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Covid-19 and ALICE

The rapid spread of COVID-19 has exposed critical shortcomings in our economy and in our systems of health care and education. In the midst of this crisis, the ALICE measures show how profoundly Tennessee’s most vulnerable households are being affected. Click here for more information.

Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service

Services Provided:
During the pandemic they have continued to provide their homemaker service, and have added a grocery shopping service. If you are in need of their services please contact them at 865-482-7311 or visit their website at  www.schas.org.

The Free Medical Clinic

Services Provided:
The Free Medical Clinic has switched to a telehealth format and is working hard to continue to provide medication refills as well as necessary lab work. You may contact them via their website at www.fmcor.org or by phone at 865-484-3904.

Community Health of East TN. Inc.

Services Provided:
They are currently providing health care and social services, domestic violence, and residential/day programming for mentally handicapped adults. You may contact them at tdabney@chetn.org.

Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge

Services Provided:
The Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge is currently taking donations of items such as hand sanitizer (lots of it), cloth masks for staff, and disposable nitrile gloves for the receptionists and janitorial staff. You may contact them by Facebook message,  by phone at 865-482-1074 and leave a message, or email cmor@childrensmuseumofoakridge.org.

Helen Ross McNabb Center

Services Provided:
They are currently providing services for those in need. For Centralized Scheduling please call 877-302-1226. For Anderson County Outpatient Clinic please call 865-483-7743.

Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee

Services Provided:
Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee if currently doing virtual home visits – including assessments to determine eligibility and enrollments of new families. The 24/7 Parent Helpline and Domestic Violence Hotline are functioning as always. You may contact them by phone at 865-399-1618 or by email at allison.wentz@pcat.org.

Emory Valley Center

Services Provided:
They are currently providing services for residential, home bound, employment, personal assistance, case management, transportation, early intervention, family support, and counseling. The Early Learning Center is now open. You may reach them by phone at (865) 483-4385.

Catholic Charities of East TN

Services Provided:
Our Pregnancy Help Centers in both LaFollette and Newcomb (www.CCETN.org) provide helpful, non-judgmental assistance for couples and individuals dealing with the varied challenges of parenthood. The Pregnancy Help Center provides information that parents can trust, as well as a listening ear—you don’t have to face it alone. We provide pregnancy testing, support and mentoring groups for moms and dads, adoption information as well as Earn While You Learn Programs for monetary needs like diapers and wipes. During COVID-19, many of these programs were recently adapted to an on-line platform to further assist the quarantined moms of the community from home.

The Crazy Quilt Food Bank & Emergency Assistance program in Newcomb (www.CCETN.org) provides food boxes and assistance with utilities for low-income families. Recipients are eligible every three months, as resources are available.

Girls Inc. of TN Valley

Services Provided:
Girls Inc is currently provided virtual programming, food boxes, programming kits. They may be reached by email at kdeal@girlsinctnv.org or by phone at 865-482-4475.

Ecumenical Storehouse

Services Provided:
They are open on Saturdays beginning in May from 10am til noon for drop off donations. They will be helping clients by appointment only in May. They may be contacted by phone at (865) 481-0274, leave a message and the call will be returned.

Food Life Services

Services Provided:
They are currently passing out food to those who come to the pantry and have continued to operate through the covid-19 precautions. They may be contacted by phone at 423-494-2419.

Ridgeview Behavioral Health Services

Services Provided:
During the quarantine, all services have remained open, including daily walk-in hours from 8:30 – 10:30 AM for new clients. Outpatient therapy, medication management, mobile crisis, and inpatient care remain available. They may be reached by phone at 865-482-1076 or you may use the Contact Us form located at www.ridgeview.com.

Legal Aid Society Middle TN and the Cumberlands

Services Provided:
They are currently open for legal representation by phone intake only, not in-person. They may be contacted by phone at by phone 865-483-8454 or toll-free 800-483-8457.

ADFAC

Services Provided:
ADFAC us currently providing Utilities/Rent/Mortgage assistance through Household Assistance Program, specific emergency funds for utilities and rent/mortgage are available for COVID-19, based on health or income affected. These are being done primarily over the phone. They may be reached by phone at 865-483-6028 (utilities, rent, mortgage) 865-481-3837 (home repairs, new home builds) 865-483-6028 x103 (school supply program inquiries).

