COVID-19 Pandemic Resources

Trusted Coronavirus & COVID-19 Resources:

Concerned about the Coronavirus (COVID-19)? Below you can find trusted resources and valid information.

• Nebraska Health and Human Services: Coronavirus Disease
• Local Health Department Contacts for Nebraska Residents
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC): Coronavirus
• President Trump’s Coronavirus Guidelines for America: Fifteen Days to Slow the Spread
• Nebraska Douglas County Coronavirus Information
• Douglas County Information Line for Coronavirus
• Methodist Hospital Coronavirus Hotline & Information
• Nebraska Medicine: Coronavirus
• World Health Organization (WHO): Coronavirus
• CDC Testing for Coronavirus and Coronavirus Self-Checker
• Coronavirus, Social Distancing, and Self-Quarantine from John Hopkins University

Important Government Links:

Need to apply for unemployment, register your family for the 2020 Census, or access other important government resources?

• Register your family for the 2020 Census
• Apply for unemployment
• Request an Early Voting Ballot
• Feeling Lonely, Isolated, or Depressed?
• Nebraska State Suicide Prevention Center
• Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging
• Student Loan Forbearance due to Coronavirus

Homeschooling Resources

The resources below include virtual storytimes, free ebooks, and more to keep your child reading while social distancing.

• Beginners FREE Digital eBookshelf
• Elementary FREE Digital eBookshelf
• Middle Grades FREE Digital eBookshelf
• FREE Online Research Database for Beginner Readers
• Operation Storytime
• TODAY Show: How to Homeschool During Coronavirus Crisis with Free Resources
• The Storytime Family
• Enjoy ebooks and eaudiobooks with the free Libby app
• TED-Ed@Home: Lesson Plans by Experts
• Free Video Content with DOG MAN author Dav Pilkey and Library of Congress
• Good Night With Dolly: Free Story Time with Dolly Parton