Community Resources

From Johns Hopkins

Health care

Food assistance

Education

Resources from Johns Hopkins

Johns Hopkins Centro Sol (Spanish language resources)
Johns Hopkins Office of Economic Development Small Business Resource Guide
Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute: COVID-19 Resources and Updates
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity: COVID-19 Resources
Johns Hopkins School of Education Resources
Johns Hopkins Medicine COVID-19 Flyers
Johns Hopkins Medicine website in Spanish
Resources from the IDEALS Institute at the School of Education
Complete the 2020 census
Join Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos and Dr. Dan Hale for a twice-weekly conference call to address any concerns you may have about the pandemic and learn what you can do to prevent infection and reduce your risk. Calls are held every Monday at 3 p.m. and every Friday at 11 a.m. For more information or to be added to the invite list, email kmonson1@jhmi.edu

Health care

Johns Hopkins Office of Economic Development Small Business Resource Guide
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity: COVID-19 Resources
Baltimore City Health Department
Baltimore Neighbors Network
Maryland Department of Health
DC Health
Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) can help you distinguish between rumors and facts regarding the response to the coronavirus pandemic.
National COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Project
Resources from the Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services
Join Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos and Dr. Dan Hale for a twice-weekly conference call to address any concerns you may have about the pandemic and learn what you can do to prevent infection and reduce your risk. Calls are held every Monday at 3 p.m. and every Friday at 11 a.m. For more information or to be added to the invite list, email kmonson1@jhmi.edu
Behavioral Health System Crisis Hotline – 410-433-5157
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Clinics use a combination of medication, counseling, and behavioral therapy to treat opioid addiction.
Behavioral Health System Baltimore
Maryland-DC Society of Addiction Medicine is dedicated to increasing access and improving the quality of addiction treatment, educating physicians and the public, supporting research and prevention, and promoting the appropriate role of physicians in the care of patients with addiction
24/7 Baltimore Crisis Response hotline 410-433-5175

Food assistance

Baltimore COVID-19 Free Food Sites
Baltimore Together Food Access
Maryland Meals search
Food Rescue Baltimore provides fresh produce to those in need all around Baltimore
Eating Together in Baltimore Program – Older adults who participate in Eating Together in Baltimore should reserve a meal through their Eating Together Site and should call Maryland Access Point at (410) 396-2273 for their pickup time. Older adults who are not Eating Together Participants but need meals should also contact Maryland Access Point.
Maryland Food Bank
Free meals for Baltimore City students
Supermarkets with special shopping hours for older adults and more vulnerable shoppers
DC Food Resources & Map

Education

Johns Hopkins School of Education Resources
Resources from the IDEALS Institute at the School of Education
Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks Virtual Rec Centers
Arts Education in Maryland Schools Resources for Parents/Teaching Artists
Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library has thousands of eBooks, eMagazines, eAudiobooks, movies and more available online for residents who are staying home. The library recently launched a new Spring Reading program to encourage kids to keep learning. Pratt also provides free online live tutoring through the Brainfuse Help Now database.
PBS LearningMedia: PreK–12 Resources for Emergency Closings: Includes videos, lesson plans, and activities that support learning at home
Khan Academy: Daily schedules and resources for students ages 2-18
TED-Ed: TED-Ed provides everything you need to spark and celebrate your child’s ideas.
Age of Learning: Supports schools and teachers by enabling them to provide at-home access to leading educational programs to their preschool through 8th-grade students
Scholastic Learn at Home: Day by day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing.
MIT Full Steam Ahead: Join a global community of young explorers and lifelong learners as we move Full STEAM Ahead into digital teaching and learning
Digital Promise Online Learning Resources: This library of online learning resources is intended for educators and can be filtered by type, grade, and subject. All of the included resources are free and meet student privacy criteria.
Common Sense Education Resources for Families During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Quality media and at-home learning opportunities
PBS Kids Daily: PBS KIDS’ new weekday newsletter offers activities and tips you can use to help kids play and learn at home
From Professor Joyce Epstein and The National Network of Partnership Schools
Project Gutenberg is an online library of more than 60,000 free eBooks of the world’s great literature. These great works are available in full online for free because they are older works for which U.S. copyright has expired.
The Ashbrook Center’s Teaching American History Project is a treasure trove of history resources that “explore themes in American history and self-government through the study of original historical documents.”
Mike McShane of EdChoice recommends Brain Pop, which offers online resources, interactive activities, quizzes, and lessons in everything from science and social studies to art and engineering. He also recommends the Cincinnati Zoo’s page, which offers a Facebook Live safari every day at 3 p.m. Eastern.
The entire Core Knowledge Foundation curriculum is now online for free.
Get a crash course in homeschooling through the Home School Legal Defense Association’s homeschooling through high school page.
The Space Foundation partnered with Peanuts to create 10 free lesson plans, in its “ongoing quest to catalyze the next generation of space explorers, innovators, and entrepreneurs.”
Beginning next Wednesday, Code Break will offer a live, weekly webcast to teach students computer science at home, even offering learning options for students without computers.
The Bill of Rights Institute has a wealth of history curriculum resources.
More advanced students can check out the University of Dallas’ Arts in Liberty courses in Logic, Rhetoric, Geometry and Arithmetic, and Astronomy.
Open Culture provides access to free online courses from universities worldwide as well as audiobooks and documentaries, and EdX offers free online courses from universities on topics such as language, business management, and engineering.
National Trust Historic Sites and National Treasures to explore virtually. While virtual tours do not provide the sensory experience of driving on Route 66 at night, or touching the packed earth beneath your feet at Bears Ears, they can still open up your mind to new lives and places (if you’ll let them). To facilitate every armchair traveler who is staying safe at home right now, we’ve pulled together a list of some of our favorite virtual tools for you to explore.
Resources for parents to help navigate school-at-home by age group and grade

Financial assistance

For small business

For nonprofits

COVID-19 Emergency Response Funds for Nonprofits in Baltimore
Assistance for Nonprofit Organizations from the National Council on Nonprofits
Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations

Housing

The Fair Housing Action Center of Maryland has put together a list of organizations providing financial and legal assistance for Baltimore City Renters. They also are providing a list of resources for residents, business owners and property owners.

Consumers

Consumer Protection During COVID 19 for Washington DC residents

For seniors

Language assistance

Johns Hopkins Centro Sol (Spanish language resources)
Johns Hopkins Medicine COVID-19 Flyers
Johns Hopkins Medicine website in Spanish
Harvard Health Literacy project
Baltimore City resources in Spanish:
State of Maryland’s Translated COVID-19 Info
UndocuScholars Emergency Fund (Application in Spanish and English) and Resource List
Immigrants Rising Resource List
National Domestic Workers Alliance Coronavirus Care Fund (Application in English and Spanish)
Another Round Another Rally Relief Fund for hospitality and restaurant workers (Application in English and Spanish)
Baltimore Latino Racial Justice Circle is raising money for immigrants who have lost their jobs during COVID-19. Donate to the fund here and apply for funds by emailing latinoracialjusticecircle@gmail.com.
JHU Centro Sol compiled a list of organizations that may be able to help with rent payments.