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 8/10/21) - Parent Handout: COVID-19 Symptom and Exposure Check/Returning to School after Symptoms (SFDPH, Updated 8/11/2021) [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
TK-12
- Reopening TK-12 Schools for In-Person, On-Site Instruction: Interim Guidance for School Year 2020-2021 (SFDPH, Updated 9/10/2021) [Chinese] [Spanish] [Tagalog]
Higher Education
- CDC Guidance for Institutions on Higher Education (IHEs)
- CDC COVID-19 Guidance for Shared or Congregate Housing
- CDC Cleaning and Disinfection for Community Facilities
- Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS)
- CDC Guidance for International Students and Vaccines
- The NCAA Resocialization of College Sports
- Programs for Children and Youth: Childcare, Out-of-School Time Programs, and Day Camps (SFDPH, Updated 9/10/2021) [Chinese] [Spanish] [Tagalog]
Interim Guidance: Family Resource Centers (SFDPH, Retired 7/20/21)
- Guidance Mass Dental & Vision Screening at Schools, Childcares and Programs for Children and Youths (SFDPH, 5/10/2021) [Chinese] [Spanish] [Tagalog]
- Parent Handout: COVID-19 Symptom and Exposure Check/Returning to School after Symptoms (SFDPH, Updated 8/11/2021) [Vietnamese] [Spanish] [Russian] [Chinese] [Tagalog] [Arabic]
Additional guidance:
- Guide to COVID-19 infections, symptoms, and exposures (SFDPH webpage)
- Returning to School After COVID-19 (SFDPH webpage)
- Printable Quick Guide for Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 for Schools, Childcares, and Programs for Children and Youth (Updated 8/24/2021) [Chinese] [Spanish] [Tagalog] [Vietnamese] [Russian] [Arabic]
- Home Quarantine Instructions for those Under 18 (SFDPH webpage)
Templates
- Close Contact Advisory — Children and Youth under 18 (SFDPH, Updated 8/10/21) [Spanish] [Chinese] [Tagalog] [Vietnamese] [Russian] [Arabic]
- Close Contact Advisory — Adult (SFDPH, Updated 8/10/21) [Spanish] [Chinese] [Tagalog] [Vietnamese] [Russian] [Arabic]
- General Exposure Advisory — Children and Youth under 18 (SFDPH, 8/10/21) [Spanish] [Chinese] [Tagalog] [Vietnamese] [Russian] [Arabic]
- General Exposure Advisory — Adult (SFDPH, 8/11/21) [Spanish] [Chinese] [Tagalog]
- TK-12 Schools Only: Modified Quarantine Advisory (SFDPH, 8/10/21)
- Notification that a Student or Staff Member is in Quarantine for COVID-19 Exposure(SFDPH, Update 8/10/21) [Spanish] [Chinese] [Tagalog] [Russian] [Arabic]
- Sample Exposure Investigation Tool (SFDPH, 8/24/21) [Spanish] [Tagalog] [Chinese]
- List of Close Contacts for Schools, Childcare, and Programs for Children and Youth (sample template) (SFDPH, 7/26/21) [Spanish] [Chinese] [Tagalog] [Arabic]
- Outdoor Exposure Advisory Sample Letter Youth (SFDPH, 8/12/21)
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.