We have gone to a pool camera. We have a few folks i would like to introduce. First of all, we are announcing our new covid19 relief fund, one of the two cochairs is with us here. Andrews, will be coordinated the state volunteer effort. She is the chief of staff at the office of Economic Development normally. Johnson barnes, mike from Gary Community investments, one of our key Nonprofit Sector partners on this. Yesterday our out new coronavirus covid19 webpage that is on our governor site. Colorado. Gov. If you are having trouble accessing it, we are scaling up its ability. It does work most of the time if you try again in a few hours. This is our effort to get more information out. We are moving away from just, day, toan update once a whatever we have information that we can make public, we want to make it public. The will be done on colorado site. It is an important resource for the public and media to get the latest information, guidance, as soon as we have something that is presentable. Any issues associated with too much traffic will be resulted in comingresult in the days. We have 183 positive cases, e. G. Deaths, 20 hospitalizations. I want to appraise our team for scaling up and making colorado a National Leader in testing. I am sad to announce our second fatality yesterday in one county underscores our need to protect in particular our most Vulnerable People in 70s, 80s, 90s, those with Underlying Health conditions. Everybody is at risk but there are higher risk factors for people with Underlying Health conditions and older colorada ns. Yesterday there was a positive case in a resident of a longterm care facility. We have taken significant steps around Nursing Homes and lunch are facilities regarding visitation and monitoring anyone who works there as well. Today is urge do everyone to do our part. A lot of people are asking what can i do . People are healthy, some are at home, some are going to work in a full were limited capacity. Everybody wants to do what we can. Washing our hands, people are saying what else can i do . I want to thank the thousands of coloradans have become part of the viral social Media Campaign doingmypartco, sharing stories about how they are doing their part. It is heartwarming to see what so many people are doing to show best actresses around preventing the spread of this virus. That kind of exercise is important for our own Mental Health, doing good deeds, engaging with people, virtually when we can. Hurtinghere is families , and it brings a sense of comfort we are going through this together. We are doing the right thing together and we will be back together. Coloradans are goodhearted people. We have a lot of need to put that good heart to use in this crisis. So we are going to talk about three ways coloradans can help. First we are putting together a relief fund. We are formally announcing the covid19 relief fund that supports prevention, impact including helping people who have lost jobs, and ultimately recovery efforts. I am proud to announce the cochairs of this effort, roxane white, chief of staff under governor john hickenlooper, and a respected is this man. Very well respected leaders in colorado. I am proud to announce my own deputy chief of staff is being detailed to that effort. I want to thank my united way fiscal sponsor in this critical effort to help coloradans. We have raised over 2. 8 million. That is a remarkable achievement that shows the generous heart of coloradans. It will make a difference or those who have lost their jobs and are facing real difficulties. That number is going to grow. I want your help as well. Visit debbie ww. Helpcolorado. Org. You can afford to do. Partners from various sectors have already stepped up to do their part. I want to thank the denver broncos. I want to thank canterbury and his wife, denise. ,he Colorado Health foundation amsterdam, wells fargo, many others. That information will be available to the press in terms of who is helping. We hope the rest of the corporate philanthropic corporate and philanthropic immunity will continue to step up to make sure we have those flexible resources, the nonprofit resources will always be more flexible in their use than public, state or federal. It meets the need and real pain people are feeling, who have lost jobs, trapped at home, dont know what to do for their kids through that work will fall in three main buckets. Prevention, impact it recovery. And recovery. The 2. 8 million, which is growing with your help will support medical supplies, nursing home staff coverage, cleaning supplies for care facilities, homeless shelter staff coverage, cleaning supplies and on the impact side we want to focus on how we can help coloradans have been directly impacted, not the medical side. Directly impacted in terms of job loss, people who have worked in food services, kids, older coloradans and others in need. It means Early Childhood education availability so our critical Sector Workers and health care and First Responders can continue to work. Childcare is important if parents are receiving intensive treatment. Supporting technology that helps coloradans connect with one another. In acting for work, telecommuting but also socially. Connecting for work, telik connecting support efforts to bring us together virtually. We also plan for the impact fund to help Small Businesses and hourly and parttime workers and fulltime workers that are temporarily losing their opportunity to support their families. This will support Behavioral Health which will be a big challenge as people are asked in