COVID-19 Volunteer Interest Form The Neighborhood Developers (TND) and CONNECT

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**UPDATE as of 6/3/2020**: as the crisis has unfolded, the need for emergency rental assistance for families that have been affected by COVID-19 has spiked. As such, as a volunteer on our hotline, you will likely be aiding with the RAFT rental assistance program described below: pre-screening for eligibility, assisting with applications, and working with property owners.

Thank you so much for your interest in volunteering to connect residents of Chelsea, Revere and surrounding communities to essential resources to help them make it through this unprecedented time. Please note that at this time we have a long list of volunteers waiting to get plugged in. We will do our best to incorporate all interested volunteers as soon as possible! Due to our community members' needs and our staff capacity, we will also be prioritizing respondents who have Spanish language ability, and/or are able to commit a certain number of hours.

At CONNECT at the Neighborhood Developers, families and individuals in our community can call our hotline and receive assistance accessing necessities such as unemployment benefits, emergency rental assistance, SNAP food benefits, internet, economic impact payments, and more. You can learn more about CONNECT here: https://www.connectnow.org/ and the Neighborhood Developers here: http://theneighborhooddevelopers.org. For an overview of our services in response to the COVID-19 outbreak here, visit http://theneighborhooddevelopers.org/our-response.

As a volunteer on our hotline, you will be responding to incoming calls and following up with community members looking to access different forms of financial assistance. In this process, you will likely be handling sensitive information. Because of this, a CORI check is required of all volunteers, and will be emailed prior to starting to handle calls.

Please note that this interest form is connecting you specifically to CONNECT at the Neighborhood Developers; the first wave of volunteers will get plugged in to our efforts here at CONNECT. But, as we hear back from our community partners in Chelsea, and possibly Revere, about their interest and need for volunteers for their resource hotlines, we envision possibly connecting you to them as well, so please know that the information you enter here may be shared broadly in this way. However, we will always reach out to you before sharing your information with anyone else.

Name *

Phone Number *

Email *

Mailing Address (Street Name, City, State, Zipcode)

How did you hear about volunteering? *

Mutual Aid MAMAS

Cambridge Mutual Aid Network

Tufts Spanish Department

Harvard Medical School

TND / CONNECT Staff Member

My Employer

Other:

If you selected "My Employer," please tell us who your employer is.

Please rank your level of proficiency for the following languages. Due to the greatest needs in our community, please note that we are prioritizing Spanish speakers at the moment. *

N/A

Basic Conversational

Proficient

Fluent

Native Speaker

English

Spanish

Arabic

Portuguese

Haitian Creole

Vietnamese

Other

If you selected "Other," please tell us what language(s) you speak.

Can you commit to volunteering for at least 3 weeks? *

Yes

How many hours a week can you commit to volunteering? We are asking for a minimum of a 5 hour per week commitment. *

During which chunks of time are you available to volunteer? *

Not available

Morning (8am - 12pm)

Early Afternoon (12pm - 3pm)

Late Afternoon (2pm - 5pm)

Evening (5pm - 8pm)

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Is there anything else we should know about your availability?

There are a number of different opportunities to assist people with different needs. Which of the following are you interested in assisting with? Please select all that apply. *

Unemployment - screening for eligibility, assisting with applications, and/or assisting with responding to requests

RAFT rental assistance program - pre-screening for eligibility and assisting with applications

Technology assistance - connecting to internet, creating email accounts, answering general questions

Economic Impact Payments - answering questions, assisting those who did not file taxes to request payment

SNAP (formerly Food Stamps) - screening and assisting with applications

Required

Do you have access to a phone, internet, and computer; and are you comfortable using a computer? *

Yes

Tell us a little about yourself! Do you have any relevant experience you would like to share? *

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