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COVID-19 Peel Resource List Current as of April 3rd, 2020 For the Regional Community Response Table As part of the Regional Community Response Program, community agencies and organizations have provided information to COVID-19 resources available. This document is intended to summarize these resources in one place that is accessible. Given the emergent and responsive nature of this information, this document will continue to be updated regularly. As of Friday April 3rd, information is available for the following categories: 1. Public Health Information 2. Financial Supports 3. Food, Groceries, and Meal Delivery 4. Pharmacies and Medication Delivery 5. Places of Worship 6. Social Supports 7. Violence and Abuse ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION English: • ‘Protecting Yourself and Others’ and Self-Isolation information in English is available on the Region of Peel site http://www.peelregion.ca/coronavirus/prevention/. Translated posters are a priority for Peel Public Health and are currently under develop. They will be posted on the website as soon as they are completed. • Peel Public Health strongly recommends that: o All residents stay at home, leaving only once a week for essential reasons including groceries, medicines and medical appointments. Daily exercise should be done alone or with one family member, or to exercise a pet. o Residents over the age of 70 stay at home, leaving only for solo exercise or essential needs. Where possible, they should rely on family and social supports for essential needs. This also applies to people with underlying medical conditions and compromised immune systems. 1 o Essential businesses that choose to remain open should work to limit access to their facilities and the number of occupants on their premises. They must also move their operations to delivery and pick-up as much as possible and maximize physical distancing, infection prevention and control practices, and cleaning. o Essential businesses that choose to remain open should also consider active screening of their employees and staff for signs and symptoms of COVID-19. Multi-language: • Translated information from the Region of Peel is available on the following Facebook pages: o Urdu: https://facebook.com/regionofpeel/videos/155413039066753/ o Arabic: https://www.facebook.com/435775616602391/posts/1439382836241659 o Simplified Chinese: http://facebook.com/435775616602391/posts/1439327109580565 • A translation service is available at Child Development Resource Connection Peel through InfoPeel. This service is available for Special Needs, Community Services or Child Care and Early Years Supports. The phone number is: 905-890-9432. 2. FINANCIAL SUPPORTS • Here is an Ontario news release from Monday re: Support for Seniors, with the following key message: “The government is investing $10 million to help community organizations with the coordination of subsidized deliveries of meals, medicines and other necessities to seniors. This investment doubles the government's initial commitment in Ontario's Action Plan: Responding to COVID-19. The government is also working with grocers and pharmacists to prioritize seniors' delivery orders and establish senior-only shopping hours.” • The Refugee Sponsorship Training Program has translated a summary of Financial Benefits Available Under Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan into the following languages: French, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Dari, Somali, Spanish, and Tigrinya. The translated summary is available here: http://www.rstp.ca/en/refugee- sponsorship/latest-policy-program-update/summary-of-financial-benefits-available- under-canadas-covid-19-economic-response-plan/ 3. FOOD, GROCERIES AND MEAL DELIVERY • Meals on Wheels is still operating, and accepting new referrals, contact: • Brampton – 905-453-4140 • Caledon – 905 857-7651 • Mississauga – 905-821-3254 • Knights table – Offers grab and go breakfast, lunch and dinner programs, available daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Food Bank support is available through pre-packed hampers that will be distributed to our regular service users. Wednesdays – Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 905-454-8725. 2 • The Compass Foodbank is providing food hampers. You have the option to order ahead and customize your hamper. You can also visit for food once a week on Monday, Wednesday or Friday. Call 905-274-9309. • Eden Food For Change is operating regular hours with food hampers. Call 905-785-3651. • The Mississauga Foodbank Opens 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. • For information on food banks and updated hours, visit peelregion.ca/foodmap. Grocery stores across Peel have special hours for seniors only. Some of these have been listed below: • All Longo’s locations will offer a “community wellbeing hour” from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. every morning for seniors and other at-risk members of the community. • All Loblaws are offering the first hour of opening to seniors and people with disabilities. • The Real Canadian Super Store offers designated shopping hours for seniors and those require assistance: 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays • NoFrills locations are offering designated shopping hours for seniors and those living with disabilities; hours vary by location • All Metro and Food Basics locations will offer a “priority shopping hour” from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. every morning for vulnerable members of the community including seniors and those living with disabilities • All FreshCo locations will offer a “seniors shopping hour” from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. • All Walmart locations will offer a dedicated shopping hour between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. Monday – Friday for seniors, the disabled, and those with vulnerable health conditions • Highland Farms offers first hour of operations as Seniors Shopping hour 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. Monday – Friday; 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on weekend • All Adonis locations in Ontario are designating 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. as shopping hour exclusive to seniors and vulnerable customers 4. PHARMACIES AND MEDICATION DELIVERY • Shoppers Drug Mart locations are offering the first hour of opening to seniors and people with disabilities. • Rexall pharmacies offering Advantage 55+ program (first hour of shopping exclusively for 55+ and 20% off re. price until 10am); virtual care and medication delivery services also available 5. PLACES OF WORSHIP The places of worship listed have identified themselves as service providers to seniors, and the general community, in a recent COVID-19 Regional Community Response Table Survey. During the week of April 6th, details will be added about outreach by additional places of worship. • Peel Pentecostal Tabernacle: services are live stream or conducted over conference call Peelregion.ca 3 • Kingdom House Christian Center: Live stream Sunday service • Champion Life Center: live stream Sunday service • St. Bartholomew’s United Church: worship services to be conducted online • St. Eugene de Mazenod Parish: masses and devotions will be livestreamed • Solel Synagogue: workshop services will be livestreamed; volunteers available to pick up and deliver groceries, medicine, or other necessities to the doorsteps for those in need • St. Peter’s Anglican church: the Deacon’s Cupboard food pantry will operate from 9 – 11 a.m. Wednesdays. Church website has link to online worship resource directory • Grace Canadian Reformed Church: services will be livestreamed • Bramalea Christian Fellowship: services available online • The Church of St. Mark Lutheran: Sunday morning services will be recorded and posted on church website and YouTube channel • North Bramalea United Church: Sunday worship services are available online • Kennedy Road Church: Sunday services available online • IFC Church: services recorded and made available on YouTube • ISNA Canada: workshop services will be provided online 6. SOCIAL SUPPORTS There are a number of social support available to members of the Peel Region community. For the most updated list of social supports, please visit the Region’s website: http://www.peelregion.ca/coronavirus/social-support/. Child Care • The Region of Peel is now taking applications for emergency child care for essential services workers. Free emergency child care will be available beginning Monday, April 6. Eligibility criteria and a list of participating child care centres can be found on the Province’s website: https://www.ontario.ca/page/child-care-health-care-and-frontline- staff#section-1 This website will be updated regularly once additional sites are added. • More information Peel’s emergency child care is available at http://peelregion.ca/coronavirus/childcare/ Seniors • This news article has some good information about activities, including music lessons and games: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/where-seniors-can-find-help-in-toronto-during-covid- 19-pandemic- 1.4858537?cache=yes%3FautoPlay%3Dtrue%3FclipId%3D89531%3FclipId%3D89750 7. VIOLENCE AND ABUSE This topic has been discussed at every Regional Community Response Table virtual meeting. A sub-set of the meeting participants has branched off to collaborate about resources and to support each other and the community. Updates are provided to the larger meeting participants and a list of services identified at that table will be added to this document in a future iteration. 4 .