Silicon Valley Community Foundation: COVID-19 Education Partnership
Help for Students & Teachers
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced widespread school and childcare center closures, disrupting the education, health and well-being of students, families and communities. Silicon Valley Community Foundation, in partnership with the San Mateo County and Santa Clara County Offices of Education, has established the COVID-19 Education Partnership, an initiative to support the needs of our local county offices of education and school districts through this unprecedented crisis.
Impact
Funding will expand the capacity of local school districts and the County Offices of Education to address immediate challenges and long-term recovery efforts related to COVID-19, including but not limited to:
- Social and emotional health and wellness support for students, families and staff
- Distance learning, including IT infrastructure and equipment, technical assistance and training for teachers and staff, support for students with special needs and dual language learners
- Emergency child care centers, including additional staffing needs, program materials, health care and cleaning supplies
- Continued and/or expanded access to nutrition services
- Family engagement strategies
- Other extraordinary measures required to address the COVID-19 crisis and shelter-in-place orders
At this time, funding is only available to San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. However, we are exploring possibilities to expand the reach of this fund to include other counties. To learn more about becoming a partner in our education response and recovery effort, contact Michelle Sioson Hyman at mshyman@siliconvalleycf.org.