To our Acknowledge Alliance Family,

We are thinking of you and wishing you and your family health and safety during this unprecedented health crisis. The health and safety of our community remains our top priority and are at the heart of every decision we make. I wanted to reach out to let you know some initial steps we are taking to respond to community and staff needs during this global pandemic.

The situation is changing daily and sometimes rapidly, but as of today:

We will continue to support students and teachers in ways that we can.
Our lines of communication remain open to provide support, and we are in constant contact with schools to monitor their policy decisions closely. Many of the schools we work in are closed for at least the next few weeks and as we write this, both San Mateo and Santa Clara County residents have just been ordered to shelter in place. We are following all health, hygiene and safety protocols to keep everyone safe while we serve the students and teachers in any way possible. We are also looking at telehealth options to counsel students and provide teacher support remotely.
We are committed to taking care of our staff.
We are temporarily closing our office and implementing a work-from-home policy to practice social distancing. While many staff are working remotely, we recognize that the ability to work from home is a privilege. We are incredibly grateful to everyone, including our own staff, who must continue to go to work to make sure the rest of us are taken care of.

We’d like to share this resource from The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention about mental health and coping with stress and anxiety during COVID-19.

While the environment around us is uncertain, we take comfort in the fact that we have a dedicated team and a compassionate community of caring individuals such as yourself. We stand ready to serve students and teachers today, tomorrow, and all the days after that.

Thank you for supporting our mission to promote lifelong resilience in children and youth, and strengthen the caring capacity of the adults who influence their lives. Being resilient will help us all get through this, together, as a community.

Warm regards,
Sharon Navarro
Executive Director