COVID19 Help for Kids and Families

COVID-19 : HELP FOR KIDS & FAMILIES

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Meal Assistance

Help for Kids & Families

Virtual Club

Membership Questions

Helping Children & Families Cope

When it Builds Up, Talk It Out. 1-833-258-5011. For parents and caregivers who need someone to listen, to understand, and to talk your feelings out. Sponsored by the State of Connecticut.
Sanvello Stress Relief App. Download fro the Apple App store or Google Play under Sanvello
Free Crisis Text Line. Text CLUB to 741741. Every texter is connected with a crisis counselor, a real-life human trained to bring texters from a hot moment to a cool calm through active listening and collaborative problem solving.
What you Need to Know About Coronavirus in Connecticut and What You Can do to Help the Valley Respond, Valley United Way
Coping Tips for Families During a Pandemic, National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Safety and Crisis Resources, National Association of School Psychologists
Resources and Activities for Children and Families in the Lower Naugatuck Valley, guide from the Parent Child Resource Center
Working, Parenting, Teaching from Home, Ultimate Software, Kronos, and PeopleDoc
Child Resources, Live-streaming events and activities, Ultimate Software, Kronos, and PeopleDoc

Help for Addictions

BHCare shares the following virtual meeting resources that are available to the community. (Please note these are not Boys & Girls Club programs.)

Thrive Family Support

6 weekly meetings

Daytime and evenings available

You are not alone!

Thrive uses CRAFT principles along with a faith component

www.thrivefamilysupport.org/support

Alcolics Anonymous

aa-intergroup.org/directory.php

onlinegroupaa.org

Narcotics Anonymous

virtual-na.org

na.org/meetingsearch (for country, select "Web")

SMART Recovery

smartrecovery.org/smart-recovery-toolbox/smart-recovery-online

smartrecovery.org/private-convenient-online-recovery-support

Other Resources

addictioncampuses.com/alcohol/apps-for-recovery

sobergrid.com/howitworks

intherooms.com/home

unityrecovery.zoom.us/my/allrecovery

Sobriety - Join Us In Celebration. Saturday Night's Speaker Meeting at 7:30 pm. https://zoom.us.j/162713326. Don't let social isolation keep you from celebrating your sobriety milestones! Join Us!

School and Distance Learning

STEM Mentoring

Our STEM Mentoring partners have made their website available for all our Club members, including STEM collections, gams, videos, virtual field trips, hands-on activities, ebooks, podcasts, games, and more.

https://stemmentoringprogram.org/stemforkids/

Khan Academy
Created by experts, Khan Academy's library of standards-aligned practice and lessons covers math K-12 through early college, grammar, science, history, AP, SAT, and more, all free for learners and teachers.

https://www.khanacademy.org/

PhotoMath

An iPhone app that allows you to scan math problems and walks you through how to solve them (great for helping with homework when you have no idea how to do their math).

https://www.photomath.net/en/

Quizlet
An app you can download as well as a website you can visit to help kids create virtual flashcards for studying.

https://quizlet.com/

The Magic Schoolbus

This site has all the episodes with coordinating printouts and experiments, all free.

https://kids.scholastic.com/kids/books/the-magic-school-bus/

Math Card Games
This website makes math fun, engaging, and memorable. These free card games are appropriate for kindergarten through fifth grade.

https://www.weareteachers.com/math-card-games/

Legislative Contacts

Sign up for your legislator's email newsletter for regular updates about news in your district, including COVID-19 information.

Ansonia

Representative Kara Rochelle