Keystone Adult Day Program

Services Provided:
Keystone is currently closed. Please call them at 865-483-6631 or email Pspangler@fumcor.org.

American Red Cross of East TN

Services Provided:
DISASTER CYCLE SERVICES: Emergencies don’t stop during pandemics, and we’ll keep delivering relief to people in need. After disasters, like the recent southeastern tornadoes, we are offering some assistance—financial aid, emotional support, health services and more—virtually. And, where we can, we are housing displaced residents in hotel rooms rather than traditional shelters. To support COVID-19 efforts, we are supporting quarantine and isolation facilities across the country, when requested. Working with community partners, we are also helping provide food and supplies to hard-hit families and communities, including healthcare professionals.• SERVICE TO THE ARMED FORCES: We’re still supporting and caring for service members, veterans and their families during this crisis, providing ongoing 24/7 emergency communications at a greater volume through our Hero Care Center, COVID-19- specific online courses and virtual animal visitations to help with stress management, and virtual townhalls to deliver our “Get to Know Us Before You Need Us” pre-deployment briefings.

Currently, the office is closed to staff and volunteers. All are working remote. They have not determined an opening date at this time. The volunteers are responding to clients if they had a fire remotely.

You may contact them by phone at 865-584-2999.

Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians

Services Provided:

Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians are offering activities and programming virtually. They offering videos through Facebook live, our website, and Zoom meetings. Programming is open and available to everyone, we are not restricting activities to just registered Girls Scouts. The upcoming activities are listed at https://www.girlscoutcsa.org/en/activities/activities-list.html. Previously recorded material can be found at https://www.girlscoutcsa.org/en/our-council/virtual-gs.html.

They are able to be reached by phone at 800-494-1912 or visit their website www.girlscoutcsa.org.

Calling All Stitchers!

We are requesting some adult size, homemade, cloth face masks for one of the Nursing Homes in Oak Ridge. As you know, our current supply has dwindled and restocking will take time that we don’t have.
The Nurses and CNAs would be appreciative of any masks you may make for them.
It would be great to get at least 50 or more washable masks for this facility. And more facilities are being added to the list.
If interested, here is a website with pattern from another medical facility.
Please note, we are in need of adult size only.
www.deaconess.com/masks
For drop off information, please email judigray119@gmail.com

Thank you so much for your interest and care.

Please email naomi@uwayac.org with your name, number, address and list of needed supplies

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Available by referral from United Way of Anderson County. Referring agencies include ADFAC (865-483-6028), TORCH, YWCA and area churches.

Great Smoky Mountain Council, BSA

As we continue to monitor the current situation with the Coronavirus (COVID-19), we have made the call to keep the Lewis M. Sansom Scout Center and Scout Shop closed. Our camps continue to be closed. We will evaluate the Scout Center’s status next Friday for the following week.

Staff members will be working from home, primarily by mobile phone and email. If you need anything, please do not hesitate to reach out to one of us.

As a reminder, all in-person council or district meetings, events, and activities have been postponed. These meetings should use technology to conduct business by conference call or web conference. Units can hold in-person meetings and activities based on your school system's closures. This is for all units, whether your unit meets at a school or not. If your school system is closed, the unit should not meet in-person or hold in-person activities If your school system is open, your unit should consider individual circumstances and current CDC and local health department guidelines. Where possible, we strongly encourage units to use technology to meet with your Scouts. All Youth Protection standards must be followed.

Our staff is available via email and phone. All contact information may be found on our website at the link below:

https://www.easttnscouts.org/about/people/

Boys & Girls Club of the Clinch Valley

Currently closed until OR Schools reopen. The are currently in discussions with food service (ETHRA) to distribute food from Club if needed.

Call main number (865) 472-4434

Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians

Currently, our service centers and shops are closed to the public. Staff is working from home. We’ve canceled or postponed many activities. Cookie booth sales have been suspended and the Cookie Program extended. We’re working on ways Girl Scouts can earn badges and complete other activities digitally while practicing social distancing. Our Executive Leadership Team is monitoring the situation and updating our response as needed so that we do everything we can to keep Girl Scouts, volunteers, families and staff safe.

Call 800-474-1912 to speak with a customer care representative or email us at info@girlscoutcsa.org

Girls Inc of TN Valley

We are looking into providing food and educational kits for girls typically served during this time.

