• UPDATE 3/25 12:30PM: Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (Full Text)
• Masssachusetts DPH Coronavirus info and resources
• City of Cambridge Coronavirus info and resources
• State House News Service Coronavirus Tracker
• UPDATE 3/23: Emergency Order restricts physical business openings to “COVID-19 Essential Services” ONLY
• The Baker-Polito Administration issued a list of designated businesses and other organizations that provide essential services and workforces related to COVID-19 that shall continue to operate brick and mortar facilities during this two-week time period. See the list.
• UPDATE 3/24 PM Attention Essential Personnel: Emergency Child Care available through Seven Hills (full state listing)
• Workforce measures being undertaken by the Baker-Polito Administration:
  • Mass.gov COVID-19 Update Page
  • Massachusetts COVID-19 Workforce Measures
  • Information on Unemployment and Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Para más información sobre el seguro de desempleo en español vaya a la página web
  • Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA)
  • Apply for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
  • Información de desempleo de Massachusetts sobre el virus COVID-19

• • • • • • • Virtual Town Halls
            • Contact Request Form (if someone has difficulty filing for UI online)

If you have been laid off due to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here for expedited unemployment insurance claim information.

How to File an Unemployment Compensation Claim (PowerPoint: Filing a UI Claim)

Direct link to file an unemployment claim

From Massachusetts DUA: DUA COVID-19 Information page

Be a Healthcare Hero: Find employment in a Massachusetts long term care facility and you may be eligible for a $1,000 signing bonus.

Working part time while receiving unemployment benefits

Daily town hall meetings: Constituents are walked through how to achieve a successful unemployment claim; DUA staff field questions.

Emergency Regs (430 CMR 22.00) to address hardship caused to workers and employers

Winn Companies – Search for services, resources.

Monday Job Seekers Connection with Michele Rocray – April 20th

Events for 50plus Job seekers

ABCD Tax Assistance

Employers affected by the COVID-19 outbreak should click here (and see below) for special employer unemployment information. Additional Resources for Employers(word doc)

‘Futures Fund’ aims to create credit lines for minority-owned small businesses.