COVID-19 Coalition Calls

This series of calls are in response to how to properly address various COVID-19 issues. Below is a list of the different calls, as well as links to the recordings, with information on the topics that were covered in each call.

March 17, 2020: Click Here for the 3/17/2020 Recording

• What procedures should be put in place for current residential clients?
• What to do with incoming clients/intakes?
• Testing/screening
• Organizational ability to change its scope of services
• Confidentiality and information sharing
• Staffing, HR, and Personnel related matters

March 24, 2020: Click Here for the 3/24/2020 Recording

• Admin, HR, and Funding Policies
• What constitutes essential service providers (within a shelter organization)?
• How to answer procedural questions about what programs should do who are running residential programs
• What to do if current resident gets diagnosed or discloses that they may have been in contact with someone who has tested positive
• Using technology to provide services

March 31, 2020: Click Here for the 3/31/2020 Recording

• Administrative leave and philosophical framework
• Paid leave nuts and bolts

April 7, 2020: Click Here for the 4/7/2020 Recording

• Housing resources/Info for coalitions

April 14, 2020: Click Here for the 4/14/2020 Recording (Access Password: P0=x%7?@)

• What are coalitions seeing in their communities?
• What is happening in the court systems
• Update on funding from FVPSA
• Google doc from the Center for Court Innovation
• Center for Court Innovation Podcast

April 21, 2020: Click Here for the 4/21/2020 Recording

• COVID-19 Guidelines by Emily Rothman,ScD and Joshua Barocas,MD
• What to do with incoming clients/intakes?
• What are coalitions seeing in their communities? (NJCASA and NJCEDV)

April 28, 2020: Click Here for the 4/28/2020 Recording

• Housing Resources regarding COVID (presented by Lisa Coffman from HUD)
• Information regarding ESG funding presented by Molly Voyles from TCFV
• Coalition’s experiences accessing COVID housing funds, presented by Karen Jarmoc (CTCADV)

May 12, 2020: Click Here for the 5/12/2020 Recording

• Wellness and supporting staff / self-care

May 19, 2020: Click Here for the 5/19/2020 Recording

• How to convert your multi-day in-person conference to a virtual conference

May 26, 2020: Click Here for the 5/26/2020 Recording

• Moving Forward beyond the stay-at-home regulations

June 16, 2020: Click Here for the 6/16/2020 Recording

• PPP Loan Forgiveness

June 30, 2020: Click Here for the 6/30/2020 Recording

• Contact Tracing

July 14, 2020: Click here for the 7/14/2020 recording

• Features presentations from 3 Coalition Directors from communities that are being particularly impacted with the pandemic right now (Texas, Arizona, and Guam)

July 28, 2020: Click here for the 7/28/2020 recording

• COVID update presentations from the coalitions in Mississippi, Michigan and the Alliance of Tribal Coalitions to End Violence

August 11, 2020: Click Here for the 8/11/2020 Recording

•  Learn from Coalition colleagues about how they are handling the challenges of extending remote employment and managing the needs of employees with children.

August 25, 2020: Click Here for the 8/25/2020 Recording

• Focused on information-sharing about the ways that local programs are using technology to provide services to victims, and the barriers/challenges they have encountered as the months have evolved.

September 9, 2020: Click Here for the 9/9/2020 Recording

• Ohio Domestic Violence Network (ODVN) presents about trauma and traumatic brain injury related to mask wearing during the pandemic.

September 22, 2020: Click Here for the 9/22/2020 Recording

• This call featured information-sharing from our colleagues from coalitions (Oregon, Alabama, California) that have been severely “doubly impacted” by COVID and recent natural disasters (fires, hurricanes).

October 6, 2020: Click Here for the 10/6/2020 Recording

• This call featured David Canavan and Lisa Coffman from the HUD Disaster TA Team, sharing resources and experiences related to providing help to shelters and local programs during and after natural disasters, during the pandemic.

October 20, 2020: Click Here for the 10/20/2020 Recording

• This call featured the Oregon and Missouri Coalition staff sharing information about how they orient new Agency Executive Directors

November 17, 2020: Click Here for the 11/17/2020 Recording

• The call featured a presentation from the NC Coalition Exec. Director, Carianne Fisher, focused on how their Coalition staff provided TA to a member agency that was on the brink of dissolution.

December 15, 2020: Click here for the 12/15/2020 Recording

• This call included a musical/dance video of resilience and coalitions sharing reflections on 2020.

January 12, 2021: Click here for the 1/12/2021 Recording

• Vaccination Considerations for People with Underlying Health Conditions
• Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System – VAERS is a national early warning system to detect possibly safety problems in US-licensed vaccines.
• V-safe After Vaccination Health Checker – a smartphone-based tool that uses text messaging and web surveys to provide personalized health check-ins after you receive a COVID-19 vaccination.
• Interim Considerations for Phased Implementation of COVID-19 Vaccination and Sub-Prioritization Among Recommended Populations – toward the bottom of this document, congregate settings/staff are discussed.
• Updated Disinfection Guidance
• NYT Article: Pulse Oximeter Devices Have Higher Error Rate in Black Patients – Although not official guidance, this is helpful context related to the conversation about understanding vaccine hesitancy or resistance among staff or clients/residents.

February 9, 2021: Click here for the 2/9/2021 Recording

• This call featured findings from research conducted by Shanti Kulkarni, PhD, from the University of North Carolina, about how COVID has impacted domestic violence survivors, advocates, and the local organizations working to support victims and survivors during the pandemic.

March 9, 2021: Click here for the 3/9/2021 Recording

• This call featured Leila Wood, sharing research findings about occupational impact issues on our field. Please note her research paper in the resources below.

May 11, 2021: Click here for the 5/11/2021 Recording

• This call discussed substance use during the COVID-19 Pandemic

June 8, 2021: Click here for the 6/8/2021 Recording

• This call featured Reflections, with panelists Lynne Lange (Nebraska), Sue Meuschke (Nevada) and Liz Richards (Minnesota), who will be leaving their leadership positions over the next few months, after decades of work in the movement.

July 14, 2021: Click here for the 7/14/2021 Recording (English)

July 14, 2021: Click here for the 7/14/2021 Recording (Spanish)

• This call featured a presentation and discussion about the latest/emerging COVID dynamics, variants, impact on services and operations, and more. Please note below that the presentation is available above in both English and Spanish.