Counseling

• Teaching About Race, Racism and Police Violence

• Resources on Trauma for Caregivers and Families 

• Trauma Guides

• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

• 15 Tips for Talking with Children About Violence

• Racial Equity Resource Directory

• A Practitioner’s Guide to Educating Traumatized Children

• Resources for Your Anti-Racist Practice - YWCA Minneapolis

• Helping Kids Cope With Tragedy - Spark & Stitch Institute

• Discussing Traumatic Events With Youth - Minnesota Association for Children's Mental Health

• Traumatic Experiences - Sesame Street Workshop in Communities

• COVID-19 Public Hotline: Interpretation services are available

  • • Health questions: 651-201-3920 or 1-800-657-3903, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

    • Schools and childcare questions: 651-297-1304 or 1-800-657-3504, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

• Woodbury Public Safety Hotline: (help with essentials like medications and food) 651-414-3499 | 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Friday

• Fraser Hope Line: Free immediate consultation line with Mental Health professional 612-446-4673 (612-446-HOPE), email address: FraserHopeLine@fraser.org. Calls are answered live between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., Monday through Friday.

• Talking to Children About COVID-19 (Coronavirus): A Parent Resource

• Child Mind Institute provides talking points to parents how to explain the coronavirus to children. This article is evidence-based and meant to help reduce the worries of children based on what they are hearing around them.

• COVID-19 And The Mental Health Of Your Children

• My School Is Closed, So Now What?

• How to Keep Your Kid on Schedule During Coronavirus School Closings

• 19 Little Ways to be a Better Long-Distance Friend

• The National Child Trauma Stress Network: Parent/Caregiver Guide

• NAMI Mental Health Support and COVID

• Talking to Kids About Coronavirus: SC ETV

• Just for Kids: A Comic Exploring the New Coronavirus: This link offers a workbook with comic based visual to help kids to understand the virus and reduce worries based on what they might be hearing around them. It was created by Tara Powell at the University of Illinois School of Social Work, Joy Osofsky at the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans and Krystal Lewis at the National Institute of Mental Health.

• Coronavirus: Multilingual Resources for Schools

• Dr. Bruce Perry Videos:

• • NN COVID Series: 1 - Patterns of Stress determine Risk & Resilience

  • NN COVID Series: 2 - Understanding State-dependent Functioning

  • NN COVID Series: 3 - Emotional Contagion

Woodbury Public Safety Department Helpline - Assistance with essentials like medications and food | 651-414-3499 | 9 AM - 3 PM | Monday-Friday

FOOD

• School Lunches & Food Packs - please reach out to your Lake School Counselor for resources! We are happy to help your family during your time of need.

• Woodbury YMCA, 2175 Radio Drive, Woodbury, MN 55125 - The Woodbury YMCA (as well as other Y’s throughout the county and nearby counties) have free meals from 12-2pm M-F that families can pick up.

• Free Meals For Kids App - uses GPS and shows locations of schools/other sites that are providing meals and meal packs with days and hours of distribution.

• Community Thread – access to services such as check-in phone calls, food and medical supplies/medication delivery, and transportation to essential medical appointments.

• Valley Outreach – food delivery, financial assistance, and other basic needs

• United Way – assistance accessing food, paying housing bills, or other essential services: Dial 2-1-1 or text the letters MNCOVID to 898-211

• St. Croix Family Resource Center - helps youth and families with sustainable housing, financial stability, and healthy community connections

• SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) - Formally known as Food Stamps, can help you stretch your food budget and buy healthy food. For help with eligibility assistance and applications contact Emily, through 2nd Harvest, at 651-307-9033 or email ebowman@2harvest.org.

• Christian Cupboard Emergency Food Shelf - Open to Woodbury Residents. Located at 8264 4th Street North, Oakdale. Contact 651-233-1296. More information online at ccefs.org. Open Mondays 12-4 pm, Thursdays 3-7 pm, Fridays 9 am-1:30 pm

• Free/Reduced Lunch Form (When School is in Session)

HOUSING

• St. Croix Family Resource Center - helps youth and families with sustainable housing, financial stability, and healthy community connections

• Family Housing Fund Resources

INTERNET

Families may access the internet using the following options:

• Comcast is offering two months free to new Internet Essentials customers in response to anticipated emergency measures associated with the COVID-19.

• Xfinity WiFi hotspots across the country will be available to anyone who needs them for free – including non-Xfinity Internet subscribers. For a map of Xfinity WiFi hotspots, visit www.xfinity.com/wifi. Once at a hotspot, consumers should select the “xfinitywifi” network name in the list of available hotspots, and then launch a browser.

• CenturyLink offers Lifeline, a low-cost internet service, to individuals who qualify.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

• Please reach out to your Lake School Counselor for resources! We are happy to help your family during your time of need.

• Clothing, Food, and Basic Needs: SoWashCo CARES

COUNTY & LOCAL RESOURCES

• Washington County Resource List

• Youth Service Bureau Online Resources