Trinity County Office of Education

One Week Left - Wildfire Survivors Should Call FEMA Helpline or visit DisasterAssistance.gov by Dec. 11 SACRAMENTO, Calif. Individuals and households with losses due to August/September wildfires in Butte, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Trinity, Tulare and Yolo counties have just one week remaining to apply for grants from FEMA or low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration.... The deadline isDec. 11... ...FEMA awards help eligible survivors pay for rent, home repair/replacement and many other serious disaster-related needs, including replacement or repair of vehicles, funeral expenses, medical or dental expenses and miscellaneous other costs. To be reimbursed by FEMA, survivors should photograph damage and save receipts for repair work. Survivors should contact their insurers and file a claim for the disaster-caused damage before they register with FEMA. Anyone with insurance should register with FEMA even if they aren’t yet certain whether they will be eligible. FEMA may be able to help with costs that insurance doesn’t cover. The agency can determine eligibility once an applicant’s insurance claim is settledbut there won’t be any FEMA reimbursement for those who fail to register by the Dec. 11 deadline for those who suffered losses in fires including the CZU Lightning Complex, SCU Lighting Complex, August Complex Fire, LNU Lightning Complex, North Complex, Sheep, Dolan and SQF Complex. There are three ways for survivors to register: online at DisasterAssistance.gov, with the FEMA Mobile App on a smartphone or tablet, or by or by calling the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362 (TTY 800-462-7585) between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. PST. Those who use a relay service such as a videophone, Innocaption or CapTel, should provide FEMA with the specific number assigned to that service when they register. Multilingual services are available on the helpline and specialists can answer most questions about FEMA assistance and registration. To register you will need the following information: Social Security number Insurance policy information Address of the damaged primary dwelling A description of disaster-caused damage and losses Current mailing address Current telephone number Total household annual income Routing and account number of your checking or savings account (for direct transfer of funds to your bank account) After you register online or with the FEMA app, you can create your own account. This will enable you to check the status of your application, view messages from FEMA, update your personal information and upload documents that may be necessary to determine your eligibility for aid. If you are unable to upload your documents, mail them to FEMA at P.O. Box 10055, Hyattsville MD 20782-8055 or fax them to 800-827-8112

"Trinity County Health and Human Services (HHS) Public Health Branch (PHB) has partnered with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Testing Task Force and Verily Life Sciences to bring community-based mobile COVID-19 testing to Trinity County. The drive-thru mobile testing sites will be available according to the following schedule: Monday, November 23rd, 2020 8:00 am- 11:45 am, Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center, 101 Arbuckle Court, Weaverville* *Subject to cha...nge. Individuals can complete the online registration process, which includes creating a Google (Gmail) email account, completing the screening form and a short health insurance attestation. Verily will bill insurance for those that have healthcare coverage, there is no cost to the individual for testing whether or not they have health insurance. Once completed, individuals can make an appointment online using the Baseline COVID-19 Program appointment scheduling system found at www.projectbaseline.com/COVID19." from https://www.trinitycounty.org/mobile-test

For our Junction City Elementary Folks.

Here at TCOE we know just how important it is to keep our schools in Trinity County open to in-person instruction as the best way for students to learn. This is also important for parents who have to work and don't have childcare for students learning from home. Even in the "purple tier", we can keep schools open to in-person instruction because they have already been open since August. We also know how important families are to all of us. We ask you to please be safe and fo...llow health guidelines over the upcoming holidays so that schools can continue in-person instruction into the new year. So far there have been no COVID-19 outbreaks originating from schools. Trinity County school districts are following all health and safety guidelines and those are working to keep staff and students safe. However, some students have tested positive due to outside exposure. Because of this, and because of quarantining guidelines, at least one school had to close temporarily due to a lack of staff available to teach (and there is a shortage of substitute teachers available as well). We need your help to keep schools open to in-person instruction by following all safety protocols in the community. Thanks everyone!