Emergency Preparedness

During COVID-19, hospitals may not have enough beds and supplies to help everyone who needs it. Hospitals may not have enough ventilators for everyone who needs one. Doctors may have to make decisions about who gets help.

Some doctors and hospitals have a “no visitors” rule because of COVID-19. The State of California sent a Letter¹ to hospitals and other health facilities about these rules. The Letter says that people with disabilities sometimes need to bring a support person with them to the hospital or the doctor.

If you need support from your regional center during COVID-19 and you have not received a response from your service coordinator, you can do the following

Our organizations have received numerous questions about how SSI recipients will receive the payments that were provided to every adult and child in the country with a Social Security number in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES).

Current updates for the CalFresh program due to the Coronavirus.

Economic impact or stimulus payments start in the next 3 weeks as of April 1, 2020.  

This is for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who live on their own or with family and receive services from “regional centers.”

This is for people with mental health disabilities who are affected by COVID-19.

A lot of people are talking about evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some are wondering what the governor said about evictions. Others want to know if they can be evicted right now. In this fact sheet, we will talk evictions.

This is for people on Medi-Cal who are not sure how they’ll get their medications.

Because of the COVID-19 emergency, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) which runs California’s Medi-Cal program, is helping Medi-Cal beneficiaries get the services and care that they need.

This is for people who get in-home care, like In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS), to help you plan if your providers cannot come to your home.

Because of the COVID-19 emergency, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), which runs California’s Medi-Cal program, is putting policies in place to help people apply for Medi-Cal more easily or just keep existing coverage.