We are recruiting volunteers to staff a phone helpline that will strengthen community response to the coronavirus public health emergency.

The helpline volunteers will speak with callers to discuss their needs, concerns and health conditions. Volunteers will help provide information and reassurances to callers, and will be responsible for escalating anything that requires additional attention. Volunteers will work from their homes and receive a short training, call scripts, and support resources to help them with their work.

We are particularly looking for health professionals who are retired or self-quarantined at home and can take calls routed from community clinics dealing with a surge of patients. By answering these calls we can reduce the strain on clinic workers at a critical time. The first clinic in Atlanta will pilot the helpline system on March 23rd, followed by deployment to high transmission areas and then nationally.

This is a great opportunity to do some good while social distancing or quarantining at home. You can help people get the care they need, and help share the burden with the medical professionals on the very front lines of the coronavirus response. To sign-up as a volunteer fill out the following short survey that should take no more then ten minutes to complete. Volunteers will be contacted on a rolling basis as needed.

Visit our website, https://www.coronavirusnetwork.org/ to learn more about this effort, sign-up for updates, or to contact the team.