street is closed, or might provide space to a curbside cafe or parklet. Unhoused community members, often without other options, use curbs as temporary living spaces. Business owners field deliveries and send out their products at the curb. Residences receive packages from online retailers, either directly to single-family homes and apartments, or indirectly to storage lockers where people can retrieve them later. In 2020, the curb was used for all those purposes and more. COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] accelerated some of the changing uses of and growing demand on the curb already underway, and shined a light on the immense value of the curb and its crucial role in preventing the spread of COVID-19. The curb helped support community health and economies, be it through curbside pickup, curbside dining, e-commerce [electronic commerce] delivery, slow streets, curbside COVID-19 testing, and more. This report is organized in two parts: Part 1: Cities' COVID-19 Curb Response; [...] Part 2: Ideas to guide curbside management policy."
Transportation for America
Hanzlik, Mae
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Preparing People for Reentry from Jails and Prisons During the COVID-19 Epidemic
From the Document: "Many county and municipal jails and state prison systems are taking measures to reduce the incarcerated population to help alleviate close living conditions conducive to the spread of disease. State prison systems are expediting scheduled releases by moving up release dates. Jails are releasing individuals who present minimal risk to public safety but are at elevated COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] morbidity and mortality risk. Because RSAT [Residential Substance Abuse Treatment] program generally serve inmates who are nearing the end of their sentences, they are likely candidates for early release if these measures are implemented. Re-entry for individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) is a crucial transition even when solid release plans, stable housing, and linkages to community-based SUD treatment and recovery support are all in place. The added task of re-entry preparation that includes precautions and restrictions to reduce the spread of COVID-19 is an added challenge for justice professionals as well as RSAT clients whose may find their release date suddenly moved up. Plus, the risks associated with a return to drugs and alcohol are now exponentially higher." This document further outlines guidance steps for RSAT program staff, along with an addendum that includes brochures with information that can be shared with re-entering individuals.
Advocates for Human Potential (Firm)
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For Mental Health Providers: Working with Patients Affected by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak
From the Document: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] outbreak may present a range of challenges for patients in your care[.] [...] There are many ways that these challenges might affect patients with existing mental health issues. [...] Providers can help mitigate risk for patients by: [1] Checking in on them regularly; [2] Providing accurate and up to date public health information; [3] Empathizing with stress reactions; [4] Fostering their patients' ability to cope with distress; [and] [5] Conveying that patients CAN take meaningful steps to manage their own stress reactions[.]"
National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (U.S.)
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Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA): Overview of Workers' Compensation for Certain Private-Sector Maritime Workers [Updated March 10, 2021]
From the Summary: "The Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) is a federal workers' compensation program that covers certain private-sector maritime workers. Firms that employ these workers are required to purchase workers' compensation or self-insure and are responsible for providing medical and disability benefits to covered workers who are injured or become ill on the job and survivors' benefits to the families of covered workers who die on the job. The LHWCA is administered by the Department of Labor (DOL), and all benefit costs are paid by employers and their insurance carriers. In 2017, more than $2 billion in LHWCA benefits were paid to beneficiaries."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Szymendera, Scott
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Urgency of Now: Turning the Tide Against Epidemic and Pandemic Infectious Diseases
From the Document: "COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] has killed millions and destroyed the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people. By the end of 2025, it will have cost the global economy $28 trillion. We have the tools. We know what we need to do. For the first time in history, we can credibly aim to eliminate the risk of epidemics and pandemics. We must invest in the vaccines and biologic countermeasures that we will need, while ensuring that no one is left behind. Our goal is within reach. We need only seize the fierce urgency of now."
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
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Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) [Updated August 3, 2020]
From the Summary: "Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) benefits are available only to those individuals who have become unemployed as a direct result of a declared major disaster and are not eligible for regular Unemployment Compensation (UC). First created in 1970 through P.L. 91-606, DUA benefits are authorized by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Relief Act (the Stafford Act), which authorizes the President to issue a major disaster declaration after state and local government resources have been overwhelmed by a natural catastrophe or, 'regardless of cause, any fire, flood, or explosion in any part of the United States' (42 U.S.C. §5122(2))."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Whittaker, Julie M.
