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State Health and Value Strategies (SHVS), in partnership with Manatt Health, Georgetown’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR), State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC), Bailit Health, and GMMB developed this resource page to serve as an accessible “one-stop” source of COVID-19 information for states. This resource is designed to support states seeking to make coverage and essential services available to all of their residents, especially high-risk and vulnerable people, during the COVID-19 pandemic. SHVS will update this page frequently with new resources as they become available.

If you have materials you are willing to share with other states through this page, or if there are topics of particular concern that you would like addressed, please contact SHVS.

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Federal Funding Awards Covid-19

HRSA Announces New $350 Million Initiative to Increase COVID-19 Vaccinations

HHS

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new $350 million initiative for HRSA-supported health centers to increase COVID-19 vaccines in their communities, with a specific focus on underserved populations. This funding will support health centers administering updated COVID-19 vaccines through mobile, drive-up, walk-up, or community-based vaccination events, including working with community-based organizations, and other efforts to increase the administration of COVID-19 vaccines.

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Date Created: Dec 2, 2022
State Examples and Models Covid-19

Maryland Primary Care Vaccine Program surpasses 500,000 COVID shots administered

Maryland

The Maryland Department of Health announced that more than 500,000 Marylanders have received their COVID-19 primary vaccines and booster shots from their family doctors via the Maryland Department of Health’s Maryland Primary Care Program’s (MDPCP) Vaccine Program. The MDPCP, which was launched in March 2019, is engaged with more than 500 primary care practices across the state to encourage the more than four million Marylanders they serve to be COVIDReady by staying up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines and boosters.

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Date Created: Oct 18, 2022
State Examples and Models Covid-19

New York State Department of Health Funding for Community-based Wellness Organizations

New York State Department of Health

The New York State Department of Health announced two funding opportunities that will provide $10.7 million in funding for small, community-based wellness organizations to encourage the expansion or development of new COVID-19 mitigation and prevention resources and services. These grants will support local organizations that are trusted voices within under-resourced communities, including rural communities that are at greater risk of contracting COVID-19.

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Date Created: Aug 1, 2022
State Examples and Models Covid-19

Wisconsin Department of Health Services Updated COVID-19 Illness After Vaccination Webpage

Wisconsin Department of Health Services

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has updated the COVID-19 Illness After Vaccination webpage to include additional data on people who are up to date with COVID-19 vaccines. In addition to including data by vaccination and booster dose status, DHS released a new data visualization showing the rate of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths by vaccination status over time.

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Date Created: Jun 17, 2022
State Examples and Models Covid-19

Wisconsin DHS Grant Program to Promote Health Equity in COVID-19 Vaccination

Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced the Moving Forward Together Grant Program, a new funding opportunity to support continued efforts to promote health equity in COVID-19 vaccination in Wisconsin. Eligible organizations can apply for awards of up to $400,000 to advance efforts to address barriers to COVID-19 vaccination. Eligible organizations include licensed residential and community-based care facilities, educational institutions, churches or religious groups, local or tribal community-based organizations, and non-traditional providers or locations that serve high-risk populations.

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Date Created: May 20, 2022
Federal Statute and Guidance Covid-19

CMS Updates to the Coverage and Reimbursement of COVID-19 Vaccines, Vaccine Administration, and Cost Sharing Toolkit

CMS

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released updates to the Coverage and Reimbursement of COVID-19 Vaccines, Vaccine Administration, and Cost Sharing under Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Basic Health Program toolkit. This version of the toolkit includes updated information on dental billing codes and the wind down of the Health Resources Services Administration’s uninsured and underinsured funds. CMS has also streamlined language on the Food & Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control & Prevention’s vaccine authorizations.

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Date Created: May 9, 2022
State Examples and Models Covid-19

California Chatbot to Combat COVID-19 Misinformation

California

The California Department of Public Health unveiled new Spanish- and English-language WhatsApp chatbot tools to offer reliable information about COVID-19 to Californians, especially those in the Latino community. When using this service, Spanish- and English-speakers will receive up-to-date information about the safety of vaccines, how to book vaccination appointments, and how to obtain digital records of vaccinations.

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Date Created: Apr 27, 2022
Federal Statute and Guidance Covid-19

National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan

The White House

The National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan lays out a roadmap to help fight COVID-19 in the future and focuses on four key goals: 1) protect and treat against COVID-19, 2) prepare for new variants, 3) prevent economic and educational shutdowns, and 4) continue to vaccinate the world.

