Billings Community Coronavirus Assessment CORONAVIRUS COMMUNITY MEMBER SURVEY APPENDIX December 2020 AmeriCorps Members: Blake Matthews Amber Nichols Page 1 of 173 Final 2/9/2021 INDEX Q1. How has the coronavirus pandemic impacted you and/or your family since April 1, 2020? Check all that apply. 3 Q2. To what degree were/are you and or your family impacted by the following? 9 Q3. If you lost income, or lost your job, what is/was your job title or job type? 12 Q5. To what degree do you have a support system in each of the following areas? 19 Q7. How aware are you of the following resources available through the State of Montana? 20 Q8. Please provide the degree to which you and your family have CURRENT access to the following resources. 21 Q9. Did you, or anyone in your household, apply for public assistance BEFORE April 1, 2020? 22 Q10. Did you, or anyone in your household, apply for public assistance AFTER April 1, 2020? 23 Q13. Did your total household members, or household makeup, change AFTER April 1, 2020? 24 Q14. Please share the race / ethnicity with which you and your household members identify. Please select the number of household members in each race(s) line AND select yes or no within the Hispanic or Latino column. 30 Q19. What is your household's greatest need relative to the coronavirus pandemic? 31 Q20. What do you believe is the Billings community's greatest need related to the coronavirus pandemic? 79 Q21. Is there anything else you would like to say regarding coronavirus impact(s) or how the Billings community should respond? 134 Page 2 of 173 Final 2/9/2021 CORONAVIRUS COMMUNITY MEMBER SURVEY Community Comments from Survey Questions This document contains comments from the Coronavirus Community Member Survey. For survey questions that asked for respondent feedback, or provided a space for respondents to indicate different types of services or resources not listed on the survey itself, comments are included below. This document includes all comments from the online version of the survey, and all legible comments from the paper survey. Comments are arranged in the order of which they were received. Full report analytics are available upon request. Please contact the Community Development Division for more information. Q1. “How has the coronavirus pandemic impacted you and/or your family since April 1, 2020? Check all that apply.” I'm 71 year old seniors need help with computers for answers we do not have at home. No public computers. No seeing People. Single (maximum impact) loss of social contact w/ family and friends, religious services, healthcare Constant problems with internet - particularly with Norton - wife changed to McAfee. No problems since she changed. Feed unsafe in stores Shut in live alone (miss people) Married 45 years caught wife adultery loss income (moderately impacted) loss of rents from rentals we own Mental health 0 no perventive measures stress, workload, work hours increased Closed schools so do I still have to pay taxes sense of isolation emotional fear of getting the virus and being out of work Had to move in with brother and wife job made much more difficult due to working online from home Cancelled European Trip staying home more -retired Having to wear mask, social distance and stay home gasoline for car (maximum impact) Addressing housing safety Income from adult Grandson Reduced - Lives w.me for Rent (moderately impacted) medical expenses Decrease access to community activities and sources Decreased Retirement Income (moderately impacted) Programs/mental health Volunteering at an elementary school Delay in mail, delay in availability of parts loss of retirement savings value lost insurance (health and life) Had planned on job hunting Page 3 of 173 Final 2/9/2021 Corona not affecting income. I'm on social security retirement car broke down - no transportation miss being w/friends (maximum impact) Democrats destroyed the economy isolation social activities too dangerous only getting 1 support person to help me deliver my son Uniform policy on masks (maximum impact) Social outlets Angry about medical supply and food shortages (maximum impact) Socially (moderaetly impacted) lack of tv programming and things to do church attendance (maximum impact) Working from home (slightly impacted) Church closed (maximum impact) created excess idiotic government no sports (maximum impact) stranded overseas for six weeks! (maximum impact) increased time finding housing (moderately affected) Increased work load (maximum impact) Shut in - only mo appts and required errands can't get quarters for laundry working more now Business restrictions (maximum impact) Late car payment (moderate impact) Car payments and Insurance no cell phone This whole pandemic is a circus. None of the orders are doing anything. dealing with corrupt media lies even at local level unable to leave my apartment social engagements working in a viper pit of hostility total loss of use of the library - no books, movies, etc Hard to get rides Not being able to support restaurants, coffee shops, etc (maximum impact) Interaction with Familly - Highly impacted labor force issues no computer or tablet, just a cellphone son tested positive, waiting for our results No internet no cable tv I am handicapped in a care facility retired - no impact except for staying home My husband died of Covid in July 2020 Overwhelmed hospital work I am 74 years old and can't go any where cause of my age and my immune system. So getting tired of not going shopping, visit friend to drink or eat at a restaurant. I am now starting to get to me. tele-working from home work from home - increased utilities bills In home services (disability programs) work from home Page 4 of 173 Final 2/9/2021 None of these impacts. I have spent over $4000 assisting a distant relative who lost her jobs due to the pandemic. None of these impacts. I have spent over $4000 assisting a distant relative who lost her jobs due to the pandemic. Limited social interactions Mental health SSI or SSDI stopped pending. I gotta reapply just the lack of ability to safely meet groceries needs Loss of Freedom (maximum impact) Loss of Freedoms Anxiety level skyrocketed (maximum impact) Teleworking (highly impacted) Senior exercise classes cancelled (slightly impacted) Not being able to go out and socialize with group of friends (highly impacted) Unneeded restrictions on biz(s) accesses No impact, other than the annoying masks Decreased social interaction Increase in utility costs because of being home instead of at work or school. Decreased Mental Health Disgraced by State leadership and the country Senate Contracted the virus. Stayed home. No work I was not laid off but did decide to not return to my part-time job. I chose to not return to my part time school district support position though I was not laid off. Due to cost, we did not have internet. When the kids had to be homeschooled and I had to work from home, we were forced to get it. Our child has since returned to school. I am referring to when school was shut down. Canceled vacation travel Unable to see friends Home all the time, always waiting in the car Volunteer activities severely limited This Chinese Virus propaganda is all political. Do you really think shelter in place has worked at all? Do you think these masks work? Come on use your head. All these restrictions are designed to hurt our economy which had been doing historically well. The tests that detect the Chinese Virus are inaccurate. Who profits from all of this? The Chinese. Working at home since mid-March with no end date Lack of activities and things to do. A week ago I came down with chills/high fever (102-103) and it's all I can do to take of my 4 kitties and myself. Made it extremely difficult to find staff for my agency due to nobody wanting to work due to getting the extra unemployment benefits. No travel; staying home I am unable to visit my mother in a nursing home. It is sad to say I have not seen her but two times and then months of no contact. Depression * mental-health outlets, professional-development, and sober activities were cancelled until 2021. * Spectrum is a crappy internet vendor so access is slow & spotty, not reliable = not a helpful alternative for online mtgs or activity alternatives. Cannot afford to switch this to my phone. Spectrum should do their job -- for which we're paying them a lot -- and not constantly crap-out. I am an adjunct instructor at MSU-Billings, and I was required to change from in-class to online format in the middle of the spring semester. I spend more hours than I normally did due contacting tech support to learn online format, as well as modifying lectures/exams. (The pay was the same.) Page 5 of 173 Final 2/9/2021 Remote learning is not effective for all children and for those it isn't effective they aren't learning all they need to learn. As an employer unable to be certain if we'll have a full complement at work each day. Access to testing is critical and the results vary from 24 hours to 7 days which is a challenge. Costs of sanitizing equipment and personal protective gear have been significant. Was denied into the hospital when my Father was sick (other than COVID). Mental health needs to be a section to click here. Being stuck at home with all your kids, while being expected to work and home school took a major toll on me and my spouses mental health.