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Support for Overstretched Clinicians During the Ongoing Pandemic: Literature and Practice
From the Document: "There is an emerging understanding that professional wellbeing must address multiple factors, and experts in the field recommend initiatives that improve practice workflows, facilitate a culture of respect and compassion, and promote personal resilience. The information and resources highlighted in this article, while not all published during the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic, are extremely relevant to healthcare workers operating in this challenging environment."
United States. Technical Resources, Assistance Center and Information Exchange
Barrett, Eileen
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National Crisis Support Hotlines and Directories: For Healthcare Workers Experiencing COVID-19-Related Stress and Burnout
This document provides the following resource information for healthcare workers: "Physician Support Line"; "Disaster Distress Helpline"; "National Suicide Prevention Lifeline"; "Crisis Text Line"; "SAMHSA's [Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration] National Helpline"; "Emotional PPE [personal protective equipment] Project"; "Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator (SAMHSA)"; "Find A Psychiatrist"; and "Psychologist Locator."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Emotional Health and Wellbeing: For Health Providers, First Responders and Those on the Front Lines
From the Document: "Response to COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] has caused a disruption of our usual roles and routines, and adjustment to new work flows and responsibilities. Limited understanding of the virus comes with day-to-day uncertainty and concern for the health of individuals, families, and communities. Health care and frontline workers responding to COVID-19 will be under increased stress and uncertainties related to the virus can be harmful to a front line workers' mental health. [...] Disaster response is a challenging yet rewarding career. Health care workers and first responders experience stress and burnout under normal circumstances. The lifestyle and experiences associated with the profession increase risk for stress, second victim syndrome, limited exercise, perceived limited control, sleep deprivation, irregular and poor eating habits, and poor work-life balance. Developing strategies to build resilience and reduce stress can help improve the overall health and wellbeing of health care workers."
University of Missouri. Extension Division
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COVID-19 Field Feature: Pivoting to a COVID-19 Response in the Greater Houston Region
From the Document: "The novel coronavirus pandemic has forced health and public safety agencies across the U.S. to rethink every aspect of their day-to-day operations--and even their most reliable strategies for crisis preparedness and response. In small towns and large metropolitan areas alike, those responsible for the safety and security of their communities have had to pivot quickly to address large outbreaks and enforce a variety of mitigation actions to help 'flatten the curve' of surging infections. [...] The City of Houston and its five surrounding counties are home to 6.8 million people, spread across more than 7,000 square miles. Our metropolitan area is one of the 10 largest economies in the U.S. Since the pandemic began, the Houston Mayor's Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security has worked in close partnership with numerous law enforcement, emergency management, fire, healthcare, and other agencies in the region, alongside the private-sector companies that own a large portion of our critical infrastructure and supply chains."
Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center
Buenik, George T., Jr.; Hanagriff, Jack
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COVID-19 Field Feature: Keeping Montana Officers Trained During a Pandemic
From the Document: "With a population of just over one million inhabitants, served by approximately 2,500 state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers, Montana relies on one institution to train the vast majority of its peace officers: the Montana Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA). As news spread that police academies throughout the United States were shuttering and cancelling programs because of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], MLEA's top-notch team improvised, adapted, and kept the academy fully operational. As Montana's governor began scaling back public services across the state in March 2020, a basic law enforcement class of 59 students was just a couple of weeks from graduation, and a new group of students was preparing to start shortly thereafter. Small, rural agencies were already short-handed and desperate to put officers on the street, and the larger agencies were still reeling from retirements and vacancies. Those factors combined with COVID-19 impacts made it the worst possible time for a disruption in MLEA training. Montana faced the prospect of significant long-term public safety consequences."
Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center
Lockerby, Bryan
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COVID-19 Special Resource [website]
The Headington Institute, a non-profit organization specializing in psychological wellness for frontline responders, has dedicated a special section of their website to coronavirus 2019 [COVID-19] resources for job-related stress. From the Website: "As COVID-19 spreads around the world, aid workers, responders, and community intervention staff are all facing a landscape full of unknown challenges. Here at the Institute, it's our job to support you and your team, no mater what's ahead. In the coming days we will be posting more research-backed tools to help you and your team."
Headington Institute
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COVID Vaccines Digital Resources Center [website]
From the Webpage: "The coronavirus pandemic prompted an unprecedented response from the nation's business community. Now that safe and effective vaccines are available, the public- and private-sectors must rally around a common goal: Vaccinate America. This Digital Resource Center includes information, tools, and templates that businesses of all sizes need during this critical phase of the pandemic response."
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
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PubMed [website]
From the Website: "PubMed comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites."
National Center for Biotechnology Information (U.S.); National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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Infectious Disease Exercise Resources
This document from the Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center contains a list of web resources for schools for dealing with infectious diseases.
Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (U.S.); United States. Department of Education
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Maintaining Emergency Medical Services Capabilities During a Pandemic
This document contains information to help your emergency medical services (EMS) prepare for a pandemic.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; United States Fire Administration
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Maintaining Dispatch Capabilities During a Pandemic
This document contains information to help your 911 telecommunications and emergency management prepare for a pandemic.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; United States Fire Administration
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LLIS Best Practice: Crisis Communications Planning: Establishing Joint Information Centers
"A JIC [Joint Information Center] is either a physical or 'virtual' operation where public information staff representing all agencies and organizations involved in incident management activities coordinate and disseminate official, timely, accurate, easy to understand, and consistent information to the public. The National Incident Management System (NIMS) includes procedures on the responsibilities and operations of a JIC. State and local emergency response departments and agencies should be familiar with NIMS procedures and have plans in place for establishing or operating within a JIC."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Isolation and Quarantine
"Isolation and Quarantine is the capability to protect the health of the population through the use of isolation and/or quarantine measures in order to contain the spread of disease. Isolation of ill individuals may occur in homes, hospitals, designated health care facilities, or alternate facilities. Quarantine refers to the separation and restriction of movement of persons who, while not yet ill, have been exposed to an infectious agent and may become infectious. Successful implementation will require that sufficient legal, logistical, and informational support exists to maintain these measures. Most experts feel that isolation and quarantine will not stop the outbreak and that if used, the focus will be on cases that might introduce the disease into the state or other geographic area."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Guidance for Developing a Plan for Interfacility Transport of Persons Under Investigation or Confirmed Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in the United States
From the Document: "State EMS [emergency medical services] officials and regional and state EMS planners can use this information to develop
regional transport networks, local transport plans, and standard operating procedures. Managers and medical
directors can use this guidance to develop procedures and protocols for their services to conduct interfacility
transport (including intrastate or interstate) of PUIs [persons under investigation] and patients with confirmed Ebola. They may also use the
information to prepare, educate, and train EMS personnel. Individual providers may use this information to stay
safe when responding to and transporting PUIs or patients confirmed to have Ebola."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); United States. Department of Health and Human Services; United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response . . .