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Date Created: Mar 4, 2022
Federal Statute and Guidance Covid-19

CMS Releases Updates to the Coverage and Reimbursement of COVID-19 Vaccines, Vaccine Administration, and Cost Sharing

CMS

On February 11, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released updates to the Coverage and Reimbursement of COVID-19 Vaccines, Vaccine Administration, and Cost Sharing under Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Basic Health Program toolkit.

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Date Created: Mar 2, 2022
State Examples and Models Covid-19

Strategies to Increase COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in Medicaid Enrollees: Considerations for State Leaders

National Academy for State Health Policy

The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) published a new report that explores how states are tackling the challenge of identifying gaps in vaccine access among their Medicaid populations and provides examples of promising strategies to improve COVID-19 vaccination rates among Medicaid enrollees.

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Date Created: Jan 14, 2022
Federal Statute and Guidance Covid-19

CMS Announces Mandatory Coverage of Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Counseling with 100% FMAP

CMS

On December 2, CMS announced that states are now required to cover COVID-19 vaccine counseling for children and youth under age 21 through the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit. These counseling visits will be considered COVID-19 vaccine administration, so states will receive a 100% federal match through the last day of the first quarter that begins one year after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, per the American Rescue Plan. In addition, CMS will now require that states cover stand-alone vaccine counseling visits related to all pediatric vaccines under the EPSDT benefit; these will be matched at the state’s regular FMAP percentage.

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Date Created: Dec 14, 2021
SHVS Resources Covid-19

Borrowing Proven Policy Strategies to Vaccinate Kids Against COVID-19: Lessons from Past Successes can Provide a Roadmap for Ensuring Equity in Immunization Efforts

SHVS/SHADAC

With authorization of the first COVID-19 vaccine for children ages five and older, most kids in the United States are now eligible to be immunized. Recent experience with other vaccines shows the country is capable of vaccinating kids widely and equitably, but the challenges in vaccinating adults against COVID-19 and experiences with other immunizations in children, like the vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV), also demonstrate that success is not inevitable. To meet their COVID-19 vaccination goals to vaccinate kids against COVID-19, states can borrow strategies that have historically proved effective in immunizing kids against diseases such as measles and resulted in dramatic reductions in certain vaccination rate disparities. This issue brief highlights state strategies that have led to high childhood vaccination rates—and dramatic strides toward health equity—and identifies how those strategies could be applied in the context of the current COVID-19 crisis.

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Date Created: Nov 3, 2021
State Examples and Models Covid-19

DHS Announces Multiple Funding Opportunities to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities

Wisconsin

On October 13, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced funds will be made available to promote racial and geographic equity in the COVID-19 response. DHS was awarded $27 million by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to combat inequities related to COVID-19 infection, illness, and death, including $9 million dedicated to rural communities. In a separate appropriation, an additional $13 million in funding has been set aside to continue the Vaccine Community Outreach grant program, which funds organizations across Wisconsin to increase vaccinations by serving as trusted messengers within their communities, build vaccine confidence, and reduce barriers that hinder vaccine access for marginalized or underserved populations.

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Date Created: Oct 13, 2021
SHVS Resources Covid-19

Strategies for Working with Managed Care Organizations to Increase COVID-19 Vaccination Rates

SHVS/Bailit Health

COVID-19 vaccines are now widely accessible in the United States and free to everyone over the age of 12. Given the spread of the Delta variant, there is an urgent need to increase vaccination rates, particularly among Medicaid enrollees. States across the country continue to report Medicaid enrollees are getting vaccinated at lower rates than the general population. This expert perspective explores how state Medicaid managed care programs and health plans can work collaboratively to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates for the more than 55 million Medicaid enrollees in comprehensive managed care plans.

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Date Created: Sep 15, 2021
Analysis Covid-19

Want People to Take the COVID-19 Vaccine? Confront Racism in Health Care

Commonwealth Fund

Even as the Delta variant rages through the U.S., many Americans have not received a COVID-19 vaccine. The reasons are complex, but for Black and Latino(a) communities, a long history of poor access to health care has been a tall barrier. On the first episode of the new season of the Commonwealth Fund’s The Dose podcast, host Shanoor Seervai talks to Rhea Boyd, a pediatrician and public health advocate, about what it takes to dismantle the historic racism that has long prevented people of color from getting the health care they need. Black and Latino(a) health care professionals like Dr. Boyd are answering questions about the COVID-19 vaccine online and in person. If we make it a national priority, she says, we can ensure Black and Latino(a)  people get credible information about the vaccines and easy access to them.

