alert If you have symptoms or think you may have coronavirus, local health professionals advise that you DO NOT go to the clinic, ER, or hospital. Instead call 211 and they will give you instructions of what to do. 211 is a free, confidential referral and information helpline and website that connects people of all ages and from all communities to the essential health and human services they need, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 211 can be accessed by phone or computer.

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Resources

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Sanford website

Sanford webinar March 26 at 10 AM

Join Sanford OccMed for a business webinar on Thursday March 26 at 10 am covering vital information about how the COVID-19 outbreak is affecting companies across the country. Find out what your company can do to help the strain on medical clinics in these challenging and uncertain times.

Joel Blanchard, MD, the enterprise medical director of occupational medicine, will provide insights on relevant federal regulations, when to test employees for COVID-19, prevention tips and recommendations for updating return-to-work policies.

Unemployment

Iowa Legal Aid

Childcare resources

To help show child care resource locations and availability, DHS has released the arcgis map link provided below. Every morning at 8AM the map is supposed to be updated with vacancies.

Map with childcare vacancies

Access to child care for essential employees is a high priority. Please have any essential employee who need child care contact Child Care Resource and Referral for personalized assistance: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Talk to a Parent Referral Specialist: 855-244-5301
Email our Parent Referral team: childcare@caeiowa.org
Parent information can be accessed here

Child Care Resource and Referral are dedicated to contacting all child care businesses and keeping our database as current as possible for openings. We are also available to help address any other child care concerns your county may be experiencing. Please contact us if we can be of assistance to your local planning.

Center of Disease Control

Iowa COVID-19 information

Small business assistance information

If you are a small business, there is assistance availble to you during this time. Please take some time to check out the following resources.

Small Business Loans

Governor Reynolds announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has issued a disaster declaration for the state of Iowa as of January 31, 2020 and continuing. The declaration allows pandemic-impacted small businesses to apply for low-interest support loans. The declaration comes after Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds submitted a federal funding request via the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program.

Applications can be made via the SBA’s website

Applicants can monitor the status of their applications online after submission.

For questions, please contact the SBA disaster assistance customer service center at 1-800-659-2955 (TTY: 1-800-877-8339) or email: disastercustomerservice@sba.gov.

Additional resources for businesses can be accessed at www.safeguardiowa.org

Financial Assistance Program release by Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) more information can be found here.

Small Business Relief Program Award Notifications found here

Isolation guidelines for Iowans

Federal information Regarding COVID-19

Information about COVID-19 from the federal government can be found here.

USDA Implements Immediate Measures to Help Rural Residents, Businesses and Communities Affected by COVID-19
WASHINGTON, March 25, 2020 – USDA Rural Development has taken a number of immediate actions to help rural residents, businesses and communities affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Rural Development will keep our customers, partners, and stakeholders continuously updated as more actions are taken to better serve rural America.
Read the full announcement to learn more about the opportunities USDA Rural Development is implementing to provide immediate relief to our customers, partners, and stakeholders. Read the full announcement: Here

USDA Information: STAKEHOLDER ANNOUNCEMENT: USDA Implements Immediate Measures to Help Rural Residents, Businesses and Communities Affected by COVID-19 *Updated April 8, 2020* WASHINGTON, April 8, 2020 – USDA Rural Development has taken a number of immediate actions to help rural residents, businesses and communities affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Rural Development will keep our customers, partners, and stakeholders continuously updated as more actions are taken to better serve rural America.
Read the full announcement to learn more about the opportunities USDA Rural Development is implementing to provide immediate relief to our customers, partners, and stakeholders.
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Rumor central

Legal authorities under the Governor’s Proclamation of Disaster Emergency

Iowa Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster

Q&A with COVID-19

Public assistance guidelines

O’Brien County visitor restrictions

Unemployment Insurance Tax Extension

Municipal water and COVID-19

Northwest Iowa Development Team

CIRAS for manufacturers dealing with COVID-19

Mask and PPE guidelines

Guidelines for Re-Opening

COVID-19 Information for Sheldon, Iowa

Resources