Mississippi

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Food

• School Districts: Many school districts will be providing meal services. Children will eat free, and must be present to claim their meal. They DO NOT have to be a student from that county. Costs of adult meals (if applicable) vary from district to district. Times vary from district to district.

• YMCA: Families can pick up their child’s free Grab & Go lunch at these locations from 12-1 p.m.:

  • Clinton YMCA: 400 Lindale Street Clinton MS 39056

  • Soul City Church: 242 Whitfield Street Jackson MS 39202

  • Westside Park: 1450 Wiggins Road Jackson MS 39209

  • Battlefield Park: 953 Porter Street Jackson MS 39204

  • Vergy P. Middleton: 3971 Flag Chapel Road Jackson MS 39213

  • Grove Park: 4126 Parkway Ave Jackson MS 39213

• Vowell’s grocery store: Vowell’s grocery store in Byram offers a free breakfast snack and a free snack lunch for children while our schools are closed. Breakfast will be distributed from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. Lunch will be distributed from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Keep in mind that a child must be present.

  • If you have school-aged children at home alone during this time and would like a meal delivered to them during the day, Byram Police ask that you fill out a form. Click here for more information.

• Mobile Meal Dispatch and Drop-off Services for Jackson Families in Need.

• Child Nutrition State Waiver Requests and SFA Application Forms for Meal Service

• Feeding America: Get help finding food assistance

• Find A Local Food Bank

• Mississippi Food and Nutrition Benefits

• List of Restaurants Open During Coronavirus (Hattiesburg)

• List of Restaurants Open During Coronavirus (Jackson)

• Food Planning During Coronavirus

• USDA National Hunger Hotline: 1-866-3-HUNGRY (1-866-348-6479)

• Apply for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

• Find Meals for Kids When Schools are Closed

• WIC Nutritional Program

• Emergency Food Assistance

Health

• COVID-19 Testing Information and Sites

• COBRA Continuation Coverage

• Medicaid and Medicare

• C Spire Health - Mississippi Telemedicine Services

  • use link above, or call 601-496-7200

Specialized Health Resources for Communities

• American Diabetes Association

• American Heart Association

• American Lung Association

• Coronavirus Information for Alzheimer's Caregivers

• Veterans:

  • US Department of Veteran Affairs

  • National Center for PTSD

• LGBTQ+: SAGE Hotline: [phone]-LGBT

• POZ COVID-19 Resources

Mental Health

• Coalition to End Social Isolation and Loneliness

• National Alliance on Mental Illness COVID-19 Resources

• Mississippi Department of Mental Health Helpline: 1-877-210-8513

• SAMHSA’s Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990

  • SMS: Text TalkWithUs to 66746

• SAMHSA's National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (24/7/365 Treatment Referral Information Service)

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

• MS Suicide Hotline: [phone]

• Treatment Locator: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

• Crisis Text Line: Text “Home” to 741741

• CDC Mental Health and Coping During COVID-19

• Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990

• 7 Cups: Online Therapy & Free Counseling, Someone To Talk To

• Now&Me - Share Feelings And Talk To Strangers Online To Let It Go

• Living with an Anxiety Disorder During Quarantine and Not Developing One

• City of Jackson Mental Health Warmline: 601-586-3073 or 866-300-7948

Self-Care

• Yoga with Adriene

• Class Visa | Stream live fitness and dance sessions at home

• Sweat With SELF Workout Videos

• POPSUGAR Fitness Videos

• Blogilates Fitness Videos

• Heart and Soul Fitness Videos

• Move with Colour Fitness Videos

• AARP 10-minute Home Workouts

• Mindful – healthy mind, healthy life (app available):

• Headspace – Meditation and Sleep (app available):

  • Headspace: Meditation and Sleep Made Simple

  • We're here for you (COVID-19)

• How to Meditate.org

• Calm (app available)

• Yoga Journal – Yoga Poses, Meditations, Sequences, and Free Classes

• Wellbeing Wednesdays Podcast: Self-Care in the time of Self-Quarantine

• YMCA 360 - Online Exercise | On-Demand Videos

Childcare

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): How to Talk to Your Child (for Parents) - Nemours

• How to talk to your kids about COVID-19

• Supporting Kids During the Coronavirus Crisis

• Advice for Caring for Disabled Children in Quarantine

• Child Care Provider Search

Education

• Audible Stories: Free Audiobooks for Kids

• Ultimate List Of 100 Cool Science Experiments For Kids

• Mississippi Department of Education Learning-at-home Resources

• Free Online Learning Resources

• Information about Educating Students with Disabilities from Home

• Free Online Textbooks

• Scholastic Learn At Home

• Varsity Tutors: Online Tutoring, Classes, and Test Prep

• Learning at Home | Art Bar Blog

• Scholastic Learn At Home

• Virtual School Activities

• 20 Virtual Field Trips to Take with Your Kids

• FREE Educational Games for Kids Due to Coronavirus School Closures

• Duolingo - The world's best way to learn a language

• Babbel.com: Language for Life

• Keep Everyone Learning with Khan Academy's Remote Learning Resources

• Access Mars: A WebVR Experiment

• Tutorbook

• School Closures

• C Spire provides complimentary pop-up WiFi for students

• YouTube Learning

Finances

• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Protect yourself financially from the impact of the coronavirus