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Date Created: Oct 1, 2021
State Examples and Models Covid-19

Wolf Administration Announces New Grant Program to Promote Grassroots Vaccine Outreach

Pennsylvania

Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary Dennis Davin and Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam announced a new $5 million grant program to help grassroots organizations with encouraging vaccine-hesitant populations to get the COVID-19 vaccine. This program will provide funding to community organizations to educate their community regarding COVID-19 vaccination to address hesitancy concerns and barriers and to provide direction on where and how to schedule a vaccine appointment. Additionally, Pennsylvania Department of Health Acting Physician General Dr. Denise Johnson also addressed vaccine hesitancy among Latino(a) communities and encouraged unvaccinated people to get a COVID-19 vaccine during a visit to the Pennsylvania Latino Convention.

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Date Created: Oct 1, 2021
SHVS Resources Covid-19

Strategies for States to Drive Equitable Vaccine Distribution and Administration

SHVS/Manatt Health/Health Equity Solutions

On Thursday, August 12, State Health and Value Strategies hosted a webinar during which experts from Manatt Health and Health Equity Solutions provided an overview of the strategies states can pursue in partnership with community-based organizations to reduce disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake, and in the longer term, to build a more equitable and sustainable public health system. While more than 20 states and the District of Columbia reached the Biden administration’s goal of administering one or more COVID-19 vaccine doses to at least 70 percent of adults by early July, wide variation in vaccination rates persists across communities within these states and among the 30 states still working to reach this goal. This variation in vaccination rates at the community level translates to disparities across racial and ethnic groups, as most states continue to have disparities in vaccination rates between Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and white populations. States and their community partners are implementing a broad range of distribution and outreach strategies to improve vaccine equity and are looking to build sustainable infrastructure and capacity to advance health equity within state and local public health and health care delivery systems.

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Date Created: Aug 23, 2021
SHVS Resources Covid-19

Strategies for States to Drive Equitable Vaccine Distribution and Administration

SHVS/Manatt Health/Health Equity Solutions

On Thursday, August 12,State Health and Value Strategies hosted a webinar during which experts from Manatt Health and Health Equity Solutions provided an overview of the strategies states can pursue in partnership with community-based organizations to reduce disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake, and in the longer term, to build a more equitable and sustainable public health system. While more than 20 states and the District of Columbia reached the Biden administration’s goal of administering one or more COVID-19 vaccine doses to at least 70 percent of adults by early July, wide variation in vaccination rates persists across communities within these states and among the 30 states still working to reach this goal. This variation in vaccination rates at the community level translates to disparities across racial and ethnic groups, as most states continue to have disparities in vaccination rates between Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and white populations. States and their community partners are implementing a broad range of distribution and outreach strategies to improve vaccine equity and are looking to build sustainable infrastructure and capacity to advance health equity within state and local public health and health care delivery systems.

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Date Created: Aug 2, 2021
State Examples and Models Covid-19

COVID Comms Hub

Virginia

This internal site helps Virginia communicators stay on top of weekly updates relating to COVID comms resources. We highlight the latest tools from teams across VDH, CDC + partners. Bookmark + come back often.

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Date Created: Jun 22, 2021
SHVS Resources Covid-19

Ensuring Equity: State Strategies for Monitoring COVID-19 Vaccination Rates by Race and Other Priority Populations

SHVS/SHADAC

The rollout of vaccines designed to end the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has begun in earnest across the United States. Currently, each state is responsible for determining how to allocate, distribute, track, and report its vaccine allotment from the federal government, although the federal government is expected to take on a larger role under a new Biden administration. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Black, Indigenous, and other people of color have been disproportionately impacted by both higher risks of infection and poorer health outcomes, and many are concerned that an inequitable or inefficient distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine may further widen health inequities among these populations. One way to help ensure the equitable administration of COVID-19 vaccine is to track vaccine administration disaggregated for key subpopulations, such as gender, race and ethnicity, and geography (e.g., urban vs. rural). This expert perspective reviews the data states are currently publicly reporting related to vaccine administration and provides an interactive map that explores the extent to which all 50 states are reporting vaccine administration data breakdowns by age, gender, race, ethnicity, provider type, and level of geography. The expert perspective also discusses what current data sources states are using to provide this information and provides an overview of options states can consider to collect information about the administration of COVID-19 vaccine in populations via survey data.

