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As the COVID-19 public health and economic crisis exposes the cracks in our public infrastructure, we remain ever-committed to our work advocating for the health, safety, and prosperity of all North Carolinians.
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YOUR RIGHTS. Please click here for information in English and Spanish about your rights, access, and frequently asked questions. // Por favor haga clic aquí para publicaciones sobre sus derechos, acceso, y preguntas frecuentes en español y en ingles.
- LEGAL ASSISTANCE: Visit Legal Aid for North Carolina; Pisgah Legal Services; Charlotte Center for Legal Services
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YOUR HEALTH: The CDC is continually assessing the situation and providing recommendations. Find the most recent updates to ensure you are taking the proper precautions to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
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YOUR FUTURE: Our lawmakers have an important role to play in developing a robust, sustained response to the COVID-19 public health and economic crisis.
Unemployment & Work
HOW TO GET HELP
- Division of Unemployment Security: Apply for unemployment benefits extension beginning May 22
- Division of Employment Security: Returning to Work
- Division of Employment Security: Federal Unemployment Assistance
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
- Eviction Moratorium and Rental Relief // La Suspensión de Desalojos y Ayuda Para Pagar el Alquiler
- Know Your Rights: Write to Your Employer: Staying at Home to Protect Yourself from COVID-19 // Quedando en Casa
para Protegerse de COVID-19 - Know Your Rights: Requesting Health and Safety Protections at Work During COVID // Solicitando Protección para la Salud y Seguridad en el Lugar de Empleo Durante COVID
- Know Your Rights: Stay Safe from COVID-19 At Work // Manténgase a salvo de la COVID-19 en el trabajo
- Know Your Rights: Your Employment and COVID-19
- Immigration and Unemployment Insurance Eligibility
- Can you telework or take paid leave? Unemployment Insurance flowchart
- NC Policy Watch: Upgrades NC should make to its unemployment insurance system
- VIDEO: Workers’ Rights During COVID-19, Español
RESOURCES
- COVID-19 and the Labor Market
- Legal Aid of NC: Coronavirus and Unemployment (Video Series)
- Employer Best Practices: Policies to Support Workers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
- What Does Pandemic Unemployment Insurance Mean for College Students?
Health & Safety
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
- Immigrants and the COVID Vaccine: What Do I Need to Know? (English, Español, Chinese, Arabic, French, Vietnamese)
- Know Your Rights: Stay Safe from COVID-19 at Work // Manténgase a salvo de la COVID-19 en el trabajo
- Immigrant Access to Health Care & Benefits in Time of Emergency (English, Español, 中文, عربى, Việt, Français)
RESOURCES
- GRAPH: Spread of COVID-19 across North Carolina
- WorkLife Law: Leave to stay at home or self-quarantine based on advice of a health care provider
- WorkLife Law: Leave to care for someone else advised to stay home or self-quarantine
- WorkLife Law: Leave to seek a coronavirus medical diagnosis
- WorkLife Law: Leave needed because of a shelter-in-place or isolation order
- WorkLife Law: Leave to care for someone under a shelter-in-place or isolation order
- COVID-19 and Disability Rights
- Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy: Healthcare Access and Public Benefits
Housing & Tenant Rights
HOW TO GET HELP
- NCDHHS Announces $26 Million to Help Mitigate the Economic Disruption of COVID-19, Including Assistance for Families Facing Eviction
- Legal Aid of NC: Finding and applying for affordable housing in NC (VIDEO)
- NCDHHS: NC COVID-19 Resources for Renters Facing Eviction // Recursos de Carolina del Norte por COVID-19, para inquilinos que enfrentan desalojo de vivienda
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
- New Federal Eviction Moratorium: Does It Apply to Me? // La Nueva Moratoria Federal de Desalojo: ¿Se aplica a mí?
- Updates for Tenants During the Coronavirus (English, Español, Français)
- Conozca Sus Derechos Para Inquilinos: Centro de Justicia y Ayuda Legal de Carolina del Norte (VIDEO)
- Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy: Home Preservation
- Legal Aid of NC: Common housing questions during the pandemic (VIDEO)
- Legal Aid of NC: Evictions in NC during the pandemic (VIDEO)
- Legal Aid of NC: CARES Act – What tenants need to know (VIDEO)
- Legal Aid of NC: Free tenants’ rights webinar (VIDEO)
- Legal Aid of NC: Foreclosures and foreclosure evictions during the pandemic (VIDEO)
Immigrant Access & Public Charge
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
- Immigrants and the COVID Vaccine: What Do I Need to Know? (English, Español)
- Immigrant Access to Health Care & Benefits in Time of Emergency (English, Español, 中文, عربى, Việt, Français)
- FAQ: Immigrant Workers’ Rights and COVID-19
- Immigration and Unemployment Insurance Eligibility
- Immigrant access to health care in times of emergency (English, Español, 中文, عربى, Việt, Français)
- Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy: Immigration
VIDEOS
- Part One: Public Charge (la carga pública en general)
- Part Two: Questions specific to coronavirus (preguntas específicas sobre el coronavirus)
Paid Leave
RESOURCES ON FAMILIES FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE & CARES ACTS
- Updated Information on Federal Emergency Paid Leave (January 8, 2021)
- Department of Labor FFCRA FAQs
- Department of Labor employer requirements under FFCRA
Farmworkers & H2B Workers
- FAQ: Immigrant Workers’ Rights and COVID-19
- NCDHHS: Interim Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Guidance for Employers of H2B Seafood Processors and Housing Providers // NCDHHS: Guía provisional sobre la enfermedad por coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) para empleadores de procesadoras de productos marítimos y proveedores de vivienda operando bajo el programa H-2B
- NCDHHS: Interim Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Guidance for Migrant Farmworkers, Their Employers, and Housing Providers // Recomendaciones provisionales sobre la enfermedad del Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) para trabajadores agrícolas migrantes, sus empleadores, y proveedores de vivienda
Childcare & Education
RESOURCES
- WorkLife Law: Leave to care for children due to school or care closures
- Assistance with childcare
- Meals for children
- Legal Aid of NC: Coronavirus and Public Schools in NC
- Public School Forum of North Carolina
- NC Child
Economic Impact Payment
HOW TO GET HELP
- Tools to help people get their Economic Impact Payment
- Non-Filers: Enter Payment Info Here
- Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy: Stimulus Checks (Español)
- Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy: Tax Assistance
Criminal Justice
- NC Second Chance Alliance: COVID-19 Incarceration Reduction
- Legal Aid of NC: Criminal Record Expungment Online Clinic
- ACLU of North Carolina: Responding to COVID-19