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From: myysbyy via chicago-aneinu <chicago-aneinu@googlegroups.com>
Date: 8/20/20 7:21 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: myysbyy@aol.com
Subject: [chicago-aneinu] An Update from the Agudah
| August 20, 2020 Dear Community Agudath Israel of Illinois joins Klal Yisroel in mourning the loss of Harav Chaim Dov Keller zt"l, Rosh Hayeshiva Telshe-Chicago. In addition to guiding and elevating 6 decades of talmidim, Rav Keller was an eloquent and clear spokesman for Torah Judaism both in the written world and at our conventions and other events around the world. May the family and the Yeshiva be zoche to a nechama and be able to carry on Rav Keller zt"l's illustrious legacy for generations to come. Baruch Hashem, several Yeshivas have already started their new zman, and the rest of the schools, yeshivas and seminaries will be starting over the next two weeks. Each institution worked tirelessly, investing thousands of dollars over the summer to upgrade their campuses with all the necessary safety precautions and have communicated well-planned and thought out safety protocols to their parent body. A big thank you to these institutions for doing everything they can to ensure that our children start the school year on time in a safe environment. It has been our honor to work together and give guidance to many of these schools. May each student have a safe, healthy, and uninterrupted great year of school! Finally, if you haven't taken the census yet. Please do so soon. Your ten minutes can bring in tens of thousands of dollars to our community. Wishing you all the best, | | | If you did not receive this email directly and would like to receive it in the future, please click here. | | School Update A webinar being offered exclusively for Orthodox Jewish school leaders by the Chicago Department of Public Health was arranged by Agudath Israel of Illinois for tomorrow, Friday, August 21st. Renown pediatrics infectious disease specialist, CDPH Medical Director Dr. Marielle Fricchione, will present and host the virtual town hall, where she'll address challenges and questions unique to our community and schools. Agudath Israel thanks Mayor Lori Lightfoot; Julie Burnett, Director of Curriculum, Innovation and Reform at CPS; Dr. Marielle Fricchione, and the Chicago Department of Public Health. | | Testing: To accommodate the need for testing as many students will need to be tested before returning to schools and yeshivos, Refuah 311 is offering Covid-19 testing. Please call: 773.508.0311 for more information. | | Chicago Travel Order Updates: On Tuesday the City announced that Wisconsin and Nebraska are being taken off Illinois's quarantine list. Those traveling back from those states will not need to quarantine upon return. Please see the map below which includes all states currently covered by the travel order . | | | This month, Agudath Israel of Illinois in conjunction with Agudath Israel of America, is proud to present an additional incentive for census participation. Each household that completes the census will be entered into a raffle to win $2,500. Simply send a screenshot that you completed the census to census@agudah.org and your family will be included in the pot. If you have already completed the census - no worries! Just complete the form on www.Agudah.org/census and you will be included as well. The census can be completed at my2020census.gov or by calling 773-279-8400, extension 261. | | | New Covid-19 Tracking & Tracing for the Orthodox Jewish Community of Greater Chicago As our children return to yeshiva/school, we want to ensure that the environment is a safe as possible, and if there are positive Covid-19 cases, we can respond appropriately. Having real-time accurate information to act surgically and swiftly is critical to keeping our schools, shuls, and other mosdos open and operating, while keeping the community safe. To do so, Agudah has created a platform that tracks Covid-19 cases in the community, and even helps identify through which venues the virus is being transmitted. In addition to partnering with schools, physicians, healthcare providers and other community organizations, the platform relies on individuals to self-report. They can remain anonymous and all information will be kept strictly confidential. This will be supplemented with a volunteer contact tracing initiative for the Orthodox Jewish community. If you are experiencing Covid-19 symptoms or tested positive, please visit: https://cojent.org/ | | | PANDEMIC EBT FOOD BENEFITS DEADLINE EXTENDED The Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) has extended the deadline to Aug. 31 to apply for the extra benefit of $340 per child available for March to June 2020. - Families whose children received free or reduced-price lunch at school last spring might be eligible for additional funding, which is called P-EBT.
- Families that already receive SNAP benefits will have these funds automatically loaded onto their Link cards.
- Families do not have to be eligible for SNAP to receive P-EBT. The only requirement is that their child attended a school that participates in the National School Lunch Program and was eligible to receive free or reduced-price meals.
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To apply for P-EBT click here. If you need assistance with the application process and don't have internet access please call our office 773-279-8400 extension 261. MORTGAGE RELIEF If you've been unable to pay your mortgage due to COVID-19, the City has released a program to assist. - It's important to reach out to your mortgage servicer on a regular basis about your situation.
- Funds are limited so complete your application as soon as possible. Only one application per household is allowed and an application is not a guarantee of assistance.
- If you are approved, you will receive a grant of up to $15,000 that will be sent to your servicer to be applied against your mortgage. You may receive less than $15,000.
If you need assistance with the application process and don't have internet access, please call our office 773-279-8400 extension 261. To apply please click here. Please note that the site is down until August 24 when it will reopen for Mortgage Relief Applications. | | Click here for a list of government financial programs. call (773) 279-8400 ext. 261, | | | If you missed last week's comprehensive update that contained additional relevant information, you can view it here. | | | | | | |
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