Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund partnersannounce latest round of grantmaking

Community raises more than $7.6 million, grants approach $2.8 million in support of frontline nonprofit organizations in Greater Cleveland

CLEVELAND (April 17, 2020) – The Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund coalition announced today its fourth round of weekly grants to support the Greater Cleveland nonprofit community, which continues to face unprecedented challenges during the ongoing pandemic. In total, $492,713 was awarded to 12 organizations and groups serving Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties, bringing the overall grantmaking amount to nearly $2.8 million in the month since the Fund’s creation.

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Eye on Ohio: UI system collapse

“It literally consumes everything I do”: Ohioans desperate to reach unemployment hotline as calls dropped, claims languish

-Jessica Zalants

By Cid Standifer [for Eye on Ohio]

Marcia Gassaway was in the first wave of Ohioans put out of work by COVID-19.

The single mom from Cleveland went to the emergency room on March 15. Due to her coronavirus-like symptoms, doctors ordered that she be quarantined at a special facility.

Now, she’s recovering at home with her children, calling the unemployment help line over and over again.

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Statement by the Northeast Ohio Newspaper Guild Local 1

Facebook Post, April 7, 2020

by The Plain Dealer News Guild

The Plain Dealer newsroom will no longer be covering Cleveland, Cuyahoga County or the state of Ohio.

Editor Tim Warsinskey announced Monday to the 14 remaining staff members that the newsroom would, with a few exceptions, become a bureau covering five outlying counties: Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina and Portage.

The move would bar most of the reporters from covering stories in Cuyahoga and Summit counties, as well as statewide issues, where they have developed expertise and have institutional knowledge.

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NYT: The Federal Reserve announced an emergency lending program to keep credit flowing, saying it will buy up commercial paper, a type of short-term debt.

SMALL BUSINESS ALERT The Federal Reserve said it would try to keep credit flowing to households and businesses by buying up commercial paper, short-term promissory notes companies use to fund themselves. At the same time, the Trump administration is preparing to ask for about $850 billion in additional stimulus to…

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Second Confirmed Case of COVID-19 in Cleveland; Cleveland bars, restaurants will close at 9pm tonight; City of Cleveland updates on Coronavirus (COVID-19) protocols

In accordance with Mayor Frank G. Jackson’s recent Proclamation of Civil Emergency, the City of Cleveland continues to take numerous precautions across multiple departments and divisions amid increasing cases of coronavirus (COVID-19). Click here to view the mayor’s declaration. The City continues to work in partnership with local safety agencies, county public…

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City of Cleveland Reports First Confirmed Case of COVID-19

The City of Cleveland and the Cleveland Department of Public Health (CDPH) have been notified of a confirmed test result for coronavirus (COVID-19) in a resident of the city. This is the first confirmed result for Cleveland. The confirmed individual is a male, between ages 30-40 who recently returned from…

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CEO Eric Gordon updates the community on CMSD’s response to the coronavirus. Information on meals for students and more.

Keep updated on all CMSD #COVID-19 / #Coronavirus planning at clevelandmetroschools.org/Coronavirus Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered the closing of schools for three weeks as part of state efforts to contain spread of the coronavirus. CMSD students’ last day of classes before the break was Friday, March 13. The District will…

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Cleveland Metropolitan School District Update to Families from CEO Gordon

For the latest information and resources on the coronavirus, click here. March 12, 2020 To Parents & Caregivers of CMSD Students: At approximately 2:45 PM today, Governor DeWine order the closure of all Ohio schools beginning at the close of business on Monday, March 16th for a three-week period.  While the implications and…

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