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Project Roomkey Program is administered locally, and eligibility varies by community.Ĭontact your local Homeless Continuum of Care or County Welfare Department to learn more about how to connect with your local program. Project Roomkey units are intended to be temporary, emergency shelter options, while also serving as a pathway to permanent housing.ĬDSS recommends prioritizing this extremely scarce resource in a manner consistent with state and federal public health guidance, and FEMA Reimbursement Eligibility Criteria, for people experiencing homelessness which includes people who have tested positive for COVID 19, have been exposed to COVID 19, or are “high risk” of health complications. The Project Roomkey and Rehousing Strategy is designed to quickly provide dedicated resources to ensure Project Roomkey units remain online through the continued public health emergency and that homelessness is non-recurring. It also provides a safe place for isolation for people who are experiencing homelessness and at high risk for medical complications should they to become infected. Project Roomkey gives people who are experiencing homelessness and are recovering from COVID-19 or have been exposed to COVID-19 a place to recuperate and properly quarantine outside of a hospital. The purpose of Project Roomkey is to provide non-congregate shelter options for people experiencing homelessness, protect human life, and minimize strain on health care system capacity.
Project Roomkey was established in March 2020 as part of the state response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This fun Sesame Street video asks children to guess what season is associated with what weather.Project Roomkey/Housing and Homelessness COVID Response How does the music represent the different seasons? Listen to The Four Seasons violin concerto by Vivaldi and discuss the different sounds.
Discuss what clothes to wear during each season.Make a bird feeder in winter and discuss why the birds might need help to find food.Use twigs and cotton wool to make a 3D winter sculpture.Make ice cubes and construct a winter wonderland in miniature.Make a rain collector and measure the amount of rain over a period of time.Observe the weather over a week and record the weather in a table, drawing or painting pictures to go with it.Be a weather presenter for the evening and act out the weather forecast.Go for a woodland walk in spring (to look at bluebells) and in autumn (to look at the trees and fallen leaves).Collect autumn leaves and create a collage or autumn picture.Point out the short days in winter and long evenings in summer.Cut pictures out of holiday brochures, catalogues or old cards and sort into summer and winter scenes.Talk about the seasons as they occur during the year, pointing out key signs such as autumn leaves, cold weather in winter, new life in spring and warm weather in summer.Watch the weather forecast with your child and discuss the weather.