Employee Assistance and Other Help

This list, distributed bi-weekly, will be updated every time there is a new resource.

MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING

1. Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Phone: 1800 273 8255
2. Crisis Text Line.  Text "home" to 741741 to be connected with a trained crisis counselor via text.  Go to www.crisistexline.org for more information.
3. Employee Assistance Counseling and Mental Health Telemedicine
   1. This program has currently waived e-counseling copays. 
      1. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona: Download Blue Care Anywhere
      2. Cigna: Download AmWell or MD Live
      3. United Healthcare: Download AmWell, Doctor on Demand, or Teladoc
4. National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1800 799 SAFE; 1800 799 7233
5. EMPACTSOS - Online support group for those who have lost loved ones to suicide
6. EPA Guidance on Disinfecting Public Spaces, Workplaces, Businesses, Schools, and Homes
7. UA Life and Work Connections: counseling services, information on child and elder care, and health coaching
8. COVID-19 Testing
9. COVID-19 Updates from the Arizona Department of Health Services
10. Apply for Employee Emergency Assistance
11. Working Parent Wednesdays - Share parenting tips with fellow Wildcats, Wednesdays at 2:00pm
12. Community Online Academy: Academy of Health/Wellness and Learning/Development for Kids and Adults
13. Coronavirus and Food Safety - A comprehensive guide
14. COVID-19 Rental Eviction Prevention Assistance from the Arizona Department of Housing
15. Campus Rec Live Yoga Classes and Exercise Videos
16. Spring 2020 Recreation Movement 5 Million Minutes of Movement

FINANCIAL RESOURCES

1. UA Community Financial Resources
   1. Employee Emergency Fund
   2. Food Assistance
   3. Mortgage and Rental Assistance
   4. Unemployment Benefits

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1. Know and go Webinars Pedagogy and practice of online teaching from University of Arizona OIA

OF LOCAL INTEREST

1. Arizona Restaurant Week - Listing of Restaurants with Takeout throughout Arizona, searchable by city
2. Current Listing of 500 Tucson-Area Restaurants with Takeout

Please email Jeannie McLain (mclainj@arizona.edu) with additions to share with your colleagues.