• National Endowment for the Arts - The CARES Act includes a $75 million allocation to the National Endowment for the Arts. Of this, 40% will be distributed to the state and regional arts organizations. The legislation allows funds to be used for general operating expenses, a departure from the Arts Endowment’s requirement of supporting project-based funding and an acknowledgment of the dire situation facing the arts community. Other cultural agencies within the federal government including the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute for Museum and Library Services, Corporation for Public Broadcasting and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will receive stimulus funding through the CARES act.

• An "above-the-line" or universal charitable giving incentive - Contributions made in 2020 of up to $300. This provision will now allow all non-itemizer taxpayers (nearly 90% of all taxpayers) to deduct charitable contributions from their tax returns, an incentive previously unavailable to them.

• Direct Payments - Depending on your income, single adults with Social Security numbers who have an adjusted gross income of $75,000 or less will get the full amount. Married couples with no children earning $150,000 or less will receive a total of $2,400. And taxpayers filing as head of household will get the full payment if they earned $112,500 or less. For every qualifying child age 16 or under, the payment will be an additional $500. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has said he expected most people to get their direct deposit payments by April 17. The I.R.S. has not said when those receiving paper checks would get them. https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/economic-impact-payments-what-you-need-to-know

• Extended Unemployment Benefits - The CARES Act wraps in far more workers than are usually eligible for unemployment benefits, including self-employed people and part-time workers. Under the plan, eligible workers will get an extra $600 per week on top of their state benefit. For more Alaska related information please visit https://labor.alaska.gov/unemployment/COVID-19.htm 

• SNAP (food stamps) - $15.5 billion is going to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP. The money will help cover the expected cost of new applications to the program as a result of the coronavirus. There is $450 million more for food banks and other community food distribution programs. https://www.fns.usda.gov/disaster/pandemic/covid-19/alaska

• The Paycheck Protection Program - The Paycheck Protection Program is a loan designed to provide a direct incentive for small businesses to keep their workers on the payroll. This program is for any small business with less than 500 employees (including sole proprietorships, independent contractors and self-employed persons), private non-profit organization or 501(c)(19) veterans organizations affected by coronavirus/COVID-19. SBA will forgive loans if all employees are kept on the payroll for eight weeks and the money is used for payroll, rent, mortgage interest, or utilities. Loans originate with eligible local lenders, who will begin processing loan applications as soon as April 3, 2020. Learn more about eligible lenders, and download a PPP borrower application form at https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/coronavirus-relief-options/paycheck-protection-program-ppp.

• Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Loan Advance - small business owners in all U.S. states, Washington D.C., and territories are eligible to apply for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan advance of up to $10,000. The SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program provides small businesses with working capital loans of up to $2 million that can provide vital economic support to small businesses to help overcome the temporary loss of revenue they are experiencing. The loan advance will provide economic relief to businesses that are currently experiencing a temporary loss of revenue. Funds will be made available within three days of a successful application, and this loan advance will not have to be repaid. Eligible applicants shall include small business owners, nonprofit organizations, tribal business concerns with fewer than 500 employees, and will also include sole proprietors and independent contractors. the SBA now has a streamlined application process available at https://covid19relief.sba.gov/#/.

• Delay of payment of employer payroll taxes - The provision allows employers and self-employed individuals to defer payment of the employer share of the Social Security tax they otherwise are responsible for paying to the federal government with respect to their employees.

• Alaska Small Business Development Center Support Information + Services
• All Alaska SBDC COVID-19 Resources https://aksbdc.org/covid19/
• Alaska SBDC Overview of the CARES Act (EIDL/EDL/PPP) https://tinyurl.com/r5jq7rf
• Daily Briefings about Coronavirus Opportunities https://aksbdc.ecenterdirect.com/events/7497

• State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services COVID-19 Resource Page - including current recommendations, resources for specific groups, and links to CDC guidance. http://dhss.alaska.gov/dph/Epi/id/Pages/COVID-19/default.aspx

• Alaska Public Media - Dedicated COVID-19 news page https://www.alaskapublic.org/coronavirus/

• The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has regularly updating resources and information on COVID-19 on the website. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

• CDC protect yourself — Specific information on prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/prevention.html

• COVID19 Freelance Artist Resource - An online compilation of resources including General Preparedness, Advocacy, Emergency Funding, Best Practices for Online Teaching, Online Platforms and more. https://covid19freelanceartistresource.wordpress.com/

• Arts Ready - is an online emergency preparedness service by and for arts/cultural nonprofits, and their homepage includes compilation of resources responding to the COVID-19 situation. https://www.artsready.org/

• Americans for the Arts - Resources and Response Center https://www.americansforthearts.org/by-topic/disaster-preparedness/coronavirus-covid-19-resource-and-response-center

• Women Arts- A list of emergency funds for all disciplines. https://www.womenarts.org/funding-resources/emergencyfunds/#EmergencyAll

• CERF+ Emergency Assistance - CERF+ emergency assistance is available to established artists working in a craft discipline. https://cerfplus.org/get-relief/apply-for-help/craft-emergency-relief-fund/

• The Artists’ Fellowship  – The Artists’ Fellowship provides emergency aid to professional visual artists and their families in times of sickness, natural disaster, bereavement or unexpected extreme hardship. https://www.artistsfellowship.org/finacial-aid

