Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Guidance:
- Respiratory Virus Guidance
- Detection and Mitigation of COVID-19 in Confinement Facilities Funding Guidance is the governing document that outlines funding requirements, allowable costs, and required and optional activities.
Reports, Guidance, and Toolkits
- Pandemic Toolkit: Resources from the COVID-19 Response in Confinement Facilities (June 2024)
- What Emergency Management Needs to Know about Corrections/What Corrections Needs to Know about Emergency Management (February 2024)
Peer Groups
The CDMCF TTA Center runs four peer groups that provide information sharing on COVID-related topics: Public Health Peer Group (for CDMCF ELC award recipients), Adult Prisons Peer Group, Jails Peer Group, and Juvenile Facilities Peer Group.
The peer groups:
- Cover relevant topics, such as the impact of the end to the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.
- Identify challenges with program execution and mitigation strategies.
- Discuss challenges with ongoing mitigation strategies.
- Help facilitate and foster networking opportunities.
The groups meet quarterly. If you are interested in joining the next peer group meeting, please send an email to [email protected] and note which group you would like to join.
Webinars
Recordings, presentation slides, and other webinar materials are available at the links below:
- CDC Respiratory Virus Guidance: What it Means for Correctional & Detention Facilities (March 2024)
- Office Hours: End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (May 2023)
- An Innovative Approach to Detect and Mitigate COVID-19 in New York State Local Jails (April 2023)
- Detection and Mitigation of COVID-19 in Confinement Facilities: Introductory Webinar for Confinement Facilities (January 2023)
- Detection and Mitigation of COVID-19 in Confinement Facilities: Introductory Webinar for Health Departments (November 2022)
- Detection and Mitigation of COVID-19 in Confinement Facilities Award Updates (September 2022) includes a panel discussion featuring CDMCF funding recipients from Washington, California, and Minnesota in how to reach local jails.
- COVID-19 in Correctional Facilities: Updates to CDC Guidance and Available Funding (July 2022)