The COVID-19 pandemic has forced widespread school and childcare center closures, disrupting the education, health, and well-being of students, families, and communities. Silicon Valley Community Foundation, in partnership with the San Mateo County and Santa Clara County Offices of Education, has established the COVID-19 Education Partnership, an initiative to support the needs of our local county offices of education and school districts through this unprecedented crisis.
Funding will expand the capacity of local school districts and the County Offices of Education to address immediate challenges and long-term recovery efforts related to COVID-19, including but not limited to:
- Social and emotional health and wellness supports for students, families and staff
- Distance learning, including IT infrastructure and equipment, technical assistance and training for teachers and staff, supports for students with special needs and dual language learners
- Emergency child care centers, including additional staffing needs, materials and program, health care and cleaning supplies
- Continued and/or expanded access to nutrition services
- Family engagement strategies
- Other extraordinary measures required to address the COVID-19 crisis and shelter-in-place orders
Your generous contribution can have an immediate impact on students, teachers, and public school districts in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, leveraging collaborative support for the COVID- 19 Education Partnership initiative from multiple funders such as the following:
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation - $1 million
- Genentech - $1million
