Guidance and Resources for Parents and Guardians
- Home Quarantine Instructions for Under 18 – What to do if your child had close contact with someone
with COVID-19 (SFDPH, Updated 3/3/21) - Parent Handout: COVID-19 Health Checks/If Your Child has Symptoms (SFDPH, Updated 4/13/2021) [Vietnamese] [Spanish] [Russian] [Chinese] [Tagalog] [Arabic]
- Risk Acknowledgement by Parent/Legal Guardian (SFDPH, 9/11/2020) [Chinese] [Spanish] [Tagalog]
Additional guidance can be found on the COVID-19 information for the public page including:
Find isolation (for confirmed positive cases) and quarantine (for close contacts) guidance on the sfcdcp.org public information page here
- Housing Help - https://sf.gov/get-housing-help-during-coronavirus-pandemic
- Quarantining for COVID-19 – https://sf.gov/quarantining-covid-19
- Food Resources – https://sf.gov/get-food-resources
- Help with Utility Bills – https://sfwater.org/index.aspx?page=1330
- Help for seniors and people with disabilities – https://sf.gov/information/get-help-seniors-and-people-disabilities
- LGBTQ+ Community Services – https://sf.gov/information/get-lgbtq-community-services-during-coronavirus-outbreak
- Help For immigrants – https://sf.gov/information/help-immigrants-during-coronavirus
- Mental Health Resources – https://sf.gov/information/mental-health-and-substance-use-resources
Guidance and Resources for Schools, Childcare and Youth Programs
- Reopening TK-12 Schools for In-Person, On-Site Instruction: Interim Guidance for School Year 2020-2021 (SFDPH, Updated 3/21/2021) [Chinese] [Spanish] [Tagalog]
- Guidance for Institutions of Higher Education and Other Adult Education Programs for In-Person Instruction (SFDPH, Updated 3/23/2021) [Chinese] [Spanish] [Tagalog]
-
Interim Guidance for Out-of-School Time Programs (SFDPH, Updated 4/13/2021) [Chinese] [Tagalog] [Spanish]
- Interim Guidance for Child Care Programs (SFDPH, Updated 3/23/2021) [Tagalog] [Spanish] [Chinese] [Arabic]
- Interim Guidance: Family Resource Centers (SFDPH, Updated 10/19/20) [Chinese] [Spanish] [Tagalog]
- Guidance Mass Dental & Vision Screening at Schools, Childcares and Programs for Children and Youths (SFDPH, 3/4/2021) [Chinese] [Spanish] [Tagalog]
- COVID-19 Health Checks at Programs for Children and Youth (SFPDH, Updated 12/1/2020) [Chinese] [Spanish] [Tagalog] [Vietnamese] [Russian] [Arabic]
- Parent Handout: COVID-19 Symptom and Exposure Check/Returning to School after Symptoms (SFDPH, Updated 4/13/2021) [Vietnamese] [Spanish] [Russian] [Chinese] [Tagalog] [Arabic]
Additional guidance:
- Quick Guide for Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 in Schools, Childcare, and Programs for Children and Youth (SFDPH, Updated 2/11/2021) [Chinese] [Spanish] [Tagalog] [Vietnamese] [Russian] [Arabic]
Templates
- Close Contact Advisory — Children and Youth under 18 (SFDPH, Updated 3/3/21) [Spanish] [Chinese] [Tagalog] [Vietnamese] [Russian] [Arabic]
- Close Contact Advisory — Adult (SFDPH, Updated 3/3/21) [Spanish] [Chinese] [Tagalog] [Vietnamese] [Russian] [Arabic]
- General Exposure Advisory — Children and Youth under 18 (SFDPH, 11/29/20) [Spanish] [Chinese] [Tagalog] [Vietnamese] [Russian] [Arabic]
- General Exposure Advisory — Adult (SFDPH, 12/4/20) [Spanish] [Chinese] [Tagalog]
- Notification of an exposed school member sample letter (SFDPH, 11/29/20) [Spanish] [Chinese] [Tagalog] [Russian] [Arabic]
- Sample exposure investigation tool (SFDPH, 4/5/21) [Spanish] [Tagalog] [Chinese]
- List of Close Contacts for Schools, Childcare, and Programs for Children and Youth (sample template) (SFDPH, 4/12/21) [Spanish] [Chinese] [Tagalog] [Arabic]
See additional guidance for the following:
You can download flyers and posters about the public health order from the SF.GOV outreach toolkit.
Small businesses can request posters and flyers for free, for pickup or delivery.