Faculty and Staff Resources

COVID-19 Emergency Grant Fund

The COVID-19 Emergency Grant Fund at CUNY SPS provides emergency financial assistance of up to $1,500 to eligible students who are experiencing hardship which could adversely affect their educational success. Students who plan to submit an application for a COVID-19 Emergency Grant should contact the Office of Scholarships at scholarships@sps.cuny.edu prior to submitting the application for guidance on the application process. Please note that all requests for information will remain confidential.

The special COVID-19 Flexible Grading Policy for the Spring 2020 Semester was approved by the CUNY Board of Trustees on March 30, 2020. This policy gives students who are enrolled in credit bearing courses the option to convert any or all of the (A-F) letter grades they earn in their Spring 2020 classes, to Credit/No Credit (CR/NC) grading.

• COVID-19 Flexible Grading Policy

Coping with COVID-19

Many people are struggling with the emotional demands of coping with COVID-19. If you would like support for this, there are several resources available to you.

Resources for tax-levy faculty and staff are available through the Employee Assistance Program, Deer Oaks, at the Deer Oaks website using “cuny” (all lowercase) as your username and password.

NYC Well - phone/text/chat mental health hotline
1-888-NYC-WELL or Text WELL to 65173
https://nycwell.cityofnewyork.us/en/

New York State COVID-19 Emotional Support Hotline
1-844-863-9314
https://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/covid-19-resources.html

If you are having a medical issue related to COVID-19, you can also call New York State’s medical hotline at 1-888-364-3065.

CUNY SPS Help Desk has extended hours during this time: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm, 7 days. helpdesk@sps.cuny.edu

Resources for Working Remotely

• User Guides
• CUNY IT Resources for Remote Work & Teaching
• CUNY WebEx

Live Captions for Zoom Meetings & Classes

Verbit.ai, a captioning and transcription vendor, offers a new integration with Zoom that supports captions and transcription within web conferencing, which can be used for lectures or sessions with students. They are also providing an Emergency Fund for live captioning requests.

Contact Giovahnna Ziegler (giovahnna.z@verbit.ai)

This fund is available through April 9th.