• Social Security Administration COVID-19 Resources

• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

• Access from AT&T - Discount Internet Access

• Managing Personal Finances during COVID-19

Income Relief

• Economic Impact Payments:

  • Economic Impact Payments

  • Economic impact payments: What you need to know

• Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

• Mississippi Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

Housing

• Rental Help: Mississippi | HUD.gov / US Department of Housing and Urban Development

• COVID-19 Information and Resources | HUD.gov / US Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Mississippi Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

Who's hiring?

• Walmart

• Mississippi Department of Employment Security Website

• Mississippi Department of Employment Job Finder

• Jobs in Mississippi — choose your preferred job type, salary, company, location, and experience level

Disability Benefits/Paid Sick Leave

• To apply for a social security disability benefit, call: [phone]

• Disability Benefits

• City of Gulfport Paid Sick Leave

• City of Gulfport — Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employee Paid Leave Rights

Unemployment Benefits

• Disaster Unemployment Assistance

• Mississippi Unemployment Insurance

• Mississippi Unemployment Claims

• Pandemic Unemployment Assistance

Tax Assistance

• Coronavirus Tax Relief and Economic Impact Payments

• Economic Impact Payments

Small Business Assistance

• All Mississippi businesses and nonprofits that are severely impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic are eligible to apply for low-interest federal disaster loans:

  • Small Business Guidance Loan Resources

  • Disaster Assistance

• Federal Support for Small Businesses

• Register for Disaster Assistance/Counseling

• Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)

  • Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Q&A

• Economic Injury Disaster Loan Emergency Advance

  • Guide to SBA's Economic Injury Disaster Loans

• COVID-19 Emergency Loans: Small Business Guide

• SBA Express Bridge Loans

• SBA Debt Relief

• Mississippi Business Emergency Operations Center: MSBEOC

• US Chamber of Commerce Foundation "Resilience in a Box" Resource Page

• Entergy COVID-19 Mississippi Small Businesses Resources

• Open We Stand | Support for Employees and Small Businesses

• Guide to the Employee Retention Tax Credit

• COVID-19-Related Tax Credits for Required Paid Leave Provided by Small and Midsize Businesses FAQs

• Deferral of employment tax deposits and payments through December 31, 2020

• New Employer Tax Credits

• Financial and Economic Information and Resources for Small Businesses

• COVID-19 Resources for Businesses, Farms, and Communities

Elderly (65+)

• Eldercare Locator

• Friendship Line (Institute on Aging): 1-800-971-0016

• Administration for Community Living COVID-19 Resources

• National Institute on Aging Go4Life

Food

• Walmart: From March 24 through April 28, Walmart stores will host an hour-long senior shopping event every Tuesday for customers aged 60 and older. This will start one hour before the store opens. Walmart’s Pharmacies and Vision Centers will also be open during this time.

• Winn Dixie: Winn Dixie’s stores and pharmacies will dedicate 8am - 9am to senior shoppers, Monday - Friday

• Dollar General: Dollar Generals will be dedicating the first hour of the shopping day to senior customers

• Meals on Wheels

Safety for Survivors of Violence

• Mississippi State: Office Against Interpersonal Violence

• Domestic Violence Hotline: [phone]-SAFE (7233)

• MS Coalition Against Domestic Violence: MCADV

• Client Legal Education Materials - Domestic Violence - Family and Juvenile

Other Resources

• Current Mississippi COVID-19 Tracker and Statistics

• Interactive Mississippi COVID-19 Tracker Map

• General Information about Coronavirus

• COVID-19 Resources for Family Caregivers

  • Resources specifically for caregivers

• National Council on Independent Living

• Thrive From Home | Useful articles and tips to help you adapt to our new lives at home

• Mississippi COVID-19 Cases Forecast

Donate Your Items or Money

• Feeding America

• Midsouth Food Bank

• MS Food Network

• Donate to Stewpot

• Meals on Wheels for Seniors

• Team Rubicon (Disaster Response Group): Neighbors Helping Neighbors

• Mask Match

• Donate to Project N95

Volunteer Opportunities/How to Help

• Feeding the Gulf Coast

• Stewpot

• Meals on Wheels

• Help With COVID 19 - a clearing house for projects and volunteers that want to help with the COVID-19 crisis

• HelpHospitals

• Project N95

• ANA Therapeutics