We are available by phone (865) 482-4475

Child Advocacy Center of Anderson County Tennessee, Inc.

Forensic Interviews on site for Severe Abuse Victims and for Child Victims in some criminal cases. Also Victim Advocacy services provided via phone (865) 463-2740 and or email cacactinc@comcast.net

CASA of the TN Heartland

We are still assisting our volunteers and working closely with the courts to ensure we have no gaps in the services we were providing pre-pandemic. And although we are still receiving referrals from juvenile court, we are not assigning any new cases at this time.

Email at Director@CASAtnh.org or 865-425-0888

PCAT

For currently enrolled families in Healthy Families Tennessee, we are continuing to offer services via virtual home visits. We also have a new program - Nurture TN - which connects mothers of infants birth to one year with a "mommy mentor" for support, information and linkage to resources. All contact occurs via technology, so the mother must have access to a cell phone or I-pad and must speak English. The Tennessee Parent Helpline/Domestic Violence Hotline is available 24 hours per day at 1-800-356-6767.

email at allison.wentz@pcat.org

Children's Museum of Oak Ridge

The Children's Museum of Oak Ridge is hosting a coloring contest! To check it out, click here.

Girls Inc. Services during COVID-19

Despite the fact that our center based and outreach programs are not running in a traditional sense, our staff is continually working to make sure that girls have
access to programs and necessary resources for them to continue to be strong, smart, and bold.

We are developing programs and food boxes that can be delivered to the homes of girls and families in need. These boxes include nonperishable food items, snacks, books, and educational programming activities, and materials. We want to ensure that despite the fact that girls may not be able to attend traditional programs, they still have resources to thrive during this time.

At Girls Inc. of TN Valley, we are also working diligently to develop virtual resources to keep us in contact with girls in the community. We are running online coding classes every Friday at 2:00pm where girls can not only work their brains, but connect with their friends and peers for some fun STEM lessons. We are also developing online yoga classes for girls to participate in, and we will update our website and social media pages with more information when we have those details.

For more information on programming and food boxes, or to participate in the online coding classes, please contact Alanna Kosier at akosier@girlsinctnv.org.

Educational Resources

To help contain the COVID-19 virus, many schools are trying to transition children to online learning at home. In addition, many parents are being asked to work from home. These forms of social distancing are needed to help slow the spread of the virus.

Keeping your child engaged through a consistent daily learning schedule can be very helpful. Create a supportive at-home learning environment which will make the switch to learning at home a more seamless one.

The good news is that there are many engaging and fun ways to learn at home. We invite you to explore this collection of tips and resources to help with your adventure in this new normal.

Click here for art resources.

Click here for early childhood/preschool resources.

Click here for interactive learning resources.

Click here for literacy resources.

Click here for math resources.

Click here for science resources.

Click here for virtual tour resources.

Click here for parent resources.

Thank you TN Step for gathering these valuable resources.

Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service

Operating as normal with the homemaker service. We have added a food delivery program called SCHAS Out Shopping. We will deliver food to anyone over 62 or has a compromised Immune system.

Call local number at 482-7311.

Keystone Adult Day Program

Keystone is closed at this time

Call 865-483-6631 and if no answer please leave a message.

Helen Ross McNabb Center

Outpatient Mental Health Med Services, Outpatient Mental Health Therapy Services

Centralized Scheduling for all services: 877-302-1226

Community Health of East TN, Inc.

Health care, and domestic violence shelter.

Health care 423-562-1705, Shelter 423-562-8325

Emory Valley Center

Residential, Family Support, Early Intervention (via zoom)

Call (865-382-5977)

Ridgeview Behavioral Health Services

All Ridgeview facility locations are being maintained per CDC guidelines. Ridgeview has experience in providing mental health care and treatment by way of telehealth connectivity. If you are a current patient/client of Ridgeview and interested in continuing your care and treatment from home, please contact us by calling 865-482-1076. New patients are welcome to access services through our walk-in clinic hours weekday, M-F 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. and Wed afternoon from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. For psychiatric emergencies, Mobile Crisis Team walk-in hours remain weekday M-F, 9 am – 9 pm (behind building at 240 W. Tyrone) or call (865) 481-6175.

