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GUIDANCE FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING IN YOUTH AND STUDENT PROGRAMS <br />Allow for flexible administration of health care tasks for participants who are able to <br />independently manage needs. <br />Consider using visual cues to demonstrate physical spacing. <br />Emphasize the importance of daily health checks. <br />This includes screening for participants, staff, and volunteers to ensure those who develop <br />symptoms are not attending. <br />Screening process for children: Guidance for Child Care Programs that Remain Open <br />(www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/gu ida nce-for- <br />childcare.html#ScreenChildren) <br />Consider using a similar system to the employee screening checklist: Visitor and <br />Employee Health Screening Checklist (PDF) <br />(www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/facilityhlthscreen.pdf) <br />If it is not feasible to conduct health screening given the setting: <br />Provide parent education about the importance of monitoring symptoms and staying <br />home while ill through classroom applications and other district messaging. <br />Ask about access to thermometers and consider implementing temperature checks for <br />households that do not have one. <br />Use existing outreach systems to provide text and email reminders to staff and families <br />to check for symptoms of household members in the morning and evening. <br />Use exclusion guidance and isolate symptomatic staff and program participants. <br />Follow exclusions guidance and ensure staff and participates stay home when sick: <br />COVID-19 Exclusion Guidance (PDF) <br />(www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/schools/exguide.pdf) <br />Ensure sick policies are supportive of participants and staff staying home when sick. <br />Have a plan if staff or participants get sick. <br />Make a plan with parents prior to sessions around expectations if their child becomes ill <br />while at the program. <br />Plan to have a room or area that can be used to isolate a symptomatic staff member, <br />volunteer, or participants while they wait to be picked up or are able to leave on their <br />own; ensure there is enough space for multiple people placed at least 6 feet apart (in <br />the case more than one participant becomes ill). <br />Ensure that they have hygiene supplies available, including a cloth mask, facial tissues, <br />and alcohol -based hand rub. <br />If you end up having a participant or staff who is diagnosed with COVID-19 reach out to <br />MDH or your local public health agency for further direction. <br />7 <br />