Pennsylvania Department of Health |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: |
If you own a business: See the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry’s webpage dedicated to helping businesses deal with coronavirus concerns at www.pachamber.org/coronavirus. Another great local resource for the Lehigh Valley is The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce COVID-19 Updates
If you are unemployed: Here’s information about filing for unemployment benefits. UC Benefits and Information for PA Employees impacted by COVID-19
If you’re looking for a job: Have you lost your job due to COVID-19 related business closures? Employers across the state are in need of hiring thousands of critical roles. View essential businesses’ job opportunities through this resource from Pennsylvania CareerLink.
Virtual Services by CareerlinkWe also recommend the following job resources:
Discover job resources for Pennsylvania job seekers and employers. These Pennsylvania government provided resources are designed to help you find a good career, review job openings, and match you with employers.
Utility assistance
While we're unable to circulate print materials, you can use your library card to read a magazine via Rbdigital, a newspaper via NewsBank, or an ebook using Libby or Hoopla. Biblioboard also offers ebooks – are you ready to try reading some classics? Or consider reading a poem a day if your attention span is limited these days. Find your next great book recommendation on NoveList or Books & Authors.
Use your library card to listen to an audiobook on Libby or find audiobooks, music, and video on Hoopla. Some other literary listening that is free for anyone: Librivox has crowd-sourced audiobooks for older titles that are in the public domain, and former Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton is reading aloud fiction for adults. Watch movies, documentaries, and TV shows on AccessVideo.
If you're getting bored at home, try out a how-to tutorial video, cooking an international recipe or learning a language with Rosetta Stone, or taking a course through UniversalClass. (Just make sure to add PCL before your library card number to log in to UniversalClass).
Practice self-care:
Try free meditations from Headspace or find wellness and exercise videos through UniversalClass or AccessVideo. Get support for your mental health in a local online support group offered by The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)-Lehigh Valley.
Are you in crisis? If you are in a suicidal crisis or in emotional distress, the Suicide Prevention Lifeline can be reached 24/7 at 1-800-273-8255 or online resources. If you are experiencing abuse at home, Turning Point Lehigh Valley offers a helpline 24/7 at 1-610-437-3369.
Do something to help others:
Here are some local organizations that you can help.
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