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Date Created: Jun 16, 2021
SHVS Resources Covid-19

Aligning Vaccine and Enrollment Efforts to Maximize Reach

SHVS/GMMB

With the passage of the American Rescue Plan (ARP), more people than ever before are eligible for financial help to pay for a health insurance plan. Estimates are that on average, 4 out of 5 customers can now find a health plan for less than $10 a month—a remarkable step to provide more affordable coverage, for more Americans. To promote these significant savings, Marketplaces are launching integrated and innovative outreach campaigns—including tapping into existing public health and COVID-19 vaccination efforts—to reach residents with this important information and get them enrolled. As vaccine distribution is increasingly going local, state marketplaces are tapping into trusted partners like local community centers, faith groups, and small businesses as well as coordinating with state and federal agencies to combine education and outreach to drive enrollment. As Marketplaces look for ways to ensure equitable outreach and enrollment, especially as our nation recovers from COVID-19, this expert perspective highlights a range of communications and outreach strategies to align with vaccine education and distribution.

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Date Created: Jun 17, 2021
State Examples and Models Covid-19

COVID-19: Racial and Ethnic Disparities

Wisconsin

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted health inequities across the nation and in Wisconsin. COVID-19 has been hard on everyone, but data shows that Wisconsin’s Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Inequities are reflected in COVID-19 vaccination rates. Many of the factors that contribute to health disparities may also be barriers that prevent people from getting vaccinated, as the data shows that white populations have higher vaccination rates.

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Date Created: Jun 17, 2021
Analysis Covid-19

Equity in COVID-19 Vaccines: Emerging Lessons from the Front Lines

Families USA

As of March 2021, the United States is administering more than 3 million COVID-19 vaccines a day.1 From the day vaccines were on the horizon, Congress, governors, and the Biden administration committed to equitably distributing them, pointing to disproportionately high rates of COVID-19-related illness and death among Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC). These disparate outcomes from COVID-19 are linked to longstanding inequities in health care and systemic racism within society.

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Date Created: Jun 17, 2021
Analysis Covid-19

KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: May 2021

Kaiser Family Foundation

The KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor is an ongoing research project tracking the public’s attitudes and experiences with COVID-19 vaccinations. Using a combination of surveys and qualitative research, this project tracks the dynamic nature of public opinion as vaccine development and distribution unfold, including vaccine confidence and acceptance, information needs, trusted messengers and messages, as well as the public’s experiences with vaccination.

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Date Created: Jun 17, 2021
State Examples and Models Covid-19

COVID-19 Update: Vax-a-Million, Medicaid Vaccine Uptake, Isolation/Quarantine

Ohio

Governor DeWine announced today that Ohio continues to see increased uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine following the announcement of the Ohio Vax-a-Million promotion.

From May 14 through May 19 as compared to May 7 through May 12, vaccinations in Ohio increased 94 percent among those 16 and 17 years old, 46 percent among those 18 and 19 years old, and 55 percent among those between 20 and 49 years old.

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Date Created: Jun 2, 2021
SHVS Resources Covid-19

Ensuring Equity: State Strategies for Monitoring COVID-19 Vaccination Rates by Race and Other Priority Populations

SHVS/SHADAC

The rollout of vaccines designed to end the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has begun in earnest across the United States. Currently, each state is responsible for determining how to allocate, distribute, track, and report its vaccine allotment from the federal government, although the federal government is expected to take on a larger role under a new Biden administration. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Black, Indigenous, and other people of color have been disproportionately impacted by both higher risks of infection and poorer health outcomes, and many are concerned that an inequitable or inefficient distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine may further widen health inequities among these populations. One way to help ensure the equitable administration of COVID-19 vaccine is to track vaccine administration disaggregated for key subpopulations, such as gender, race and ethnicity, and geography (e.g., urban vs. rural). This expert perspective reviews the data states are currently publicly reporting related to vaccine administration and provides an interactive map that explores the extent to which all 50 states are reporting vaccine administration data breakdowns by age, gender, race, ethnicity, provider type, and level of geography. The expert perspective also discusses what current data sources states are using to provide this information and provides an overview of options states can consider to collect information about the administration of COVID-19 vaccine in populations via survey data.

