HRSA awards, announces grants to build COVID-19 vaccine confidence

Nov 10, 2021 - 09:52 AM
HRSA Logo

The Health Resources and Services Administration today awarded nine community-based organizations a portion of $77 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to build vaccine confidence and bolster COVID-19 vaccinations in hard-hit, high-risk communities. The agency also will accept applications through Dec. 10 from health care and other community-based organizations for up to $10 million each to strengthen COVID-19 vaccine confidence and improve vaccination rates in vulnerable or medically underserved communities. HRSA expects to make about seven awards.
 
“Today’s investments are part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s continued efforts to leverage trusted local messengers and support community-based efforts to vaccinate more Americans against COVID-19,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.

 

Related News Articles

Headline
COVID-19 immunity check: Vast majority of Americans have some protections 
New research from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that by early fall 2022, an overwhelming percentage of American adults had…
Headline
CMS eliminates COVID-19 vaccination requirements for health care workers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services May 31 released regulatory changes to the COVID-19 health care staff vaccination requirements and long-term…
#HealthCareInnovation Blog
A Strategy to Tackle Public Health Misinformation
In the fall of 2021, two years into the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., nearly 80% of adults said they had heard “at least one of eight different false…
Headline
NIOSH revokes respirators temporarily approved for COVID-19 PHE
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health this week revoked eight N95 filtering facepiece respirator approvals and four powered air-…
Headline
CMS releases new FAQ on end to Medicaid continuous enrollment
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a FAQ regarding Consolidated Appropriations Act changes for states redetermining Medicaid enrollee…
Headline
Congress urged to make certain Medicare telehealth access permanent 
Telehealth Access for America, an AHA-supported campaign to protect patient access to critical telehealth services, urged Congress to make permanent certain…