State Public Policy Resources on COVID-19

This page presents COVID-19 resources relating to state-level public policies. The first section includes nonprofit-specific materials from state officials. The second section provides useful resources on what states are doing in response to COVID-19.

Nonprofit-Specific

Government-Nonprofit Grants/Contracts

• NYC: Statement from New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer on Budgetary Decisions Impacting Nonprofit Organizations, Apr. 22, 2020
• NYC: Letter to New York City Council, Coalition of NYC Human Service Nonprofits, Apr. 22, 2020
• NYC: Letter to Nonprofit Discretionary Providers, New York City Council, Apr. 21, 2020
• NYC: Letter from NYC Comptroller Stringent Deputy Mayor Fuleihan, New York City, Apr. 2020
• NYC: Streamlining Reporting and Due Dates, New York City, Mar. 20, 2020
• NYC: Commitments to Fund, Designating Human Service Providers as Essential, New York City, Mar. 18, 2020

Joint Actions by Elected Officials with State Associations

• Members of Congress
• Governors
• State Legislators
• Other State Officials

Unemployment Insurance Resources

• Don’t Let Senseless Unemployment Policies Sink Nonprofits—Act Now!, Nonprofit Quarterly, May 8, 2020
• DOL Issues Breathtakingly Cruel Guidance Inflicting Billions in Immediate Costs onto Charitable Organizations Struggling to Serve Their Communities, National Council of Nonprofits, Apr. 28, 2020
• Problematic DOL Guidance on Nonprofit Unemployment . . . and How to Fix It, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits, Apr. 28, 2020
• Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 18-20, U.S. Department of Labor, Apr. 27, 2020
• Self-Insured Nonprofits and Unemployment Insurance, blog post, David Heinen, National Council of Nonprofits, Mar. 23, 2020
• Unemployment Insurance Information and Updates, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
• UI State by State Trust Fund Balances Comparison Chart, North Carolina Legislature (from North Carolina Center for Nonprofits), Mar. 2, 2020

What States Are Doing  

Funding

• State Fiscal Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19), National Conference of State Legislatures; lists state funding measures related to COVID-19
• Tracking State Legislative Responses to COVID-19, Tax Foundation; describes state budgets and rainy day funds
• Federal Relief Packages for COVID-19, Kamehameha Schools; describes appropriation measures in COVID-19 packages; provides a breakdown of federal funds, by program, administrating department and agency, amount, eligibility, description, link, receiving state agency, and topic.
• Community Foundations Nationwide Launch Coronavirus Relief Efforts, Community Foundation Public Awareness Initiative; provides a state by state breakdown of community foundation funding

State Legislatures

• Legislative Sessions and the Coronavirus, National Conference of State Legislatures; provides the status of legislative sessions
• State Action on Coronavirus (COVID-19), National Conference of State Legislatures; provides legislative actions in response to coronavirus
• State by State COVID Legislation, LexisNexis; provides state by state list of legislative actions in response to coronavirus 
• State and Local COVID-19 Response Information, Multistate; provides the status of state emergency declarations, legislative sessions, and travel restrictions

State COVID-19 Taskforces, Committees

• HI: House Speaker Names Business Leaders to Coronavirus Committee, Civil Beat, Mar. 9, 2020, including the Hawai`i Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations.
• ME: Governor Mills Convenes Expert Committee to Advise on State’s Economic Recovery, including the Maine Association of Nonprofits
• MT: Governor Bullock Announces Task Force, Apr. 17, 2020, including the Montana Nonprofit Association.
• NH: Governor Sununu Announces GOFERR Stakeholder Advisory Board, First Meeting Scheduled, Apr. 15, 2020, which added the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits after announcement.
• NYC: Leaders and Experts in Employment & Workforce Training Form "NY Workforce Recovery Strategy Group", New York City Employment and Training Coalition, Apr. 21, 2020, including Nonprofit New York.
• TN: ERG Nonprofit Subcommittee Safeguarding Recommendations, Tennessee Committee on Economic Recovery, Apr. 23, 2020, including Momentum Nonprofit Partners
• States in Action: COVID-19 Response Interactive Map, Association of State and Territorial Public Health Officials (ASTHO); lists state and territory COVID-19 websites and hotline numbers
• Our Response Efforts Around COVID-19, National Association of County and City Health Officials; provides updates on health official activities.

Contact Information for State & Local Officials

• State and Local COVID-19 Response Information, Multistate; lists key state contact information

State Association Coronavirus Policy Resource Pages

• Connecticut
• Illinois
• Kentucky
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• New York
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Virginia
• West Virginia

State Association Letters to Elected Officials

• Members of Congress
• Governors
• State Legislators
• Other State Officials

State Community Sign-On Letters to Congress

• Delaware, Apr. 20, 2020
• Florida, Apr. 20, 2020
• Kentucky, Apr. 20, 2020
• Maine, Apr. 16, 2020 
• Maine (active)
• Michigan, Apr. 16, 2020
• Maryland, Apr. 17, 2020
• Minnesota (active)
• Montana, Apr. 17, 2020
• Nebraska, Apr. 20, 2020
• New Jersey, Apr. 16, 2020
• New Mexico, Apr. 20, 2020
• New York, Apr. 20, 2020
• North Carolina, Apr. 16, 2020
• Oklahoma, Apr. 21, 2020
• Oregon, Apr. 16, 2020
• Pennsylvania, Apr. 10, 2020
• Virginia, May 8, 2020

Other

• HI: Resources for Non-Profits, Sen. Brian Schatz
• COVID-19 State Regulatory Tracker, Steptoe, provides chart of regulatory actions for emergency declaration, shelter-in-place, large gatherings, restaurants, other facilities, schools, elections, and insurance.
• COVID-19 Resources for State Leaders: Executive Orders, The Council of State Governments, state by state breakdown of executive orders.
• The Coronavirus Relief Fund (CARES Act, Title V): Background and State and Local Allocations, Congressional Research Service, Apr. 14, 2020