L.A. Works is launching a COVID-19 Volunteer Infection Mitigation Corps Team for organizations interested in having some additional support with re-opening their sites to volunteers. These volunteers are not experts on COVID, but will be able to provide you with additional suggestions, support and resources to determine if/when/how to engage volunteers and to help put a plan in place. This is a free service provided by L.A. Works.

Some ideas for areas of support that these volunteers may be able to provide include:
• Coordinate with, communicate, and help implement public health guidelines.
• Work closely with the human relations and operations departments to develop and implement health plans.
• Ensure that existing safety plans are modified for compatibility with new health plans.
• Help create volunteer training that applies current information about hazards and infection control measures, including social distancing, handwashing, temperature checking, and disinfecting high-touch surfaces.
• Determine, in conjunction with organization, if a volunteer may safely enter the site when there is a health concern.

Within the next few weeks, we will follow up with you with any additional questions we may have and to match you with one of the volunteers or a team of volunteers.