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, 1/19/21) - Parent Handout: COVID-19 Health Checks/If Your Child has Symptoms (SFDPH, Updated 12/1/2020) Updated Translations Pending [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 1/27/2021) [Chinese] [Spanish] [Tagalog]
- Guidance for Institutions of Higher Education and Other Adult Education Programs for In-Person Instruction (SFDPH, Updated 10/27/20) [Chinese] [Spanish] [Tagalog]
- Interim Guidance for Child Care Programs (SFDPH, Updated 1/4/2021) [Tagalog] [Spanish] [Chinese] [Arabic]
- Interim Guidance for Out-of-School Time Programs (SFDPH, Updated 1/4/2021) [Chinese] [Tagalog] [Spanish]
- Interim Guidance: Family Resource Centers (SFDPH, Updated 10/19/20) [Chinese] [Spanish] [Tagalog]
- Tip Sheet: Reducing COVID-19 Risks for Learning Pods (SFDPH, Updated 9/9/2020) [Chinese] [Spanish] [Tagalog] [Vietnamese] [ [Russian]
- Links where Providers Must Register: Links for Childcare, Community Learning Hubs, and School-Year Out-of-School Time Programs
- 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 Health Checks/If Your Child has Symptoms (SFDPH, Updated 12/1/2020) [Vietnamese] [Spanish] [Russian] [Chinese] [Tagalog] [Arabic]
Additional guidance:
- When someone has suspected or confirmed COVID-19: Quick Guide for Schools, Childcare, and Programs for Children and Youth (SFDPH, Updated 12/29/2020) [Chinese] [Spanish] [Tagalog] [Vietnamese] [Russian] [Arabic]
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): COVID 19 Contact Tracing At Schools, Childcares, and Programs for Children and Youth (SFDPH, Update: 11/29/2020) [Spanish] [Chinese] [Tagalog] [Vietnamese] [Arabic]
Templates
- Close Contact Advisory — Children and Youth under 18 (SFDPH, Updated 1/19/20) [Spanish] [Chinese] [Tagalog] [Vietnamese] [Russian] [Arabic]
- Close Contact Advisory — Adult (SFDPH, Updated 1/14/20) [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, 12/1/20) [Spanish] [Tagalog] [Chinese]
- List of Close Contacts for Schools, Childcare, and Programs for Children and Youth (sample template) (SFDPH, 11/29/20) [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.
Overview of Covid Liaison Guide
This guide is intended for use by administrators and designated COVID Liaisons at schools, child care centers and child- and youth-serving agencies located in the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF). The purpose of this guide is to help schools and programs in the CCSF to respond to COVID-19 exposures, as well as suspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases, in their student and staff communities.
This document:
- provides links to key local and state guidance;
- describes the role of the COVID Liaison;
- defines key terms related to this role;
- maps out how to respond to the most common COVID-19 scenarios;
- presents criteria to determine when individuals may return to school or a program following suspected or confirmed instances of COVID-19; and
- offers tools, templates and resources for individuals serving as COVID Liaisons and their organizations.