Pandemic Resources

COVID-19: How Can I Protect Myself and Others? - By Smithsonian Science Education Center

“COVID-19: How Can I Protect Myself and Others?” is a new curriculum created by the Smithsonian Science Education Center for grades 3-8. This new project will help you and your community understand the science of the virus that causes COVID-19 and other viruses like it. It will help you to figure out how this virus is impacting or affecting you or may impact you in the future. It will help you to understand the actions that you can take to keep yourself and your community safe. It offers learning activities to explore public health measures to keep COVID-19 from spreading. It engages the student to take action to support community health. The document is available here. By traveling to the Smithsonian Science Education Center website, you can find the document available in 22 languages in addition to English. Among them are Spanish, Arabic and Chinese.

MASP Communication Tool for Championing OST in School Reopening Plans

No matter what your school district’s reopening strategy is, out-of-school time programs are eager to serve and innovatively adapt their programming to keep students safe and ensure their needs are met. This is a key message to make as you champion out-of-school programs as part of a school response to the coronavirus pandemic. To help in that advocacy effort, see the Michigan After-School Partnership’s one-page communication tool titled “Partnering with Schools to Reopen and Meet Students Needs” to help you raise important points with key decision-makers in your area.

Executive Orders COVID-19 by Governor Whitmer

In executive order announced June 1, 2020, Governor Whitmer lifted the stay-at-home rule that has been in place since March 24, 2020 and moved the state into Phase 4 of the Michigan Safe Start Plan. As a result, Michiganders are no longer required to stay home. Instead, certain businesses will remain closed and specific activities that present a heightened risk of infection will remain prohibited. Any work that is capable of being performed remotely must be performed remotely.

Governor Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-127, which extends the state of emergency declaration related to the COVID-19 pandemic until July 16.

NEWS on DAY CAMPS: Beginning Monday, June 8, 2020, day camps for children and outdoor public swimming pools, with reduced capacity, can open. Regulations for day camps are pending. Indoor pools must remain closed. Answers to questions about the reopening under Executive Order 2020-110 can be found in this document prepared by the state Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. Final recommendations for day camp providers will be released shortly.

Executive Order 2020-35 COVID-19: All K-12 public, private and boarding school buildings were ordered closed through the end of the school year, with most in-person classes replaced with remote learning.

Executive Order 2020-21 COVID-19: "Stay Home, Stay Safe" order prohibited all public and private gatherings outside a single household, extended to April 30 under Executive Order 2020-42 COVID-19, extended to May 15, 2020 under Executive Order 2020-59, extended to May 28, 2020 under Executive Order 2020-77, and now lifted on June 1, 2020 under Executive Order 2020-110.

Executive Order 2020-16 COVID-19: Expanding child care access to essential workers during the COVID-18 Emergency.

Executive Order 2020-11 COVID-19: Temporary prohibition on large assemblages and events, temporary school closures

Executive Order 2020-04 COVID-19: Declaration of State of Emergency

Federal Responses

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a set of documents on May 14, 2020 designed to provide guidance on how child care centers, schools, and other establishments could begin the process of reopening in the face of the coronavirus. Schools, child care centers and camps should not reopen, the guidelines stipulate, unless they are able to implement coronavirus screening protocols, evaluating employees and children daily for symptoms and potential past exposures to COVID-19.

CARES Relief Package Explained for Afterschool

"How federal legislation can help non-profits support employees during COVID emergency" (Afterschool Snack)

"Financial Supports for Programs" (Afterschool Snack)

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201): Addresses emergency paid sick leave, emergency paid family leave, unemployment assistance, and nutrition assistance.