| | | | ISPN Official Business The IFER Fund is reopening! The Immigrant Family Emergency Response (IFER) Fund is a direct cash assistance initiative designed to channel philanthropic giving directly to immigrant families in St. Louis who have experienced income disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic. Applications will be available online at the ISPN's website from May 24-31. The next ISPN General Meeting will be Wednesday, May 26, 2021 from 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM. Register here. Want to plan ahead for the year? All the meetings for 2021 are listed. Just click the drop-down button to register. Interested in getting more involved in ISPN? Consider becoming a member of our network. In addition to attending the monthly meetings, members work on focused, collaborative initiatives with other community partners in committees. Contact ISPN Program Manager, Rita Chang (info@ispnstl.org), for more information about membership. Read more about the committees here. Feel free to contact any of the committee leads below. - Conference Committee: Rita Chang (info@ispnstl.org)
- Immigrant Family Emergency Response Fund: Rita Chang (info@ispnstl.org)
- Fundraising Committee: Emily Stuart (emily@gatewaypets.org)
- Language Access Committee: Kate Koch (katek7@gmail.com)
- Membership Committee: Sidee Conteh (sconteh@slcommunityofstl.org)
- Communications Committee: Eliza Prager (elizapragerot@gmail.com)
- Vaccine Committee: Meredith Rataj (mrataj@ccstl.org)
- Service Providers Committee: Marissa Cohen (mcohen@ehoc-stl.org)
The ISPN & Wash U COVID-19 Impacts Project is seeking survey participants! We need your help in spreading the word! The ISPN & Washington University in St. Louis are teaming up on a project to understand and design collaborative initiatives regarding the impact of COVID-19 on immigrants and immigrant service providers in the St. Louis Region. There are two surveys: one geared toward service providers and the other for immigrant community members. The immigrant community member survey is available online in English, Spanish, Nepali, Arabic, & Mandarin. The survey is also available over the phone in additional languages at 314-935-3557. For more information on the project and to take the surveys online, visit our website. Our outreach toolkit is available here. Do you have an announcement for the Weekly Round-Up? Email us at info@ispnstl.org. We accept events, resources, job postings, agency updates, and opportunities for engagement. Submissions for the Weekly Round-Up are due at 12:00 PM on Thursdays for release on Friday. Job postings will run for three consecutive weeks and be removed unless specifically noted. All submissions are subject to review. If you are receiving this email, you are currently subscribed to receive email communications from the ISPN. Click here if you would like to change your subscription preferences. Know someone who would like to receive our emails? Send them this link. | | | | News NEW! Through a partnership with PrepareSTL and the COVID-19 Regional Response Team (RRT), volunteer medical providers from BJC HealthCare and SSM Health are offering community-based vaccine education! Presentations will center the physical and material well-being of African Americans and Communities of Color, healing from trauma, and informed choice regarding COVID-19 vaccinations. Speakers will not encourage individuals to take the vaccine, but rather provide people-centered, factual information. If you would like to request a presentation from the speakers bureau, sign up here! View the flyer here. Sent by Poli Rijos, Alive & Well Communities NEW! The Regional Response Team translated their COVID-19 vaccine FAQs. Sent by Rita Chang, IFCLA, ISPN Program Manager NEW! Energy assistance is available to Ameren Missouri customers who need help paying their bills. Learn more about various support options, including new and enhanced federally funded COVID-19 relief programs. Select programs are offering increased income eligibility, allowing more Missourians to receive help even if they didn’t qualify previously. Sent by Sal Valadez, LiUNA NEW! Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced its new Emergency Broadband Benefit Program to help to lower the cost of broadband service for eligible households during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The $3.2B Emergency Broadband Benefit program provides a discount of up to $50 per month toward broadband service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for qualifying households on qualifying Tribal lands. The benefit also provides up to a $100 per household discount toward a one-time purchase of a computer, laptop, or tablet if the household contributes more than $10 and less than $50 toward the purchase through a participating broadband provider. Additional information about the Emergency Broadband Benefit is available here or by calling 833-511-0311 between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. any day of the week. Sent by Sal Valadez, LiUNA NEW! The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has launched the Missouri Vaccine Navigator in English, Spanish, Chinese, French, Korean, Portuguese and Russian. All individuals over the age of 12 are now eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine in Missouri, regardless of their citizenship. (Pfizer is the only vaccine authorized for those ages 12-17). Those with online accessibility issues are encouraged to call the COVID-19 hotline at 877-435-8411 for registration assistance. The State claims that language access and other services are available to callers. Sent by Rita Chang, IFCLA, ISPN Program Manager NEW! Help St. Louis City prioritize direct aid! Mayor Tishaura Jones's survey regarding the prioritization of emergency Federal funds for direct aid is now available in multiple languages. The survey has been translated into Arabic, Dari, Kinyarwanda, Swahili, French, Chinese-Mandarin, and Nepali. Sent by Rosie Lang, International Institute NEW! The Gateway Region YMCA The Gateway Region YMCA offers free, virtual reading tutoring to youth in 1st - 12th grades who are behind in reading. This tutoring takes place once a week through Zoom and is free regardless of Y membership. Register here. Interested in volunteering to be a reading tutor? Sign up here. Please email Michelle Peeler with any questions. Sent by Michelle Peeler, Gateway Region YMCA With support from the CDC and in partnership with NRC-RIM, NACCHO has announced a funding opportunity for local health departments and community-based organizations (CBOs) to partner to rapidly to scale up innovative COVID-19 education, testing, contact tracing, vaccination, and other prevention and mitigation strategies with refugee, immigrant, and migrant (RIM) communities. NACCHO will provide funding and technical assistance to LHDs and their RIM community partners to implement at least one primary prevention strategy (for up to $175,000) with the option of implementing a secondary primary or secondary prevention activity (for up to $250,000). Potential applicants are encouraged to reach out to RIM-serving organizations or leaders in their communities or the LHD in their jurisdiction to partner to submit an application. Applications are due June 11, 2021 at 1:59 PM. The Request for Applications can be found here. An optional webinar will be held on Monday, May 17 at 12 PM. Register here. Sent by Chelsea Butchereit, USCRI The St. Louis County Children’s Service Fund (CSF) will be investing $1 million into historically underserved communities through the Grassroots Funding Program, focusing on lifting-up community-identified children’s behavioral health priorities and needs by funding smaller organizations already ingrained in the community. CSF is accepting Letters of Intent from organizations interested in the Grassroots Funding Program until Friday, May 28, 2021. Sent by Meredith Rataj, St. Francis Community Services | | | | Upcoming Events NEW! April 7 - June 1 (8:00 AM - 6:00 PM) FEMA's Community Vaccination Center providing the Pfizer vaccine is open at The Dome. - Who: Missouri residents
- Hours: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM, 7 days/week.
- Location: The Dome at America’s Center, Entrance C (corner of Cole Street and Broadway) Free parking can be found across from Entrance C (at 6th and Cole Street). Shuttle service from the parking lot to the entrance is available. Broadway Central entrance is available to drop off/pick up people who use wheelchairs and need elevator access.
- Registration: Walk-ins are welcome! Registration is available on-site. Save time by registering in advance through the MO Vaccine Navigator if you are able.
- Vaccine: Pfizer, first and second dose available
- No ID or other documentation is necessary to receive the vaccine.
