June 2020: Information Sharing Edition
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In this edition:
- Transit Windsor Service Update
- City of Windsor Seeking Community Input on Potential Modified Summer Day Camps
- Curbside Book Pickup at Connections
- Windsor Public Library Curbside Pickup begins June 15th
- CMHA-WECB Offering Pandemic Response Therapy
- Vital Signs® Survey in Windsor-Essex
- Recovery for All Campaign
- Federal Financial Help during COVID-19
- Congregate Living for Vulnerable Populations Guidance Document
- Ontario Supports Those Struggling with Electricity Bills during COVID-19
- Ontario Volunteers and Small Businesses Step Up to Help Those in Need
- WECHU Reopening Toolkit
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Transit Windsor Service Update
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Transit Windsor has been directed to continue with enhanced Sunday service only, seven days a week until at least June 21, 2020
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Please use transit services for essential travel only (groceries, work, pharmacy, medical). Passengers must maintain a safe distance of 2 metres (six feet) from the operator and all other riders. For more guidelines, visit the
Transit Windsor Service Update page
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All Windsor routes that normally have a “Sunday” schedule will continue to be in service seven days a week, except for the Central 3 West and the Tunnel Bus.
Transit Windsor’s website has been updated to include the
current schedule
and policies.
Read the full announcement on the City of Windsor
newsroom page
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Modified Summer Day Camp Survey
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The
City of Windsor
is investigating options to operate a modified summer day camp that would include a reduced capacity and other COVID-19 safety measures.
The province recently announced that day camps can operate this summer, but further guidelines will be released and are expected to affect how camps will be permitted to operate.
To accommodate social distancing in our local programs, modified camps would not include field trips but would incorporate more arts and crafts, and host activities within a consolidated area to ensure everyone’s safety. Only a select number of centres may offer this opportunity due to COVID-19, and camps would run at a weekly rate of $151 per child or a daily rate of $33 per child.
The City of Windsor wants to hear from the community regarding your opinions on potentially operating modified summer day camps.
Please take our short survey
by June 14, 2020 to provide your input.
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Curbside Book Pickup at Connections
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Connections Early Years Family Centre
is offering a "Readers are Leaders" curbside book pickup.
You can arrange to pick up a package of free books for preschool children, along with early literacy and numeracy packages.
Packages are personalized to your family and include:
- A book for each child in your family
- Early literacy & math activities
Pick-up is on Thursday mornings and staff can arrange a time that suits your family.
Please call
519.252.9696
and leave a message or send an e-mail to EON.connections@connectwithus.ca and a staff person will connect with you!
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Windsor Public Library Curbside Pickup
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WPL is committed to a safe and gradual return to pre-COVID-19 levels of service, with the health and safety of customers and staff the paramount priority.
Once curbside service has been established, the WPL will trial
Visit By Appointment
, which will allow a limited number of customers in a branch, at any one time, to access materials, resources and public computers. A detailed announcement on this will be made.
Please
click here
to read the full announcement from the WPL.
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CMHA-WECB Offering Pandemic Response Therapy
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Referrals to this individual follow the same pathways as all of the CMHA-WECB services.
Contact Coordinated Access at (519) 973-4435
. They will complete an intake and the individual will be referred to the Pandemic Response Therapist.
This is one way that CMHA-WECB has responded to this crisis. They are most grateful to the Toldo Foundation for providing funding to hire this position.
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Vital Signs®
is a community report that combines national, provincial, and local data with residents’ views on important local issues
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Released annually, with 2020 being its eighth edition, the survey provides Windsor-Essex residents the opportunity to comment on the quality of life in our region.
It is intended for use as a resource to initiate conversation between community members, leaders, and organizations in Windsor-Essex and to inspire change in our community
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The
Windsor Essex Community Foundation (WECF)
is proud to continue the Vital Signs program in Windsor-Essex as we expand on what makes our community a great place to live!
This report is a catalyst to engage our community in an ongoing dialogue about who we are, what we do, why we do it, and where it can lead.
