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The latest about COVID19
Translations on Governor Evers’ Executive Order #82 – Relating to Declaring a Public Health Emergency, Emergency Order #1 – Relating to preventing the spread of COVID-19 by requiring face coverings in certain situations, and Face Coverings FAQs (frequently asked questions) are now available in both Spanish and Hmong, and can be found at the following links:
- https://evers.wi.gov/Pages/Newsroom/Executive-Orders.aspx
- www.wisconsin.gov/covid19
- Covid-19 Gating Criteria
Adults/Workers
Businesses
- List of Essential Businesses & How to Apply to be One
- COVID-19 Small Business Disaster Loan Assistance
- Small Business 20/20 (support for small businesses & entrepreneurs)
- Main Street Districts help
- Unemployment (employers)
- City of Milwaukee Department of City Development Business help
Businesses Continued…
- Artist Relief Fund
- Free training, tools, and resources from Google
- Ethnics & Diverse Business COVID-19 Small Business Impact Grant
- List of Essential Businesses & How to Apply to be One
- Verizon Small Business Recovery Fund
- City of Milwaukee Request for Bids/ Proposals
- Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (business help)
- Brew City Match (Emergency Loan/ Grant)
- Paycheck Protection Program (Loans to help pay employees)
- Grant Program for Ethnically Diverse Micro-Businesses
- Salon + Barbers Webinar “Going Back to Work Safely – Best Practices”
- Wisconsin General Guidance for All Businesses-English (Español) (Hmong)
- Employee Rights (Español)
Civic (Voting and Census)
Food
Government Continued…
- US Center for Disease Control (CDC) Video
- State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services
- State of Wisconsin COVID-19 Updates
- Milwaukee County COVID-19 Dashboard
- City of Milwaukee Health Department
- What is COVID -19 Video (English/Spanish)
- City of Milwaukee issues ‘Stay at Home’
- Social Security Offices Closures
- Census
- Democratic National Convention, MKE – Postponed to August (DNC)
- IRS Tax Relief (Individual Stimulus Payments)
- New citation option to help prevent spread of deadly coronavirus in Milwaukee
- EMERGENCY ORDER #31 — Badger Bounce Back (Español)
- Moving Milwaukee Forward Order
- COVID-19 Public Health Plan for the City of Milwaukee
Health
If you have symptoms, please call your doctor/clinic before showing up.
- COVID-19 in Milwaukee
- Free COVID-19 testing for Milwaukee’s communities of color
- Protecting your mental health
- County 24 hour crisis line
- Free & Charitable Clinics
- Medical College of Wisconsin COVID-19 Update
- UMOS Latina Resource Center (Domestic Violence help/ bilingual)
- Ascension Wisconsin launches drive-through COVID-19 testing sites
- Free COVID-19 testing (including uninsured) from Aurora Healthcare
- Medical College Town Hall on Coronavirus
- COVID-19 community testing sites in Wisconsin (Map)
- Where to get masks
- Healthcare for undocumented Immigrants
- Wisconsin Health Care (apply)
- Sojourner Family Peace Center (Domestic Violence help)
- Milwaukee Women’s Shelter (Domestic Violence help)
- Independence First (Domestic Violence help)
- Free at-home workouts from Planet Fitness
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Narcotics Anonymous
- Crisis Text Line
Health Continued…
- COVID-19 testing is available at Sixteenth Street for all people with symptoms
- Walgreens opening COVID-19 testing site near 6th and Oklahoma
- Milwaukee Active Streets (Español)
- COVID-19 Educational information in Hmong
- MKE Domestic Violence Resources
- Moving Milwaukee Forward Order Updates
- Moving Milwaukee Forwards Order #4.4
- Milwaukee Public Health Department Free COVID-19 Masks
- COVID-19 Cases in Milwaukee
- Register for the COVID-19 vaccine through the Milwaukee Public Health Department
- Wisconsin Health Department COVID-19 Vaccine Registration
- Walgreens Register for the COVID-19 Vaccine
- Miejers Register for the COVID-19 Vaccine
- What to Expect after Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine
- Benefits of Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine
- Ensuring COVID-19 Vaccine Safety in the US
- Where to get the COVID-19 Vaccine in Milwaukee
- COVID-19: How to boost your immune system to fight COVID-19
- COVID-19: How to optimize your immune system if you get COVID-19
- How important is the immune system in fighting against COVID-19
Housing
- HUD Suspends all foreclosures and evictions for the next 60 days
- Housing Authority Help
- Mortgagees of a Foreclosure and Eviction Letter
- Bank of American Defers Mortgage Payments
- More Housing Help
- Temporary Ban on Evictions and Foreclosures
- Evictions & Foreclosures
- Wisconsin Rental Assistance Program
- Housing Resources
- Rental Assistance
- Eviction Assistance
- Energy Assistance
Other
- Fraud Surrounding COVID-19 is On the Rise
- Milwaukee Rep bringing theater from our home to your home
- MPS Language Line Services
- Covid-19 MPS School Updates
- MPS School District Updates from the Superintendent
- COVID-19 MPS School Updates
Parenting/Kids/Youth
- MPS Meals & Locations
- MPS Latest on COVID-19
- MPS Online Learning
- Kids Activities
- “Barby the Book Fairy” free book libraries
- Scholastic Free Online Courses
- Parenthood and working from home
- Free MKE Learning Online (virtual visits to museums, youth organizer meetings, live storytelling, live dance classes)
- Free P.E. / Gym
- Free Drawing Classes
- Free Internet Access from Spectrum
- Creative prompts to spark creativity during social distancing
- Milwaukee City & County Parks Closures
- PBS Kids Daily
- The Parenting Network suggestions for parents while school is out
- Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (Child Care)
- NASA At Home
- At Home Learning with PBS Wisconsin
Postponed/Cancelled Events
- Traditional City 4th of July Celebrations Postponed in 2020
- Democratic National Convention Moved to August in Response to Unprecedented Coronavirus Outbreak
- Summerfest Rescheduled to September 2020
- Marquette Universit 2020 Commencement rescheduled to August 30
- PrideFest Milwaukee 2020 has been postponed
- Polish Fest 2020 – Postponed
- Art in Bloom and Lakefront Festival of Art Cancelled for 2020
- Bastille days Postponed
- Festa Italiana Cancelled
- German Fest Cancelled
- Black Arts Fest MKE Cancelled
- Irish Fest Cancelled for 2020
- MPS Health Dept Guidelines for MPS Reopening in the Fall
- Covid-19 MPS School Updates
Public Services
- Restaurant Carryout Zone Program
- Milwaukee County Register of Deeds
- Milwaukee Water Works
- Milwaukee City & County Parks Closures
- Permit and Development Center Closure
- Fire & Police Commission
- Department of Neighborhood Services
- Area stores offering “elderly hours” for shopping
- Impact 211 MKE (hotline for help)
- Recycling Schedule
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Veterans
- Veterans Crisis Line
- Virtual Town Hall for Veterans
- Wisconsin Department of Veteran Affairs
- U.S Department of Veteran Affairs
- VA Releases COVID-19 Response Plan
- Schedule and view VA appointments online
- Emergency Order #23 Related to the Department of Veterans Affairs Assistance to Needy Veterans Program