- Language Access: The State Vaccine Navigator is now available in English, Spanish, Chinese, French, Korean, Portuguese and Russian. FEMA is providing onsite interpretation for Spanish, Bosnian, and Vietnamese, as well utilizing a language line. Some signage within the Dome will be in Spanish, Bosnian, and Vietnamese. Flyers for this event are available in English, Spanish, Bosnian, Dari, and Vietnamese. Flyers are now also available in Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, Korean, Nepali, Portuguese, Swahili, and Thai. The entire set of flyers is available here. Sent by Charles Bryson, CREA; Sal Valadez, LiUNA;
May 22 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM) 1st dose of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Event Vaccinations will be given at the Peace Center, 4019 S. Grand Blvd. Call 314-371-6312 to make an appointment. Individuals must be 18 or older. A flyer is available here. Sent from Laura Brink, CFNA NEW! May 25 (1:00 PM - 2:00 PM) FEMA is hosting a webinar on funding for community engagement about COVID-19. FEMA’s Public Assistance program will be hosting a national webinar for Public Assistance recipients and subrecipients, as well as those in the health care community, to learn about the policy that supports vaccine participation throughout communities. To attend, register here. Sent by Rita Chang, IFCLA, ISPN Program Manager NEW! May 25 (3:00 - 5:00 PM) Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer (1st dose) Vaccine Event. Vaccines will be adminstered at the Simon Recreation Center basketball courts on the main floor of the building (3639 Laclede Avenue). The Pfizer vaccine is the only one approved for those who are 12 years old and up, unlike Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, which are limited to those 18+. Anyone 12-17 years old coming to get vaccinated is required to have a parent or legal guardian present. Register here. Please email pandemic@slu.edu with any questions. Sent by Sara John, IFCLA May 26 (4:00 PM - 5:00 PM) Digital Health Interventions for Depression and Diabetes in Underserved Populations, presented by Dr. Adrian Aguilera, sponsored by The Center for Mental Health Services Research at the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University. Dr. Aguilera’s research is focused on developing and testing technology-based interventions to address health disparities in low-income and vulnerable populations. Dr. Aguilera’s work has focused on utilizing mobile phone technology to disseminate mental health interventions. His interventions have primarily focused on using text messaging which has been applied 1) as an adjunct for cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT), 2) a public mental health intervention for COVID-19 related stress and anxiety and 3) a machine learning based intervention to personalize messages to motivate physical activity for individuals with diabetes and depression symptoms. Register here. Sent by Julia Uyttewaal, Institute for Public Health, Washington University NEW! June 3 - Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Event at the International Institute, in partnership with Affinia, St. Louis City, & ISPN. First doses of the Pfizer vaccine and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be administered. Walk-ins are welcome and appointments can be made for those 12 years old or older. They will need a birth certificate or some form of ID to verify age and identity and a parent/guardian to be present to sign for consent during the vaccination. The clinic will be held in the International Institute gym with parking available on the back lot. Individuals are encouraged to show up no more than 15 minutes prior to their appointment. Appointments for the second shot will be scheduled at the event. Interested in volunteering? Email Valerie Lamping at lampingv@iistl.org Sent by Rosie Lang, International Institute | | | | Jobs and Volunteer Opportunities NEW! IHELP is hiring a Program Coordinator. Please submit a cover letter and resume by May 28th. Sent by Julie Fox, IHELP, ISPN Chair NEW! IHELP is looking for a Summer Intern to assist the program in various areas including teaching English one on one, assessing students life-skills & doing general check-ins, recruit new volunteers. Sent by Julie Fox, IHELP, ISPN Chair NEW! IHELP is hiring an AmeriCorp Marketing & Communications VISTA. Sent by Julie Fox, IHELP, ISPN Chair Alive & Well Communities is seeking members of the local immigrant community to serve on their steering committee. A full summary of this position can be found here. All nominations are due May 28. Sent by Poli Rijos, Alive & Well Communities Welcoming America is hiring an Administrative Specialist. Visit their website for more details on the position and application instructions. Sent by Christina Pope, Welcoming America The Civil Rights Enforcement Agency (CREA) Commission is seeking new members. Commission members must be residents of St. Louis City. The Commission meets bi-monthly on the first Wednesday of the month at 9:00 AM. A full list of duties can he found here. Contact Charles Bryson at brysonc@stlouis-mo.gov with any questions. Sent by Charles Bryson, CREA | | | | | | | | Immigrant Service Providers Network (ISPN)
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