Covid 19 – Virtual Q & A
Check out the Virtual Q & A with Sarah Peurakoski, SAIL’s Executive Director, taped on Wednesday, April 1st!
Watch Here!
Our Covid 19 Plan of Action
May 22, 2020 – Governor Whitmer extended the “Stay Home, Stay Safe” Executive Order to through June 12th, 2020. At SAIL, once the State of Michigan has been opened, SAIL will be determining our next steps for opening our offices to the public. In the meantime, we’re still open to supporting those individuals living with a disability in the U.P. via phone, text, email and videoconferencing. If you have questions, we are here to help!
If you would like to speak to a live person, please call 906-250-2448 or contact your Disability Advocate directly via email. We will still be able to check messages on our regular phone line and will get back to you as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Sarah Peurakoski, Executive Director
Important Links and Resources on Covid 19
ACL (Administration on Community Living) Coronavirus Website
Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU) webpage on Resources on COVID -19
National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) coronavirus resources website
State of Michigan Coronavirus Website
CDC (Centers for Disease Control) Coronavirus Website
World Health Organization (WHO) website
Unemployment Benefits information in Michigan
Claiming Unemployment Benefit In Michigan COVID – 19 Update
COVID-19 and the Workplace – Michigan Department of Labor website
State of Michigan Executive Orders
Respectability website on coronavirus
Michigan Alliance for Families website on coronavirus
Disability Network Northern Michigan coronavirus blog and resources webpage
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) coronavirus tax relief website
National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP) website on coronavirus
National Association for the Deaf coronavirus message
Centers on Medicare and Medicaid Services Coronavirus (COVID-19) Partner Toolkit
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Keep Americans Connected Initiative
Michigan Department of Civil Rights
The Division on Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing has released an ASL and captioned video for our community to view regarding updates on state actions related to COVID-19 in Michigan. You can click on the image above or check the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrFqzEmeb5E
Links from the video include the following:
https://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/schoolnutrition/
Additionally, the CDC has released a series of ASL and captioned videos on COVID-19.
- Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN_GVlbyC4Y
- Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkaMC2Fipgg
- Video 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEuEl682DUE
- Video 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYfm0fNz7TQ
- Video 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuEkeEV9z3M
Information around this outbreak is changing rapidly. The latest information is available at Michigan.gov/Coronavirus and CDC.gov/Coronavirus.