Dothan, AL-Local COVID 19 Resources for You

During this transitional time, please view these local and online resources below to see what is available to you and your families.

**This list will be updated as more resources become available.**

TUTORING

Alabama residents from kindergarten students through college, plus adult learners. Get FREE help in math, science, English, social studies or writing from a live tutor. Tutor.com Homework help is available from 8 a.m. – 10 p.m. daily through May 31. No appointments needed. For more information, please visit: www.dhcls.org/homework.

Dothan Public Library https://www.dhcls.org/resources/

Age of Learning https://www.ageoflearning.com/

Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/

Achieve3000 https://www.achieve3000.com/

Alabama State Department of Education

https://aplsws1.apls.state.al.us/aplsnew/homework/

ACT TEST PREP

Register for the ACT, GET YOUR SCORES, ACCESS TEST PREP https://www.act.org/

ACT PREP & COVID-19

https://www.saeoc.org/post/act-resources-for-k-12-educators-and-students-to-help-you-through-covid-19?fbclid=IwAR14K_3NTk92fkK9zkicj4g1BmGkEBmHrmTgusk9u8WiLzRZEOR_aw8Zh6k

INTERNET RESOURCES

Comcast is offering two months of free service to TRIO (Talent Search) participants within their service area. Any TRIO student or client who is not currently a Comcast customer is eligible for this offer.

Internet Essentials is designed to be a wrap-around solution to directly confront every barrier to digital adoption by offering affordable Internet, subsidized computers, and free digital literacy training to eligible low-income families.

Interested households are asked to apply online at www.internetessentials.com. Please use the promo code TRIO2020. (Note that this offer is exclusively for TRIO participants.) The first two months of this service will be free. Afterwards, the monthly rate will be $9.95. However, participants may cancel this service at any time. Questions about signing up or using the service may be sent to internet_essentials_partner@comcast.com. Be sure to identify your TRIO program in such communications.

CONNECTING TO TALENT SEARCH

If anyone needs anything, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us! If we don’t have a solution, our staff will do our best to help with what we can. Below are the following ways to reach us during this time:

ETS FACEBOOK PAGE https://www.facebook.com/SAEOC.TalentSearch

ETS WEBSITE https://www.saeoc.org/

ETS PRIVATE GROUP

If you are a high school student that would like to join our private Talent Search Group on Facebook, please reach to Ashley Whaley or Dava Snell Foster on Facebook to get an invite or message us through our chat box located on https://www.saeoc.org/

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Alabama Department of Public Health www.adph.org

Southeast Health https://www.southeasthealth.org/

Dothan Family Guidance Center https://familyguidancecenter.org/about/

Wiregrass Hope https://www.wiregrasshope.com/

Spectracare of Dothan https://www.spectracare.org/

Mental Health Hotline Get the care you need 24/7 by calling 800-951-HELP(4357)

You can also call SAMHSA's National Helpline for this information at 1-800-662-HELP (4357) or 1-800-487-4889 (TDD)

Food

Dothan City Schools Child Nutrition Program (CNP) will provide lunch and snack meals during the COVID-19 school closures. Meals will be served via a curb-side method at six locations throughout the district beginning Wednesday, March 18. Meals pick up will take place between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm.

Please continue to check Dothan City Schools Urgent Update Center at dothan.k12.al.us/covid19 for further information and resources as it develops.

Alabama SNAP Program https://www.benefits.gov/benefit/1578

OTHER RESOURCES

www.al.com

www.cdc.org

www.dothan.k12.al.us

www.dothaneagle.com

www.dothanhoustoncountyema.org

www.emmanuelchristian.org

www.flowershospital.com

www.hcboe.us

www.houstonacademy.com

www.nmacademy.net

www.providencechristianschool.com

www.southeasthealth.org

www.troy.edu/about-us/dothan-campus

www.wallace.edu

www.wtvy.com

ACT Resources for K-12 Educators and Students to Help You Through COVID-19

Take advantage of our digital learning and workforce resources to assist students, teachers, and schools impacted by COVID-19.

Resources for K-12 Educators

ACT Academy

A free, student-driven resource for personalized test practice for the ACT® test, PreACT®, ACT® Tessera®, and ACT® Aspire®. ACT® Academy™ also offers a feature for teachers to understand their students’ mastery of math, ELA, and science concepts. (Also available in Spanish.)

icurio

Free classroom subscription providing access to more than 360,000 curated, vetted, and maintained standards-aligned resources from the best open educational resource (OER) providers.

SEL Home Connections

Provides structure for teachers or parents to introduce social and emotional learning (SEL) concepts to students while they are working at home.

HERA Science (Beta Version)

An adaptive learning system aimed to develop critical thinking skills through gamified, engaging digital activities, scientific phenomena, interactive simulations, real-time feedback, and scaffolding tools to support effective and meaningful learning.

Webinar: Social Emotional Learning and Equity—Follow the Data

Hear the most recent findings of ACT’s Center for Equity in Learning and how SEL can be leveraged to promote equity.

More K-12 Educator Resources

Resources for Students and Parents

FREE Kaplan Live ACT Test Prep

ACT Bootcamp—Join expert instructors as students learn how to tackle some of the most common question types on the ACT.

• Wednesday, April 29 | 7 – 8:30 p.m. ET | Register

Studying for the ACT: How to Stay Motivated—Click the livestream at these times:

• Wednesday, April 1 | 7 – 8:30 p.m. ET | Livestream

• Saturday, April 4 | 1 – 2:30 p.m. ET | Livestream

ACT Prep Class—Help students succeed on the ACT Reading test.

• Saturday, April 18 | 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET | Register

ACT Academy

Free, personalized online learning tool and test practices featuring video lessons, interactive questions, full-length practice tests, educational games, and other materials targeted to students’ academic needs.

American College Application Campaign’s College Research Worksheet

Downloadable guide to help students understand match, fit, and cost when researching colleges and identifying to which colleges they want to apply.

ACT Voice-Based Assistant (Beta Version)

Amazon Alexa skill providing an ACT assistant that guides users through the ACT registration process, including finding test dates and locations. Users can set up the skill for test-taking tips and set reminders for test dates and registration deadlines.

More Student and Parent Resources

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