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  • 2020-03-19 (xsd:date)
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  • Does This Phone Number Connect with United Way's COVID-19 Relief Fund? (en)
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  • In mid-March 2020, amidst the economic dislocation created by the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic, a message popular on social media offered a handy phone number persons needing help with bills, rent, and food could call to connect them with a United Way COVID-19 Community Economic Relief Fund: However, as the United Way of Freeborn County (MN) pointed out in a Facebook post, The number listed is the direct line for Indiana 211, and the assistance it refers to is related to the United Way of Central Indiana's COVID-19 fund. This specific assistance is not available for people outside Indianapolis: Rochester, Minnesota, radio station KROC also reported that although persons needing assistance finding food, paying housing bills, accessing free childcare, or other essential services due to the current pandemic may be able find such assistance by calling 211, the phone number given in the post displayed above is specific to central (or southwestern) Indiana: The United Way supports 211, a free and confidential service available 24/7 that helps people across North America find local resources they need, including information and other help connected with the COVID-19 pandemic: However, 211 also cautions potential callers to be sure they are connecting with the proper local agency first, as not all of them are offering financial assistance: (en)
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