COVID-19 TESTING
COVID TESTING
Our program synthesizes resourcing and leadership development to mitigate the harm of COVID-19. Our community sites do away with traditional barriers and test all participants regardless of status, while our self-admin and pilot programs equip community members with the knowledge and skills to bring these tests into their own homes toward increasing our impact.
On-Site Community Testing
Our sites provide the public with free COVID-19 resources—free of cost, and free of judgment. Staff are trained to administer tests and advise on the next steps, regardless of one’s result.
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As of February 1 2023 we have wrapped up our community testing sites. We are so grateful to have made a long-lasting impact in the following geographies:
Tenderloin
In partnership with Chinatown Community Development Center
Daly City
In partnership with
San Francisco Rebels Basketball
Chinatown
In partnership with
Cameron House
Testing FAQ
Phase 2
Train the partner on the ins and outs of rapid test administration; partners complete key compliance requirements.
Self Administration
In addition to the sites we staff, we train partner organizations to administer their own rapid tests to their respective community members on their own time. In doing so, we increase capacity across multiple dimensions—leadership, education, and of course, safety.
HOW IT WORKS
Phase 1
Work with the partner organization to confirm all details necessary to guarantee a productive training session.
Phase 3
Supervise the partner during initial testing sessions to verify self-sufficiency and address any final concerns.
Phase 4
Support the partner through provision of case reports, updates on the COVID-19 landscape, and other training opportunities.
At Home & Community Testing
Our 40-Pack Use Case Pilot
Our pilot program took co-leadership one step further by training individuals within our communities to administer tests to their family, friends, and networks.
This program specifically seeks to increase equitable access to testing for our community most disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, Black/African American communities in Bayview Hunters Point. By providing leaders in this community with a tool for well-being, we enable them greater access and agency at a time of unprecedented and unpredictable change.
From August to January 2023 we worked closely with eleven individuals from the SF Brown Bombers, one of our flagship partner organizations. We walked each participant throughout the ins and outs of testing to better understand the pros and cons/barriers to at home and community testing, so that we could provide deep care navigation support.
This nimble group of eleven administered 250 rapid COVID-19 tests to those they call community, demonstrating the power of community-driven alternatives to institutional public health programs. We hope to use the findings from this pilot to inform future testing programs in a world where COVID-19 will not simply disappear, and look forward to the ways we can equip community members with the tools and agency to take charge of their own safety.
"This pilot program should be a permanent program for all communities. Going forward with Covid-19 there should be full access to this type of program."
AYOFEMI BRYANT
Pilot Participant
