Resources
Resource Guide
Immediate Action!
The New York State of Health Website is open for you to enroll for health insurance right now!
Food and Nutrition
NYC –NYC COVID-19 Food Assistance Resources
NYC- COVID-19 Food Hub NYC (For Students and Families)
NYC- Invisible Hands Delivery Service
NYC- Food Bank NYC
NYC- Food Hub Tracks free food and delivery
NYC- DOE Free Meals from 7:30AM-1:30PM
NYC- FoodHelp (Find food pantries and more)
NYC- City Harvest- Mobile Markets
Bronx- Chefs for America Free Meals in the Bronx
Bronx- Mamajuana Cafe will be providing a lunch bag for the children from 11am-1pm and 4pm-8pm
Bronx – DreamYard Art Center is distributing free meals Mondays through Fridays, between 1:30pm – 3:00pm
Cash Assistance
Domestic Workers Alliance Emergency Fund
Brooklyn College Students request for emergency funding
The Graduate Center Petrie Emergency Grant Program
Hunter College Emergency Funding
Purchase College Petrie Student Emergency Fund
Betancourt Macias Family Scholarship Foundation, Emergency Funds
Immigrant Emergency Relief Program
Mental and Physical Health
Care For Your Coronavirus Anxiety
Crisis Text Line
Free Meditations
NYC Well
Mutual Aid (NYC) Network
Stay at Home Online Music Festival
Thirsty for Art
PopsugarFitness
Peloton 90 Day Free Trial
Education
Learning Express Library 3.0
Brooklyn Public Library ecard application
Audible Books free for Students
College Students: U-Haul Offers 30 Days Free Self-Storage amid Coronavirus Outbreak
U.S Providers Offering FREE Wi-Fi or Special Accommodations for 60 Days
Altice Advantage Internet
Spectrum to offer free broadband and WiFi to students without it
Get Access to FREE Spectrum WiFi Hotspots in New York City, NY
Agencies and Fact Sheets
Action NYC Immigration Legal Services
Know Your Rights – Public Charge
Know Your Rights – Police Encounter
HRA is offering Cash Assistance special grants for any worker who is likely to miss rent due to reduced income
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene- COVID-19 Facts
NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP)- Report Price Gouging
NYC Public School
NYS Unemployment Assistance
NYC’s Children’s Cabinet Fun at Home
Rights of Immigrant Tenants
Filing for Unemployment Insurance in NYS
Eligibility for Benefits chart and contact information
Legal Services
Legal Aid- Brooklyn
Brooklyn Civil Neighborhood Office- (718) 722-3100
Brooklyn CDP (Criminal Defense Practice)- (718) 237-2000
Legal Aid- Bronx
Bronx Civil Neighborhood Office- (718) 991-4758
Bronx CDP (Criminal Defense Practice)- (718) 579-3000
Legal Aid- Manhattan
Water Street Office – (212) 577- 3300
Manhattan CDP (Criminal Defense Practice) – (212) 298- 5000
Harlem Office- (212) 426- 3000
Legal Aid- Queens
Queens Civil Neighborhood Office- (718) 286- 2450
Queens CDP (Criminal Defense Practice)- (718) 286- 2600
Legal Aid- Staten Island
Staten Island Civil Neighborhood Office & CDP (Criminal Defense Practice)- (347) 422- 3500
Legal Aid Society Access to Benefits Helpline
Monday – Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 888-663-6880
NYLAG NY COVID 19 Legal Resource Hotline
Monday-Friday from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm. (929) 356-9582
Arts, Culture and FUN!