Anderson County Office on Aging

The senior center is currently closed, but the Office on Aging side is still open. Meals are handed out every Monday through Friday at 12:00. Meals are also able to be delivered to the Home bound. They are still doing food hand out every other Wednesday and every other Friday after 12:00. Please click here for more information.

Youth Mobile Crisis - 1-866-791-9224
Adult Mobile Crisis - (865) 481-6175
Contact Care Line-  (865) 312-7450

Ridgeview walk-in clinic hours remain weekday M-F, 8:30 – 10:30 and W afternoon 4:30 – 5:30
Mobile Crisis Team walk-in hours remain weekday M-F, 9 am – 9 pm (behind building at 240 W. Tyrone)

If you or someone you know needs help with addiction, especially during this pandemic, help is available. Click here for more information from Shoreline Recovery Center.

ASAP of Anderson County is continuing to provide assistance to reduce and prevent substance abuse in youth and adults in Anderson county. Click here for more information.

The stress of COVID-19 can increase the risk of an overdose, so ASAP of Anderson is offering FREE Virtual Opioid Overdose Training to the community. Participants receive life-saving information to help in the event of an overdose and they also receive a free naloxone (also known as Narcan) kit after the training. To learn more about naloxone visit: https://www.asapofanderson.org/initiatives/naloxone/ . To register for a virtual training, go to: https://tinyurl.com/ycsownzn

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The COVID-19 pandemic has called into focus a need for flexibility in the way we do our work. Until further notice, LAS staff are working remotely and moving upcoming events, like legal clinics, to a digital space to ensure the safety of our community. Like many organizations, the Legal Aid Society (LAS) is navigating the changing landscape day by day.

Between the tornadoes and COVID-19, business and court closures, we are preparing to see a massive influx of cases over the coming weeks. Our staff are working hard to keep up with these cases as they come in – and most importantly, we want our clients, potential clients and partners to know we are here and ready, whenever they need us.

During times of disaster the vulnerable populations we serve—the poor, the elderly, the disabled —are impacted first and hardest. We understand this and have a dedicated staff committed to meeting the needs of our clients. If you know someone who needs legal help, please refer them to us at (865) 483-8454.

Please remember:

• We are open for business. We’ve taken several proactive measures to address the challenges that COVID-19 brings and avoid any disruption to our services. Please reach out to your local Legal Aid office with questions and concerns. Callers will be able to leave a message and receive a call from an intake specialist or attorney within 48 hours.

• We are changing the format of our legal clinics.  All legal clinics are being conducted by phone. Please click here for an updated listing of LAS Legal Clinics. Callers can expect to speak with an intake specialist and an attorney over the phone during the designated clinic times.

Please call 865-483-8454 for any questions.

The Tennessee Department of Human Services has issued a new policy offering emergency cash assistance for those impacted at this time by utilizing Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds.

For more information and qualifications, please click here.

City of Clinton-

Click here for the most up to date information.

City of Oak Ridge-

Click here for the most up to date information.

City of Norris-

Click here for the most up to date information.

City of Rocky Top-

Click here for the most up to date information.

Friends of Literacy is offering free web-based programs for families and adults who want to continue learning during the COVID-19 outbreak and beyond.

Families with school-age children can sign up for the Family Literacy Program to receive free books, access to an online ebook library, and resources for parents to keep children engaged in reading. Friends of Literacy also has openings in its new online, mobile friendly GED/HiSET Prep and ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) programs for adults. For more information and to register for any program, visit FriendsofLiteracy.org/signup.

The mission of Friends of Literacy is to improve adult and family literacy in East Tennessee. All programs are free to participants thanks to generous funding from our community partners.

If you are wondering how you can help....
Shop using Amazon Smile, now available on your phone shopping ap. Make sure you connect it to United Way of Anderson County!
Give blood! Medic is canceling most on site blood drives and needs blood! https://medicblood.org/
Pass along resources to those who need them!
Consider making a donation.
Call and check in on your neighbors, friends and family.
If you are young and healthy, offer to babysit for a first responder, nurse or anyone else who needs help while schools are out!
Be kind. Smile and wave.

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For the most up to date information on Covid-19 Business Resources from the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce, click here.

For up to date information on closures and resources from the Oak Ridge City Chamber of Commerce, click here.

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