JIC RELEASE NO. 329 - Food Commodities Distribution Through Village Mayors Continues;GDOL Program Seeks to Hire Contact Tracers - GHS OCD

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For information on COVID-19 cases, visit the COVID-19 Dashboard and Situation Report at http://dphss.guam.gov/covid-19/. The COVID-19 Dashboard is updated on business days.

Food Commodities Distribution Through Village Mayors Continues
The Guam Department of Education (GDOE), State Agency for the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Nutrition Service (FNS) is continuing the distribution of food commodities for the month of September in partnership with the local mayors.

Commodities are being distributed through each mayor at the village level. This distribution method will be a drive-through or door-to-door delivery to provide easier access to food commodities for residents while also minimizing traffic-related issues.

Recipients will receive one bag of TEFAP food commodities per household to include egg noodles, elbow macaroni, cereal, instant milk, canned pears, peaches, beef stew, and lentils to include additional commodities as they arrive. Commodities will be distributed on a first come, first served basis, while supplies last. Commodity distribution in each village will be available to village constituents only and residents should call each mayor’s office for more information. The distribution schedule for the next week is as follows:

Date	Village	Distribution Method
Sept. 15, 2020	Tamuning	Drive-through at Tamuning Community & Senior Citizens Center; 2-5pm
Sept. 15, 2020	Yigo	Drive-through at Yigo Gym; 9-12pm
Sept. 15, 2020	Santa Rita	Door to door (Manamko/Individuals with disabilities)
Sept. 16, 2020	Santa Rita	Drive-through at Santa Rita Senior Center; 12:30-5pm
Sept. 16, 2020	Agat	Drive-through at Agat Mayor’s Office, 10-2pm or while supplies last
Sept. 17, 2020	Barrigada	Drive-through at Barrigada Veterans Association (old library); 11-1pm
Sept. 18, 2020	Barrigada	Door to door (Manamko/individuals with disabilities)
Sept. 23, 2020	Inarajan	Drive-through at Inarajan Mayor’s Office; 8:30-11:30am, 1:30-4pm
Sept. 23, 2020	Talofofo	Distribution at Talofofo Mayor’s Office beginning at 9am; Door to door (for manamko and those without transportation)
Sept. 24, 2020	Umatac	Door to door
Sept. 24, 2020	Merizo	Door to door
Sept. 24, 2020	Yona	Drive through at Yona Gym; 8am until supplies last

A total of 2,900 bags of food commodities will be distributed this coming week. Participants are reminded to wear a mask, maintain physical distancing, and follow all traffic directions and signage.

GDOL Program Seeks to Hire Contact Tracers
The Guam Department of Labor (DOL) is hiring 24 individuals to assist the Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) with data collection and data entry.

Funded by the National Dislocated Worker Grant, the program is seeking individuals who have been laid off or furloughed from their job as a direct result of COVID-19. The department is recruiting 12 data control clerks and 12 community program aides for 6-month terms. Both positions pay $10.14 an hour.

Primary duties for data control clerks include:

Assisting the contract tracing team with data entry of information gathered from the field and through investigations.
Retrieving data and data verification.

Primary duties for community program aides include:

Assisting program staff with disease surveillance activities and epidemiological investigations of contacts.
Assisting in outreach programs.

Most duties will be performed in office and over the phone.

To apply, register on hireguam.com and upload your resume. Then send an email to ndwg.hiring@dol.guam.gov with your full name, contact information and the position in which you are interested.

Eligibility:

Priority is given to individuals who meet the criteria below:

laid off as a result of a quarantine, because they miss work to care for a family member, or because they cannot come to their regular workplace in order to follow social distancing requirements; and
workers laid off after a business closure related to disruptions caused by the outbreak and the efforts to contain it.
A self-employed worker who became unemployed or significantly under-employed as a result of the disaster or emergency.

To apply:

Start by registering on hireguam.com and uploading your resume.
Next email ndwg.hiring@dol.guam.gov

For the latest information on COVID-19, visit dphss.guam.gov or guamrecovery.com. For inquiries on COVID-19, contact 311 through a local number, or call the Joint Information Center at (671) 478-0208/09/10.

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To learn more, visit https://www.ready.gov/floods

Wildfire

Regularly clean the roof and gutters.
Maintain an area approximately 30’ away from you home that is free of anything that will burn, such as wood piles, dried leaves, newspapers and other brush.
Connect garden hoses long enough to reach any area of the home and fill garbage cans, tubs, or other large containers with water.
Review your homeowner's insurance policy and also prepare/update a list of your home's contents.

Fire Weather

Turn on your TV/radio. You’ll get the latest weather updates and emergency instructions.
Know where to go. If you are ordered to evacuate, know the route to take and have plan of where you will go. Check-in with your friends and family.
Keep your car fueled, in good condition, and stocked with emergency supplies and a change of clothes.

Drought

Conserve water

Take shorter showers.

Turn off the water while brushing your teeth or shaving.
Run the washer less frequently and only when you have a full load.
Water your lawn less frequently and do so when the temperature is cooler in the early morning or late evening.
When you run the tap to heat or cool water, keep a pitcher to store the water and use it to water plants.
Avoid washing your car.

Practice fire prevention

Don't set off fireworks when conditions are dry.
Deposit cigarette butts in the proper receptacle to avoid starting a
Pour water over camp fires and backyard fire pits to ensure they are completely out before leaving them unattended.

Follow directions from local officials. If there are restrictions on water usage, be sure to heed them.

To learn more, visit https://www.ready.gov/wildfires and https://www.ready.gov/drought

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Typhoons/Hurricanes are massive storm systems that form over the water and move toward land. Threats from typhoons/hurricanes include high winds, heavy rainfall, storm surge, coastal and inland flooding, and rip currents.

“Hurricanes” form in the Atlantic Northeast Pacific region and “Typhoons” form in the Northwest Pacific Region. These large storms are call cyclones in other parts of the world.

To learn more, visit https://www.ready.gov/hurricanes.

JIC RELEASE NO. 329 - Food Commodities Distribution Through Village Mayors Continues;GDOL Program Seeks to Hire Contact Tracers