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Disaster Response for Homeless Individuals and Families: A Trauma-Informed Approach
From the Document: "People experiencing homelessness typically have limited resources and likely have past exposure to traumatic events. Therefore, they may be at higher risk of adverse physical and psychological reactions following a public health emergency or disaster. Trauma-informed approaches can help disaster responders effectively serve homeless individuals and families. A trauma-informed approach to disaster response acknowledges past trauma and the current impact it may have on the lives of anyone receiving services or support. Sensitivity to trauma can improve communication between responders and the homeless and facilitate compliance with public health directives."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
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Leadership Communication: Anticipating and Responding to Stressful Events
From the Background: "How leaders behave and communicate during stressful situations, such as the response to a disaster event, can make significant differences in how people respond and react. It may also influence whether leadership is strengthened or diminished. This communication can take many forms including written messages, formal and informal talks, and ritual development and participation."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
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Continuity of Operations (COOP) Planning for Education Agencies: 'Ensuring Continuity of Teaching and Learning During Prolonged Absences, Dismissals, and Closures'
From the Overview: "For schools, continuity of operations (COOP) planning means preparing to support the whole school community in the event of short- and long-term student and staff absences, school dismissals, and/or school closures. The COOP plan -- contained in what is known as an 'annex' within a school emergency operations plan (EOP) -- will describe how a school or district will work to provide for the continuation of essential services during prolonged absences caused by emergencies (e.g., an infectious disease outbreak, natural disaster, or power outage)."
Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (U.S.)
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OTP Guidance for Patients Quarantined at Home with the Coronavirus
From the Document: "1. Document that the patient is medically ordered to be under isolation or quarantine. When possible confirm source of information- e.g.: doctor's order, medical record. Ensure the documentation is maintained in the patient's OTP [opioid treatment program] record. 2. Identify a trustworthy, patient designated, uninfected 3rd party, i.e. family member, neighbor, to deliver the medications using the OTP's established chain of custody protocol for take home medication. This protocol should already be in place and in compliance with respective state and DEA [Drug Enforcement Administration] regulations. OTPs should obtain documentation now for each patient as to who is designated permission to pick up medication for them and maintain this process of determining a designee for any new patients. 3. If a trustworthy 3rd party is not available or unable to come to the OTP, then the OTP should prepare a 'doorstep' delivery of take home medications. Any medication taken out of the OTP must be in an approved lock box."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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CERC in an Infectious Disease Outbreak
From the Document: "Quickly sharing information about a disease outbreak can help stop the spread of disease, and prevent and reduce illness and even death. People often remember the first information they hear in an emergency, so the first information they receive should come from health experts. [1] Even if the cause of the outbreak or specific disease is unknown, share facts that are available. This can help you stay ahead of possible rumors. [2] Share information about the signs and symptoms of disease, who is at risk, treatment and care options, and when to seek medical care."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Mental Health and Behavioral Guidelines for Response to a Pandemic Flu Outbreak: Background on the Mental Health Impact of Natural Disasters, including Epidemics
"It is only relatively recently that attention has been focused on the mental health impact of disasters. Previously, concerns related to immediate physical health and community infrastructure risks in the aftermath of disasters such as storms, earthquakes, or floods had overwhelmed considerations of the short and long-term mental health consequences of disasters, or the extent to which mental health played a role in the impact of a disaster. In the arena of the health impact of natural disasters, the majority of data available relate to weather or geologic events. [...] We know that severe stress reactions are common; that front-line health and human services workers are at high risk for PTSD [Post Traumatic Stress Disorder]; and that in general, even in relatively developed countries, there is very little existing infrastructure in place that can adequately address the mental health needs of victims. In contrast, there is almost no data on the mental health impacts of outbreaks of disease. This is largely because there have been few pandemic health threats in the last century. Since the highly lethal pandemic outbreak of influenza in 1918, there have been few global threats from infectious agents. The recent outbreaks of SARS [Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome] in Asia and Canada, which caused global concern but fortunately did not result in large-scale outbreaks nor a global pandemic, gives us the most recent data on the mental health concerns that are relevant in a pandemic outbreak situation."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
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Emergency Planning: Influenza Outbreak
This web page suggests resources to help educators plan for flu outbreaks. Sample links include "Preparing for Pandemic Flu: A Family Checklist Video," "Community Mitigation Guidance," "Examples of State and Local Plans and Planning Efforts," "Stop the Spread of Germs: Actions for Schools," and "Planning Checklists."
United States. Department of Education
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Community Containment, Including Quarantine [website]
This page contains links to several documents regarding community containment measures such as isolation and quarantine.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
