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Please explain <br />measures taken by <br />your organization to <br />mitigate the spread <br />of COVID-19. <br />From the onset of COVID-19, the Art Therapy Institute (ATI) <br />recognized the importance of doing ev erything possible to prev ent <br />its spread. ATI suspended in-person serv ices and mov ed all of its <br />group and indiv idual therapy online as soon as possible. W hen the <br />academic school year for 2020-21 was ramping up, ATI staff and <br />interns worked together to create ov er 300 art supply kits which were <br />deliv ered to children’s doorsteps throughout Chapel Hill, Carrboro <br />and Durham by staff and v olunteers who were masked and <br />instructed on community safety protocols. <br />Historically, the majority of ATI’s paperwork had been hard copies but <br />the pandemic inspired ATI to mov e all of its paperwork to a HIPAA <br />compliant online platform, Jotform. Likewise, ATI also mov ed its <br />workshop series and art shows to fully online platforms. For art <br />shows, participants uploaded digital images of art through Jotform <br />and the art was then uploaded onto Kuntsmatrix, an online gallery <br />platform. <br />ATI discov ered that doing all of its work online was not only possible, <br />it was necessary to keep our community safe. In some instances, <br />hav ing serv ices online was challenging. For instance, many of ATI's <br />student clients did not attend v irtual sessions because there were no <br />adults at home to superv ise. <br />But in some instances, the online option taught ATI that its reach <br />could be maximized. New people started attending the Arts and Peer <br />Support group. These people had prev iously not attended because <br />of lack of transportation or social anxiety. <br />Mov ing ATI’s workshop series and art shows fully online prov ed <br />particularly successful. Attendance grew exponentially because <br />trav el was not an issue. ATI had people join workshops and art <br />shows from around the world including 12 countries and 10 time <br />zones. A fav orite participant was a woman from Australia who joined <br />sev eral ev ening workshops, signing in with her coffee and greeting <br />the group with “Good Morning from Australia!” Such a wonderful <br />silv er lining! <br />COVID-19 IMPACT <br />DATA <br />This data is for the OCAC's informational purposes only and may or <br />may not be applicable to your organization depending on your <br />structure. <br />Number of Staff <br />Eliminated since <br />March 15, 2020 <br />0 <br />Number of Staff <br />Positions <br />Furloughed/Hours <br />Reduced since <br />March 15, 2020 <br />3 <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 0882C1F6-CA79-42B1-994E-254F3E3E0522