Covid Information

We hope the Arc of Genesee Orleans Community finds this information helpful during these extraordinary times.

NEW: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UPDATE - POSTED November 16, 2020

General Information

CDC

COVID Travel Advisory Information including restricted states

OPWDD

OPWDD COVID-19 Procedures & Practices

OPWDD GUIDANCE REGARDING:

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COVID-19 PLAIN LANGUAGE MATERIALS PROVIDE BY OPWDD

Your partnership and support has never been more important. As New York State and OPWDD continue to navigate the COVID-19 public health emergency, we appreciate your dedication to protecting the staff and individuals within our service system. Now, as we prepare for reopening and slowly going back out into the community, we must help the people we support understand how to keep themselves safe. We need your help to do this. With the input of self-advocates, OPWDD has created several informational aids and resource materials that will help ensure everyone understands basic information about COVID-19 and our response to it. We need your help in distributing this information broadly to the people we support and the staff who support them.

These materials are as follows:

"COVID-19 In Plain Language," a document available in multiple languages that explains how the virus is transmitted and how to stay safe and stop the spread.
A series of short videos posted on the OPWDD website that explain the key elements of remaining healthy in the age of COVID-19: Proper Handwashing, Social Distancing, Wearing a Mask, All About COVID-19, and How to Greet Friends and Family.
COVID-19 “Protect Yourself and Others” Poster & Palm Card

All these materials are accessible from the COVID-19 In Plain Language resource page on the OPWDD website. All of them are designed to provide clear, understandable information to the people we support.

In addition, we have created training materials for staff to use to help educate people about how they can keep themselves safe which are attached to this email. I hope your staff will find them to be useful for themselves and as they interact daily with individuals with developmental disabilities and their caregivers. I ask that you make these available to all your direct support professionals and their supervisors.

Thank you for all you do every day and for your support in making these materials available. Working together, we will ensure that the people we support, their families and caregivers, and our direct support workforce, are armed with the information and skills they need to remain safe and healthy.

Sincerely,

Theodore Kastner, M.D., M.S.
Commissioner

COVID-19 Talking Points

COVID-19 PowerPoint