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Recovery for All Campaign
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The CAEH launched
Recovery for All
, a national advocacy campaign asking Canadians to encourage Parliament to make bold investments in housing, homelessness and income support to end homelessness in Canada, once and for all.
Thanks to input from their partners and networks across Canada, the CAEH has created a
six-point plan
to end homelessness. These six tenets will
help Canada not only recover from COVID-19’s impact, but build a better, stronger country that leaves no one behind.
You can help by signing up for the campaign.
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Federal Financial Help during COVID-19
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The Prime Minister announced an
online tool
to assist citizens in determining the
COVID-19 related benefits and financial relief
they are eligible to receive.
Access the tool
here
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Financial Assistance is available for Newcomers, Temporary Residents, and Refugees
Canada is helping people who face financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If you live in Canada, even temporarily, there may be support for you.
Resources are available in multiple languages on the following benefits:
- Canada Child Benefit
- Canada Emergency Response Benefit
Information regarding the effect of financial benefits on family sponsorship is also available.
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Congregate Living for Vulnerable Populations Guidance Document
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Ontario's Ministry of Health has provided a COVID-19 Guidance: Congregate Living for Vulnerable Populations document
. The document is intended to assist with minimizing COVID-19 transmissions from individuals working or residing in congregate living settings and to help prevent, detect and manage individual cases and outbreaks of COVID-19 within these settings.
All efforts should be taken to limit the risk of COVID-19 transmission in these settings.
This document and other guidance documents are available on the
WECHU website
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Ontario Supports Those Struggling with Electricity Bills
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The Ontario government
announced
that it will continue to support provincial electricity consumers, helping those struggling to pay their energy bills as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Initiatives include:
- $9 million for the COVID-19 Energy Assistance Program (CEAP) to support consumers struggling to pay their energy bills during the pandemic. CEAP will provide one-time payments to consumers to help pay down any electricity bill debt incurred over the COVID‑19 period. Applications will be available through local utilities in the upcoming months
- An extension of the Ontario Energy Board's winter disconnection ban until July 31, 2020 to ensure no one is disconnected from their natural gas or electricity service during these uncertain times.
Starting on June 1, 2020, customers will be billed based on a new fixed COVID-19 Recovery Rate of 12.8 cents per kilowatt hour, which will be in place until October 31, 2020. This fixed rate will apply to time of use customer bills 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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Ontario Helping Those In Need
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Ontario's volunteers and small businesses are rising to the challenge and helping seniors and other vulnerable people during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Thousands of people are generously giving their time and resources to make and deliver food, run errands, and check in on those who are self-isolating.
On April 9, the government announced it was investing $100,000 in its partnership with
SPARK Ontario
to support the province's first bilingual volunteer hub connecting volunteers with community organizations that support vulnerable Ontarians.
- Over 3,500 civic-minded Ontarians have signed up on the site to volunteer, and over 3,100 have contacted community organizations regarding a volunteer opportunity; and
- 141 community organizations have registered for volunteer matching and more than 100 COVID-19-related volunteer opportunities have been posted online.
The province is working with the
Ontario Community Support Association (OCSA)
and their large volunteer base to increase Meals on Wheels food deliveries and deliver essential supplies to isolated, low-income seniors and people with disabilities and chronic medical conditions. More than 500 meal referrals and nearly 2,000 essential supply referrals have been made since the program launched.
Click
here
to read the full news release.
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The
Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU)
developed a reopening toolkit for businesses which provides guidelines, best practices, and resources for businesses and workplaces in the Windsor-Essex community.
The purpose of this document is to help businesses and workplaces incorporate pandemic planning and preparedness into reopening in a manner that prioritizes the health and safety of business owners, employees, customers, and the community.
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Municipal Social Investment Efforts
City of Windsor
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Stephen Lynn
519-255-5200 ext. 5302
p2p@citywindsor.ca
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Teresa Falsetta Aflak
519-255-5200 ext. 6809
p2p@citywindsor.ca
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