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Date Created: May 10, 2021
SHVS Resources Covid-19

Medicaid and CHIP Coverage of COVID-10 Vaccine and Treatment: A Roadmap for State Action During and After the Public Health Emergency

SHVS/Manatt Health

Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has required states to cover COVID-19 vaccines and treatments for certain eligibility groups under Medicaid and CHIP. Congress significantly enhanced those coverage requirements with the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) of 2021. This toolkit provides a roadmap for states to assess and, if necessary, amend their Medicaid and CHIP policies to ensure compliance with ARP’s requirements for coverage of COVID-19 vaccines and treatment.

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Date Created: May 10, 2021
State Examples and Models Covid-19

Healthier Together – Health Equity Action Network

North Carolina

NCDHHS has partnered with the NC Counts Coalition to implement the Healthier Together initiative. Healthier Together will implement strategies to drive demand and increase access to vaccines to BIPOC and other historically marginalized populations by conducting outreach and education efforts, coordinating local vaccine events at trusted and accessible locations, helping people schedule and get to vaccine appointments, providing on-site translation services, and helping ensure people get to second dose appointments.

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Date Created: Apr 1, 2021
Federal Statute and Guidance Covid-19

FACT SHEET: Biden Administration Announces Historic $10 Billion Investment to Expand Access to COVID-19 Vaccines and Build Vaccine Confidence in Hardest-Hit and Highest-Risk Communities

White House Briefing Room

The Biden-Harris Administration is announcing a series of actions to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines to the hardest-hit and highest-risk communities across the country.

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Date Created: Mar 25, 2021
Analysis Covid-19

COVID-19 Vaccines and Emerging Viral Variants: Considerations for Governors

National Governors Association

The Biden Administration has set a goal to have 300 million individuals vaccinated across the United States by July 2021 and Governors are at the forefront of this vaccine distribution effort. Adding urgency to this challenge, new and more transmissible COVID-19 viral variants are spreading across the country, increasing pressure on states to quickly vaccinate as many individuals as possible, while ensuring equity and maintaining other mitigation measures to limit viral transmission.

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Date Created: Mar 25, 2021
Analysis Covid-19

Latest Data on COVID-19 Vaccinations Race/Ethnicity

Kaiser Family Foundation

To provide greater insight into who is receiving the vaccine and whether some groups are facing disparities in vaccination, KFF is collecting and analyzing state-reported data on COVID-19 vaccinations by race/ethnicity. As of March 15, 2021, 44 states were reporting vaccination data by race/ethnicity. This analysis examines how the vaccinations have been distributed by race/ethnicity and the share of the total population vaccinated by race/ethnicity.

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Date Created: Mar 18, 2021
State Examples and Models Covid-19

Arizona Initiative Easing Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Sites for Vulnerable Individuals

Arizona

Arizona Launches Initiative Easing Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Sites for Vulnerable Individuals

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Date Created: Mar 4, 2021
Analysis Covid-19

Equity in Vaccination: A Plan to Work with Communities of Color Toward COVID-19 Recovery and Beyond

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

The plan provides officials with the tools to create, implement, and support a vaccination campaign that works with BIPOC communities to remedy COVID-19 impacts

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Date Created: Mar 4, 2021
SHVS Resources Covid-19

MCO Strategies to Promote COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake

SHVS/Manatt Health

The United States is in the midst of an unprecedented national effort to manufacture, distribute, and ultimately administer COVID-19 vaccines to all Americans. While the federal government is coordinating distribution of vaccines from manufacturers to states, individual states (and certain municipalities) are responsible for coordinating the various components of infrastructure and operational logistics needed to take the vaccine from federal distribution channels to the arms of Americans. This expert perspective outlines four recommendations for states to engage their managed care plans to assist in efforts to successfully and rapidly vaccinate the Medicaid population.

