COMMUNITY CARE

HEALTH

COVID-19 NYC TEXT Updates
You can get information and resources to stay healthy and informed during the pandemic.
Text COVID to 692-692 to get the latest updates from Notify NYC.
Text COVIDESP to 692-692 to get the same updates in Spanish.

COVID-19 Testing for New York State
If you think you have COVID-19, testing is free to all eligible New Yorkers as ordered by a health care provider.
An online assessment is available to share your symptoms and pre-register for testing.

If you need assistance, contact your local healthcare provider. If you need help finding a health care provider, call 311
or contact the NYS COVID-19 hotline at 1 (888)-364-3065

Planned Parenthood Telehealth
Planned Parenthood Greater New York is offering virtual health services through private and secure video conferencing. Services include birth control, emergency contraception, trans/nonbinary hormone therapy refills, plus STI screening (completed at nearby lab station if needed), STI treatment, routine follow-ups, and wellness evaluations that do not require an in-person visit. Book an appointment here.

CLINICS & PHARMACIES

Find a Free Clinic
Search by zip code to find a free clinic in your area.

Free Clinics in New York
Find a free or income-based clinic in your area.

FOOD JUSTICE

Sixth Street Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

Summer/Fall CSA season begins on Tuesday, June 9th and runs until November 17th. In partnership with Hepworth Farm, located in New York's Hudson Valley, they provide high-quality produce including Vegetable Shares for 24 weeks and Fruit Shares for 23 weeks. For this Season, they will continue using a sliding scale payment structure that will offer subsidized shares to low-income households, making healthy local organic produce accessible to all members of the community. [sonja’s note: keep if this is the 6th street community center you work with; again highlighting engagement with our partners]

CalFresh Food Stamps
CalFresh is California's food stamps (SNAP) program. Apply to get up to $194 a month per household member on an EBT card.

Free Meals for New Yorkers
The New York City Department of Education is making three free meals available daily for any New Yorker. Find a free meal location here.

FoodHelp NYC
Find a foodbank location in your neighborhood in the NYC metropolitan area.

Disaster Supplement Nutrition Program (D-SNAP)
Food assistance for low-income households with food loss or damage caused by a natural disaster. If approved for D-SNAP benefits, you will get an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card to access them. You use it just like a debit card to buy food at most local grocery stores.

Invisible Hands Delivery
Volunteers delivering groceries and supplies to the most at-risk community members facing COVID-19. Serving the New York and New Jersey areas.

Community Food Advocates
Find a school hub distributing meals Monday–Friday from 7:30 AM–1:30 PM

World Central Kitchen (WCK)
WCK is distributing meals in The Bronx, Queens, Harlem, Brooklyn & New Jersey. Find a pick-up times and locations in your neighborhood.

Brooklyn Museum x The Campaign Against Hunger
The Brooklyn Museum is partnering with The Campaign Against Hunger to offer food distribution at the Museum starting on Monday, June 1, 3–5 pm (and weekly going forward). Registration is required to ensure that they have the right amount of food, so please sign up by emailing healthymeals@brooklynmuseum.org.

PUBLIC SAFETY & HOUSING

New York City Comptroller Services for the Public
Critical information on the many government programs available to assist New Yorkers in need, recent policy changes regarding health and safety, options for financial support for residents and businesses alike, and organizations to reach out to for additional assistance.

Tenants’ Rights Telephone Hotline
Met Council on Housing provides tenants who call the telephone hotline answers to your rights as a tenant, and explain your options for dealing with a housing situation. Call (212) 979-0611 Monday, 1:30–8pm, Tuesday, 5:30–8pm, Wednesday, 1:30–8pm, Friday, 1:30–5pm.

Coalition for the Homeless Resources
Downloadable resource guides for each borough including meal distribution, soup kitchens, food pantries, drop in centers, shelters and emergency numbers.

MUTUAL AID [Sonja’s note: keep it to aid for artists]

Art Administrators of Color Network (AAC) Art Leaders of Color Emergency Fund
Donate directly to support BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) artists and administrators who have been financially impacted due to COVID-19.

Artists Relief Tree (ART)
Donate or apply to the Artist Relief Tree crowdfunding campaign for artists in need.

NYC Low-income Artist + Freelancer Relief Fund
Organized by Shawn Escarciga and Nadia Tykulsker, two artists/adminstrators/advocates in NYC raising money to support other artists and freelancers who are taking financial hits as a result of closures and lost income from COVID-19.