GENERAL HELP FORM  

If you live in this area and need assistance, please complete this form.  We are also willing to help TESD employees who might live outside the area during these unusual coronavirus-related times!  Be sure you identify where you live and if you are not local what/where your TESD job is so we can confirm your request.  We are VERY confidential in our assistance, so don’t hesitate to ask!

Resources for help during COVID-19

General Resources

• General Resources for assistance – includes info on health insurance, utility and child care assistance, etc. etc.  Lots of topics.
• Unemployment questions – includes info on unemployment and how it will work
• Extra $600/week questions – this can help to explain who gets the extra $600/week in unemployment.
• Stimulus check information – includes info on how to get your stimulus checks
• Student Loans – includes info if you are currently paying any government-offered student loans

Food Resources (at the food pantries during the pandemic – no registrations are needed)

• Free & Reduced Meal Assistance – for students in the T/E School District; if you haven’t qualified in the past but now have reduced income – you might want to apply again – breakfast and lunch food is being made available to qualified students each week. (Students outside of TESD should check with their own district’s website.)
• Great Valley Food Cupboard – at Baptist Church near Gateway Shopping Center; you do not need to be a member of the church; open 11-2 on Tuesday.
• Wayne Church Food Pantry – at Wayne United Methodist Church; you do not need to be a member; open 9-1 on Wednesday and Thursday
• Church of the Good Samaritan Food Closet – at Good Sam Church in Paoli; you do not need to be a member; open 9-11 the first and third Thursdays, and  5pm-7pm the second and fourth Thursday evenings.
• Upper Main Line Y Food Drive – at UMLY, 1416 Berwyn Paoli Rd, Berwyn; sign up at this link and pick up food on Fridays (sign up every week).  Pick your time and pull up in front of the Carriage House.  They will bring the food to you.
• West Chester Food Cupboard, 431 S. Bolmar St., West Chester, 610-344-3175, wcfood@gmail.com; Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays – 8:30am-11:30am; provides non-perishable items, fresh produce, dairy, meat products, breads, desserts, and some toiletries and personal care items (diapers, too).  You may need to show driver’s license or utility bill to prove PA residency.

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