COVID-19 Updates

AVANCE-Austin is closely monitoring the latest developments with coronavirus in order to provide parents, students and staff updates with the latest information.

March 16, 2020

AVANCE-Austin in-person programs will be suspended from March 23-May 30, 2021.

March 3, 2021

We will continue to abide by our COVID-19 protocol. Masks will still be REQUIRED for all staff, clients, and volunteers during all in-person distributions.

Both of our locations will remain closed as we continue serving AVANCE-Austin families through our Virtual Parent-Child Education Program, sponsored by Dell Children's Health Plan. We look forward to the day we can fully re-open our doors to serve our families 100% in-person when it is safe to do so. AVANCE’s priority will always be the health and safety of our staff and families served.

COVID-19 Resources

We are focused on the needs of the students and families in our communities, and we are committed to ensuring your well-being during site closings. We are working diligently, to provide you with a list of community organizations and area businesses, to offer services to support students and families during this time.

Health Care Needs Technology Access Basic Needs Activities

Health Care Needs

News

Travis County
- https://www.traviscountytx.gov/
World Health Organization
- https://www.who.int/
CDC
- https://www.cdc.gov/

Mental Health and Coping Tools

English Resources

Coping resource for parents
- https://childmind.org/
A guide to Coping during COVID-19
- https://www.nctsn.org/
Mental Health Considerations during COVID-19
- https://www.who.int/docs/
Resources for supporting children
- https://www.childtrends.org/
Fred Rogers Center- Support for coping
- https://www.fredrogerscenter.org/
PBS- How you and your kids can de-stress
- https://www.pbs.org/
Sesame Street in Communities
- https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/
Red Cross- Steps to help cope
- https://www.redcross.org/
Affordable Counseling services
- https://justmind.org/
Statewide Mental Health Support Line
- https://content.govdelivery.com/

Recursos en Español

Comó hablar con los niños sobre el Coronavirus
- https://childmind.org/
Un recurso para padres
- https://higherlogicdownload.

Health Care Resources

Central Health Services
- https://www.centralhealth.net/covid19/
Ascension Health Care
- https://healthcare.ascension.org/
Community Health Care
- https://communitycaretx.org/
Virtual Health Care for Kids
- https://www.austinisd.org/coronavirus/telehealth
What to do if you are sick
- https://dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/

Technology Access

Basic Needs

Food Assistance

Search for Meal pickup locations
- https://txschools.gov/
AISD Meal pickup locations
- https://www.google.com/
Pflugerville ISD meal pickup
- https://www.facebook.com/
Round Rock ISD Meal pickup
- https://roundrockisd.org/
List of Food Pantries
- https://www.foodpantries.org/
Map of food resources around Austin
- http://www.mlf.org/truck-schedules
Food Pantry
- https://elbuen.org/

Diaper Assistance

Diaper Assistance
- https://www.austindiapers.org/

Rental Assistance

Housing Policies
- http://sites.utexas.edu/covid19relief/
Renter Resources for the Texas Apartment Association
- https://www.taa.org/
Frente al COVID-19: Recursos para inquilinos
- https://www.taa.org/
Housing Resources
- https://www.austintexas.gov/

Community Resources

List of programs offering assistance
- http://austintexas.gov/

Activities

Educational Activities

The Circle Family Activities Collection
- https://cliengagefamily.org/
Book to help cope with COVID-19
- https://www.mindheart.co/
Compiled list of learning activities
- https://docs.google.com/
Spanish Children's Books
- https://www.thespanishexperiment.com/
List of Online Activities for Children
- https://www.bookspring.org/
Virtual Field trips
- https://www.weareteachers.com/
- https://docs.google.com/
Lunch Doodles
- https://www.kennedy-center.org/
List of elementary online resources
- https://docs.google.com/
Daily Family Activities
- https://www.cognitivetoybox.com/
Learning activities
- https://sites.google.com/

La Lectura es Fundamental (RIF de BookSpring)

Bienvenido a esta clase para padres con niños jóvenes. Enfocaremos en la alfabetización y como padres, los primeros maestros, pueden apoyar y desarrollar sus niños de la casa.

¡Bienvenidos!