Coronavirus/COVID-19 UPDATE – REOPENING
Oakland Family Services is working diligently to ensure that we continue to provide our vital health and safety net services for our community, because we realize that people are likely in need of our assistance even more now, as we all feel the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Information on COVID-19 is consistently changing. Oakland Family Services has worked to keep up, monitoring information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Oakland County Health Department, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. We are also continuing to work with our funders and those with whom we have contracts to ensure effective access to services coupled with regard for health and safety.
Oakland Family Services is committed to maintaining services, while at the same time protecting the health of our staff and the individuals and families we serve. In light of the government pandemic-response phase changes in our area of the state, Oakland Family Services’ physical offices are slowly opening to services that must take place in person, while still maintaining most of our vital health and safety net services for our community in a virtual manner. Thank you for your patience as we adhere to social distancing standards and limit and monitor the amount of people in our buildings in the best interest of the safety of both you and our staff.
Oakland Family Services is working to keep its staff safe as some employees report back to our buildings. This manual details measures being taken that will ensure their safety, as well as the health and safety of those we serve.
March 19, 2021
HEROES GRANT NOTICE: On December 29, 2020, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Public Act 257 of 2020, providing $2.5 million to GSRP, Head Start, special education for individuals aged 18-26 and adult education teachers who teach in a school district or nonprofit nonpublic school.
Pursuant to Public Act 257 of 2020, legislation was passed that appropriated funding for the GSRP, Head Start, Adult Education, and Young Adult Special Education Teachers COVID-19 Grant Program. This program provides grants to eligible GSRP, head start, adult education, young adult special education classroom teachers in a district or nonprofit nonpublic school spent outside of normal working hours and additional costs classroom teachers have incurred or experienced to provide a continuity of learning during the period of school closure in 2019-2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The certification form is due by April 9, 2021.
Do you have a home-based, community-based or in-office visit scheduled? Please watch the appropriate video below before attending for the first time.
Important Coronavirus Resources
If you feel sick, stay home and call your health care provider about testing. If you do not have a health care provider or have questions about your symptoms, contact the Oakland County Nurse on Call:
1.800.848.5533
noc@oakgov.com
For non-health questions about the COVID-19 pandemic, such has how to understand executive and health orders, or how to find food or file for unemployment, contact the Oakland County Help Hotline:
248.858.100
hotline@oakgov.com
To receive the Oakland County COVID-19 Vaccination Newsletter, register your email address at www.oaklandcountyvaccine.com or text OAKGOV COVID to 468311.
Helpful Links:
State of Michigan COVID-19 page
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 page