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15 online or telephone resources

More important than ever!

  1. Crisis text line. Crisis Text Line is a global not-for-profit organization providing free confidential crisis intervention via SMS message. The organization's services are available 24 hours a day, every day, throughout the US, UK, and Canada and can be reached by texting HOME to 741741, 85258, or 686868 respectively.
  2. If you're an artist in need of funds, fill out the application found here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/chicago-artists-relief-fund. Note that it's closed right now, but it will reopen.
  3. Are you a senior or do you know a senior in need? Fill out this form: https://www.formyblock.org/viralresponse
  4. Does your local business need an employee relief fund? Add it here so people will see the fund: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1G7-9XGDqilIPtVYpHvZYy37lSWRMu1PKOnvvOfMB_Ys/edit?fbclid=IwAR1GguYizASJVvnsA58xK5mcVcq1tWQnJpTG8HkaLolJMiu1KVcmSburKtc#gid=1181394930
  5. If you can afford to pay for online therapy, check out BetterHelp
  6. Need assistance with food? Visit here: https://www.chicagosfoodbank.org/benefits-outreach/
  7. Are you or someone you love a queer and/or trans person on the south side of Chicago? Would like food or other supplies dropped off at your/their front door? Please use this form (note that they are prioritizing folks who are sick, disabled, quarantined without pay, elderly, undocumented Black, Brown, or Indigenous): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelaHe7IlGXJcn7IcrBKn9pTYx_lW4kPktkR9MCLzjOijBrUQ/viewform
  8. Need help with childcare? Look here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_v3oJj8eBD2OEVDCrZZr4maaigc4yqdwrEl4YC9wXcU/edit?fbclid=IwAR2RCYmO7Yr4jFMipLt9AYIi7302tOT8NKPy3DJ8mMmhVLOWU5XSC2rSDRQ#gid=0
  9. Need help with pet care? Fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1LwNtXEscGLryhtSL47CprIC_6uEvAoiDFOWOA4wovpQ/viewform?edit_requested=true
  10. If you need it, get in touch  with the Trevor Project or call the Suicide Prevention Line (1-800-273-8255)
  11. Apply for a small business loan with low interest if that's what you need: https://www.sba.gov/page/coronavirus-covid-19-small-business-guidance-loan-resources
  12. Here's a guide to getting unemployment benefits, rent relief, and some other things: https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/03/18/out-of-work-due-to-coronavirus-heres-how-to-get-unemployment-benefits-rent-relief-and-more/
  13. If you need it, call Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746. (TTY 1-800-846-8517)
  14. CDC's guide to helping guide children through this: https://www.cdc.gov/childrenindisasters/helping-children-cope.html
  15. National Alliance of Mental Illness COVID information and resources: https://www.nami.org/getattachment/Press-Media/Press-Releases/2020/COVID-19-and-Mental-Illness-NAMI-Releases-Importan/COVID-19-Updated-Guide-1.pdf?lang=en-US
(Prompt by me)

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