various areas and ways to hunker down and minimize social contacts and support volunteer services which i will expand upon in a minute. And i want everybody to know this will end. It will be a recovery. It will get worse before it gets better but we will keep our eye on the ball and planning with import funds for recovery which means Small Business recovery to get the economy and people back to work, Mental Health and Substance Abuse support and continued support for ongoing continuity of medical supplies. If you would like to help, visit helpcoloradonow. Org. I know coloradans are not just financially generous. Not everybody is in a position to be. We are generous with time and effort. We have been inundated with requests of people asking to help. We are launching the official volunteer effort at that website. If you cant donate money, consider donating time. Sign up to volunteer at help coloradonow. Org. It will ask you about your skills and what you would like to do. We will coordinate that across our state. The effort is being led by sarah andrews, the chief of staff at the office of Economic Development and trade. We are looking for volunteers to help at risk individuals in a wide variety of areas. It could be food assistance, Mental Health and wellness support, child care. So much support we are going to need. If you are able to help with your time and your effort, please sign up to do so and help colorado to make sure we are all rising to this occasion. I want to challenge coloradans to do our part, each and every one of us to help us all get through this together. By working together, we can build a Cohesive Network to make sure no one falls through the cracks during this time. Visit that website. Sign up to be a volunteer. We need a volunteer leaders, if you have experience organizing. Let us know what your organization volunteer needs are. One final ask. In addition to the need for the volunteers, we have a need of love volunteers. Blood donations. There were a number of drives canceled but there are still safe protocols for giving blood. People can have a time and do that. There is a sharp drop in donations at a time when we are likely to need more blood. Keep in mind what is happening in the medical system. A lot of them dont need blood but we have people with appendicitis, heart attacks, injuries and conditions we normally need to treat. We can experience a drop off of blood during this crisis. We want to clear up misinformation. Donating blood is safe. Do not be concerned about giving blood during this time. While it is not easy for the coronavirus needed for the virus treatment, it is needed for other issues which could be crowded out because of coronavirus. People will not stop having their life threatened with other lifethreatening conditions. Please visit also consider calling the other centers. We will have those numbers for you. Theres a center in northern colorado, as well as elsewhere, that are taking blood. To findvitalin. Org where you can give blood near you. So thats what we need, donations, volunteers, and blood. I hope you have one of those three things. There are certain people who cant give blood if they have Communicable Diseases or ineligible. Not everybody can give money, of course. But if you can, please coloradonow. Org. If you have a skill, we need you. We know that this crisis is about to put an enormous strain on health care and emergency workers. We know that about 80,000 emergency workers have children under age eight, and without childcare, many will be able to perform the jobs that are crucial to saving lives and containing the spread of the virus when they are most in need. So ive called together Early Childhood providers, advocacy groups, School Districts, and foundations to partner with the department of heaving services to establish that Human ServicesHuman Services to establish childcare for Health Care Workers, so its not holding back our First Responders and those we need now more than ever before. Health care providers and staff means doctors and nurses, but also hospital support staff, maintenance workers, janitorial staff, anybody essential to maintaining our health system. We are scaling up the child care you. This means Public Safety workers, firefighters, emt, correctional officers, staff that support our critically risk population, residential youth facilities, 24 hour Residential Care facilities, Mental Health facilities. For the first two weeks of the program, childcare will be provided to these workers on a sliding scale to make sure people can afford it, to access this benefit so we can retain our workforce. Fferope to continue to o this benefit based on our ability to fund raise. It is one of the goals of the impact fund. I want to thank Mike Johnston for really stepping up for Gary Community foundation to help spearhead this effort, on both the Financial Planning piece and the delivery piece. Thats absolutely critical that at a time we need our First Responders and Health Care Workers and support staff the forced to people are stay home because their kid doesnt have a place to go during the day. For more, please visit covidchildcarecolorado. Com. Thats covidchildcare colorado. Com. Again, thanks to so many others working hard to put this effort together, successfully and immediately. Now, i know that yesterdays announcement, the closure of major gathering spaces, including food and beverage establishments, is already hitting Small Businesses, workers, our entire economy, so i want to talk about that for a moment. We re were making Unemployment