• Musicians Foundation – Emergency funding for Musicians—currently the foundation is experiencing high volumes of requests for funding and is working on a plan to address COVID-19 pandemic-related application volume. Check this site for updates.  http://www.musiciansfoundation.org/apply/

• Art Work Archive – Digital Tools for Artists to Run a Remote Career During Coronavirus - To help the artists who feel shocked by these changes, Artwork Archive rounded up their favorite tools that make it easier to run an art business online. https://www.artworkarchive.com/blog/digital-tools-for-artists-to-run-a-remote-career-during-coronavirus

• Distance-Learning Tip For Art Workshops - NTY has put together a few ideas for moving forward with adjusting course content and structuring class sessions. The suggestions are intended as offers rather than directives or prescriptions. https://tinyurl.com/uhjlfcc

• How to Transition to a Virtual Workplace Overnight from Fractured Atlas – An article from Fractured Atlas—an organization providing tools and guidance to working artists—on the process of shifting work online, from the perspective of how the organization moved to an entirely virtual workplace. https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/expedited-transition-virtual-workplace

• Virtual First Friday: Listen Up Live Concert // Matthew Burtner – Hosted by Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center – Friday, April 3rd at 6 pm https://www.facebook.com/events/219388439305730

• Alaskan Artists Invited to Respond to: Resilience - he concept ‘Resilience’ was chosen by a public vote held in 2019 among Fairbanks Arts members. Resilience was originally intended to be a juried exhibition of visual art only open to Interior Alaskan artists and held in the Wandering Bear Gallery. https://www.facebook.com/events/616736072212336/

• Up With Art Encore! – Hosted by Fairbanks Arts Association – Friday, April 3rd – We did not like that we had to shut down the gallery during UP With Art, so we demand an ENCORE! Please join Fairbanks Arts for the virtual re-opening of Up With Art, the annual Fairbanks North Star Borough School District student exhibition when it goes ONLINE this Friday!  https://www.facebook.com/events/s/up-with-art-encore/541942383098441/

• Sealaska Heritage Virtual First Friday -  Sealaska Heritage will host its first-ever virtual First Friday event on April 3, featuring Ravenstail and Chilkat weaver Lily Lalanya Hope! Lily will be going live on SHI’s Instagram account, @shinstitute, at 5 pm to discuss weaving, her personal history, current projects, and more. https://www.instagram.com/shinstitute/

• Online Opening for Brooke Ratzat’s solo exhibit - Hosted by Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council – Friday April 3rd 5-7pm – Our friends at KPU will make a video of Brooke Ratzat’s exhibit. https://www.facebook.com/events/346003929673775/

• Aklearns.org | Arts and Action - DEED's Division of Innovation & Education Excellence is launching this Teaching & Learning Support site to offer information, resources, and leadership to teachers and school leaders across Alaska. The site will serve as a clearinghouse where we share great ideas gleaned from a variety of locations and sources. As schools across the country close in response to the coronavirus situation, many publishers and ed tech vendors are providing access to their tools and resources free of charge. Links to tools, resources, and publications on this site are for informational purposes only and do not indicate endorsements of the tools by DEED. At this time, we wish to provide our educators with as many "leads" as possible. Teachers should work with their school leadership to ensure selected tools are appropriate for their individual settings. Find “Arts & Action” resources for educators within the Educational Resources space. https://www.aklearns.org/educational-resources/arts-action

• Munartet Project - The Munartet partnership supports teaching in and through the arts and culture in Kodiak. Partners include the Kodiak Island Borough School District, Alutiiq Museum, Kodiak Arts Council, and Kodiak College, with support from the Alaska State Council on the Arts. Munartet Project pre-service teacher cohort members paired with teaching artists in the summer of 2016 to offer classes to the Kodiak community as part of the Kodiak Arts Council's Sum Arts program. Each pair of teachers developed a lesson plan and we are happy to share them with you to use! https://www.munartet.org/resources

• Artful Teaching: Preparing, supporting and retaining responsive teachers. - The Artful Teaching Project promotes an arts integrated, culturally sustaining approach to teaching as a catalyst for inspiration, creativity and joy in the classroom. Developed through a partnership of the Juneau School District, University of Alaska Southeast, and the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council. The Artful Teaching website includes resources for teachers, and we especially encourage you to try out the Artful Teaching Thinking Routines and to generate ideas, by visiting the ArtStories section. http://www.artfulteaching.org/

• Art Works Blog | Taking Note: Musical Activities to Support Parent-Child Relationships With schools and daycares closed, many parents are looking for activities to engage in with their young children. As part of the National Endowment for the Arts Research Lab project awarded to the Vanderbilt Music Cognition Lab in 2018, our Research Lab studies how parent-child musical activities may support families of children with and without developmental disabilities. To learn more about parent-child musical activities, songs, and tips, see the suggested activities and strategies with links to video examples and visual support materials, included I this post from the NEA Art Works Blog. https://www.arts.gov/art-works/2020/taking-note-musical-activities-support- parent-child-relationships

• John F. Kennedy Center | Classroom resources - For educators looking to infuse the arts into their educational practices, we’ve developed a robust collection of hundreds of digital learning resources: lessons, articles, performance guides, how-tos and much more. And did we mention they’re free? https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/classroom-resources/

• Teaching Artist Guild | Covid-19 Resources for Teaching Artists - A compilation of resources and information developed in support of teaching artist practice ranging for online learning, to labor issues, to emergency funding opportunities. https://teachingartistsguild.org/covid-19-resources/