Community Resources

Identify-Specific

• Family Paths – Parenting stress helpline
• COVID Checklist for Older Adults from AARP 
• Resources for Undocumented Immigrants from The Unity Council
• AA & NHPI In-Language Resources from Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum
• Korean language resources from Korean Centers, Inc. 
• Spanish Language Resources from Centro Legal De Le Raza
• Resources for LGBTQ Communities from CA LGBTQ Health & Human Services Network
• Resources for Information for Communities of Color from the NAACP
• Resources for the Disability Community from Access Living
  
• Sweet Relief Musicians’ & Artists’ Fund
• Mental Health Therapy Sessions for Communities of Color from Taraji P Henson’s Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation (BLHF)

 

Resource Guides

• COVID-19 Bay Area Resources List from Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality 
• World Health Organization COVID-19 Site 
• COVID-19 Resources from East Bay Housing Organizations
• Oakland Reach — crowd-sourced collection of anti-oppressive, anti-racist homeschool curriculum ideas 
• Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center
• Search for a Food Pantry near you
• Sesame Street’s Caring for Each Other COVID-19 programming

 

Financial Assistance

• EBALDC’s SparkPoint Financial Coaching Services  
• Consumer Financial Protection Board – COVID-19
  
  One Fair Wage Emergency Fund provides cash assistance to restaurant workers, car service drivers, delivery workers, personal service workers, and more. Applications also available in Spanish.
• Southern Smoke: Emergency Relief Program for Restaurant, bar owners, and employees
• Relief Fund for Undocumented Workers in CA 
• Need Help Paying Bills for rental assistance
• Expensify: A fund to assist families by matching essential SNAP grocery purchases during the COVID-19 outbreak.
• Oakland REACH Relief Fund: A fund to support families who are most vulnerable during this crisis.
• Season of Sharing: A fund that offers grants to help families in crisis so they can pay for housing and emergency needs. 

 

Local & State Government

• City of Oakland Business and Workforce Support 
• Oakland Unified School District Free Meals Distribution 
• Alameda County Office of Public Health 
• Alameda County Community Food Bank 
• Alameda County Rapid Response Resources
• State of California COVID-19 Website