Insurance available for all coloradans. I know the Unemployment Insurance system is experiencing a high load of claims, so again, that website has been intermediate. People have gotten through. They have registered. But if youre expressing trouble, try Early Morning or late at night when the load is lower. The we are working on scaling up the website so they can conduct more simultaneous transactions. Asexpect claims to increase the virus takes a larger toll on the economy, not just in colorado, but in america and, of course, globally. We have a patch to deal with the highvolume. The call center will assist in that area. The patient. Be patient. Youre not losing eligibility. Try again, particularly during the lower traffic hours. We also sent a letter to the Small Business administration, asking for relief in colorado. Were specifically asking for the Economic Injury disaster loans in a number of impacted areas and are considering to press the delegation and trumpet mr. Risch and to do everything they Trump Administration to do everything they can. Federalso call upon our delegation to act immediately to pass relief measures. I strongly support efforts to put 1000 a month or 2000 or more in the hands of coloradans, as well as beefing up some of our social Safety Network programs that support those most at risk. Actink this is the time to quickly at the federal level and i strongly encourage congress to act. The federal government is able to borrow money at an historic low interest rate, roughly 1 last time i checked on the 10 year tbill rate. The opportunity to deploy that money immediately to avoid an economic crisis for those who have lost their jobs in the food service industry, and for all those who are suffering in this time, injecting cash into the economy, getting it directly to people quickly, can make a major difference in the economic recovery and trajectory of this, separate from the Public Health ramifications, which we are care deeply about and are focused on everyday here in the state of colorado. I want to conclude today by thanking everybody who is taking this seriously, and more importantly, again, for taking this information in strike, with urgency, with importance, but not with undoing and do exciting or trepidation undo anxiety or trepidation. Weve been tracking this. But consider this hasnt even been two weeks since we got our first case in colorado, and the cow quickly and drastically things have changed. Look how quickly things have changed. We will get through this. We will return to good times, but we will get through this together, by talking, by sharing, by being prudent, and by precaution, not by letting anxiety and fear overwhelm us. How are we going to get through this together . I know there are serious Kitchen Table issues many families are facing. Thats one of the reasons i call on the federal government to act, to get some money out to families, particularly those affected, but all families that are suffering. And i know that were dealing with a Public Health disaster on the one hand, and a volatile Economic Situation on the other hand. Volatile Economic Situation not just in colorado, but nationally and internationally. Now i want to be clear, we have to address the Public Health issue, and youll continue to see Additional Guidance requirements in the coming hours and days with regard to containing the spread of the virus. Because if we fail, the economic consequences of the virus running rampant will be far worse in the medium and longterm. This will be difficult. But this will also be temporary. Eventually, things will return to normal. The vast majority of us, as many people as possible, is going to be just fine. And were going to take the steps we need to avoid catastrophic lossoflife for those who are in need of urgent care because of the covid virus, by flattening the curve of the spread of the virus. Look, theres nothing perfect in any response. Nothing is ever perfect. I cant promise were going to get everything right, but what i can promise you is that our team, our medical experts, those we have pulled into this effort and detailed into this effort, and everyone involved in this effort, are going to keep her shoulders against the wheel and were going to press on and do everything we can to balance all of these competing factors until we reach the other side. We are addressing the Public Health issue and getting ahead of this curve by taking the actions we took around restaurants and gatherings and other precautions in the next few days. I know that theres a social political peace, as well, meaning how long and what people can endure. Nowyes, an economic piece for families that need to put food on the table, and an economic piece in terms of preparing for a robust recovery. Well have more details on that in the coming weeks, as well. Most of all, i know that we will make it through this together. Happy to, and id be take some questions. [inaudible] gov. Polis we want to scale up testing as fast as possible. I hope they are not going to dia to get out of here. [inaudible] gov. Polis if you would connect us, joe, we would be happy to take 100,000 test kits and employ them as quickly as possible. We would rather than not go to dia and outofstate. [inaudible] were looking at all of the Public Health options that are on the table for the appropriate deployment to minimize the spread of the virus. Theres another of steps that have to be taken, and you can expect additional steps in the coming hours and days. Some are being taken by county Health Departments because s