VISIT 600+ COLLEGES FOR FREE
Online Writing Workshops by Dominican Writers
10 Museums You Can Virtually Visit – Smithsonian Magazine
12 Museums offering free tours
A collection of sites to live webcams, virtual tours/trips, and other miscellaneous fun educational sites
Google Arts and Culture Tour Museums and Landmarks
The Musée du Louvre (Virtual Tours of Exhibits)
San Diego Zoo® (Live Cam and Videos)
Smithsonian’s National Zoo- Webcams
Smithsonian’s National Zoo- Self-guided Zoo Tour
Houston Zoo Webcams
Monterey Bay Aquarium
National Aquarium Live Cams
Georgia Aquarium
Yellowstone National Park
This Summer Explore the US National Parks
Met Opera – Free Nightly Streams
All March- Free creative classes by Brit + Co
Catherine Willett- Coloring Book
Chicago-born artist Hebru Brantley – Coloring Book
Sailor D. Gonzales (HER) Bad Bunny- Coloring Book
Stay at Home Self-Care – Coloring Book
Nickelodeon – Nick Helps
Audible Books Free for Students
Online Media Arts Center
Tenement Museum
Virtual Journey through Dubai
Other Resource Guides
Resources for Restaurants and Workers Coping with the COVID-19 Emergency
COVID 19 Recursos en Español para Migrantes de NYC
[Immigrants Rising] Tangible Support for Immigrant Communities During COVID-19
CDF-NY Blog posts about Covid-19
Analyzing COVID-19 Stimulus Payment Usage in New York State
New York’s Essential Workers Struggle with Food Insecurity
Supporting Older Youth in Foster Care is Essential During the COVID-19 Crisis
Navigating during the pandemic: Our new normal
Letter from Leadership
Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone effected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and especially people at greatest risk, including our first responders, the elderly, those with certain health conditions and the homeless. Our hearts go out to the hundreds of thousands of individuals who have lost their jobs, and who have spiraled into circumstances which will soon leave them unable to meet their basic needs. We lift up our children, especially those who are poor and food insecure, those without basic health insurance, and those living in shelter or in child welfare or juvenile justice settings.
For the past nearly 50 years, under the leadership of Marian Wright Edelman, our mission has been to level the playing field for all children to ensure that they could all reach their full potential. That goal has just become a little bit more difficult, which in turn has caused us to sharpen our focus and strengthen our resolve. We continue our critical work related to abatement of childhood lead exposure, youth justice reforms, child welfare reforms and expanded health coverage across the state. We have expanded our work to specifically address the unique challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health and Economic Justice – We are collaborating with our national office and a myriad of state partners to advocate for urgent action to streamline eligibility, expand coverage and ensure no cuts to Medicaid on the state level as well as for dedication of additional resources in the next federal coronavirus package, including direct cash assistance for those with low income, an increase in SNAP allotments to ensure every family and child has adequate food, moratoriums on evictions and foreclosures and increases in federal support for state Medicaid programs.
Education Justice – We are working with our coalition partners with the Dignity in Schools-New York Campaign to share and collect information regarding COVID-19 impact on communities, families, young people, and our education system. We released a survey to assess student needs to reshape our policy agenda and messaging to elected officials. We have created a format for workshops to connect to and inform families and resources including those from the NYC school district.
Child Welfare – We are working with our partners through the NYS Child Welfare Coalition and CHAMPS-NY to collect information about the impact of COIVD-19 on children and families in the child welfare system, and make inquiries to ensure that children are safe and well, that local departments of social services have the flexibility and resources they need to protect their workforce and support young people and their families, and to support service providers working with our families in communities.
Youth Justice – We released recommendations to reduce the number of youth in detention state-wide, with our Raise the Age New York Coalition. We have called for a moratorium on detention and immediate release for those youth who are in detention for administrative reasons (including failure to appear or technical probation or parole violations), an immediate moratorium on and release from custody for all misdemeanor and low-level felony arrests and bench warrants, and the release of all youth with underlying health conditions that make them especially vulnerable to complications associated with COVID-19, regardless of charges. In the weeks ahead, we will continue standing with our youth justice allies, working with public officials and system stakeholders to reduce the number of youth coming into contact with the family court and adult criminal court systems, and monitoring closely the conditions for youth in facilities state-wide.
As you can see, the work of CDF-NY has been made even more urgent than ever before in our lifetimes. We remain deeply grateful for your ongoing support and we look forward to working with you to tackle these challenges to ensure that the needs of our most vulnerable children and families are met. Please be safe. Practice social distancing, wash your hands, take care of your mental health, look out for your neighbor and know that we will be here as we navigate this new normal.
Warm regards,
Naomi Post, Executive Director