Responding to COVID-19

The world has changed inexorably in the first quarter of 2020. In this uncertain time, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced everyone working in education to reinvent education itself. At schools, this looks like teachers and administrators figuring out how to provide extended education for all of their students. Within human services, this looks like trying to get rental assistance, food, and unemployment benefits to families in their time of great need. For out of school time providers like SPIN, this looks like delivering online classes, lending out technology to families in need, and reinventing the future of our programs to support the current and future needs of the families we serve.

We have thousands of brilliant children experiencing summer slide before the school year is even over - not through any fault of their teachers or their families, but due to the systemic inequities that have resulted in income and racial disparities, laid even more bare by this crisis. SPIN is working around the clock to retool our programs to respond to community needs, while at the same time anticipating how we can support our families and educators when we are able to reconvene. We are anticipating a huge need for our STEM+Arts programs in the summer, and are working on ways to expand the academic portions of our classes to support areas where educators anticipate needing support.

If you are able, please consider supporting our work with a critical financial donation at this time.

If you are a caregiver, here are some resources we've found. We will continue to update this page as the situation progresses.

If you are an out of school time provider, a teacher or a school administrator, please contact us and let us know what you are doing to support families and learning and let's work together in this defining moment.

In health,
The SPIN Team