New Material on Infectious Disease Preparedness Guidance for Homeless Assistance Providers
The HUD Exchange sent an email of links to new material from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for Homeless Assistance Providers. The new materials include the following:
- CDC: Interim Guidance for Homeless Service Providers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19);
- Questions to Assist CoCs and Public Health Authorities to Limit the Spread of Infectious Disease in Homeless Programs (March 9, 2020);
- Specific Considerations for Public Health Authorities to Limit Infection Risk Among People Experiencing Homelessness (March 9, 2020); and
- Eligible ESG costs for Infectious Disease Preparedness (March 5, 2020).
The email also provides a link to the CDC: Interim Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Recommendations for US Community Facilities with Suspected/Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Finally, HUD notes that it has portal where individuals can ask questions about preventing or responding to the threat of infectious diseases, which can be found here.