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Date Created: Feb 26, 2021
SHVS Resources Covid-19

Ensuring Equity: State Strategies for Monitoring COVID-19 Vaccination Rates by Race and Other Priority Populations

SHVS/SHADAC

The rollout of vaccines designed to end the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has begun in earnest across the United States. Currently, each state is responsible for determining how to allocate, distribute, track, and report its vaccine allotment from the federal government, although the federal government is expected to take on a larger role under a new Biden administration. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Black, Indigenous, and other people of color have been disproportionately impacted by both higher risks of infection and poorer health outcomes, and many are concerned that an inequitable or inefficient distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine may further widen health inequities among these populations. One way to help ensure the equitable administration of COVID-19 vaccine is to track vaccine administration disaggregated for key subpopulations, such as gender, race and ethnicity, and geography (e.g., urban vs. rural). This expert perspective reviews the data states are currently publicly reporting related to vaccine administration and provides an interactive map that explores the extent to which all 50 states are reporting vaccine administration data breakdowns by age, gender, race, ethnicity, provider type, and level of geography. The expert perspective also discusses what current data sources states are using to provide this information and provides an overview of options states can consider to collect information about the administration of COVID-19 vaccine in populations via survey data.

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Date Created: Feb 9, 2021
Analysis Covid-19

Advancing Equity in the Nation’s COVID-19 Public Health Response and Recovery Efforts: Options for a New Administration

GWU Milken School of Public Health

The presidential transition and the incoming Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to addressing the equity issues associated withtheCOVID-19pandemicprovide an opportunity to identify programmatic and policy approaches that can ensure the kind of participation in containment and prevention strategies that will address the disproportionate disparities we see every day.

This paper identifies the services that are essential to an equity-centric approach totheCOVID-19pandemic, as well as the infrastructure and workforce needed to ensure these services are available and have an equity focus.It reviews a set of administrative and legislative steps that the new presidential administration can take to strengthen the immediate response to the pandemic and address the long-term health and social needs the pandemic has exacerbated. Finally, it offers a strategy for “building back better” in the long term.

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Date Created: Feb 17, 2021
Analysis Covid-19

Demographic Characteristics of Persons Vaccinated During the First Month of the COVID-19 Vaccination Program

CDC

Demographic Characteristics of Persons Vaccinated During the First Month of the COVID-19 Vaccination Program

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Date Created: Feb 9, 2021
State Examples and Models Covid-19

North Carolina: Find My Vaccine Group

North Carolina

NCDHHS launched an online tool, Find My Vaccine Group, that walks users through a series of questions to determine which vaccine group they are in. People can then sign up to be notified when their group can get vaccinated.

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Date Created: Jan 29, 2021
State Examples and Models Covid-19

NCDHHS Launches “Find My Vaccine Group” to Help North Carolinians Know When They Have a Spot to Take Their Shot

North Carolina

NCDHHS launched a new online tool to help North Carolinians know when they will be eligible to get their vaccine. Find My Vaccine Group walks users through a series of questions to determine which vaccine group they are in. People can then sign up to be notified when their group can get vaccinated.

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Date Created: Jan 29, 2021
State Examples and Models, Tracking Dashboards Covid-19

Vaccination Data Dashboard

North Carolina

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) has expanded its vaccine data dashboard to provide information about vaccine doses promised to and received by the state. Users will also be able to see the percent of doses received that have been administered.

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Date Created: Jan 29, 2021
Analysis Covid-19

Survey: Attitudes, Views and Values around Health, Equity and Race Amid COVID-19

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

A national, ongoing survey explores deep-rooted views of those with low and middle incomes, with a focus on people of color, on health, equity and race.

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Date Created: Jan 29, 2021
Analysis Covid-19

Many States Don’t Know Who’s Getting COVID-19 Vaccines. That’s a Huge Problem for Equity

Time Magazine

Nationwide, the U.S. vaccination rollout has been plagued by data gaps, which threaten to make it harder to hold leaders accountable for their goals, obfuscate if and when we reach the long-sought goal of herd immunity, and erode public confidence in the entire vaccination process.

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Date Created: Jan 29, 2021
Federal Statute and Guidance Covid-19

HHS Amends PREP Act Declaration to Increase Workforce Authorized to Administer COVID-19 Vaccines

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a fifth amendment to the Declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) on January 28 to add additional categories of qualified persons authorized to prescribe, dispense, and administer COVID-19 vaccines authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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Date Created: Jan 29, 2021
Federal Statute and Guidance Covid-19

National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness

President Joseph R. Biden

The National Strategy provides a roadmap to guide America out of the worst public health crisis in a century. It outlines an actionable plan across the federal government to address the COVID-19 pandemic, including twelve initial executive actions issued by President Biden in his first two days in office.

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Date Created: Jan 22, 2021
SHVS Resources Covid-19

Ensuring Equity: State Strategies for Monitoring COVID-19 Vaccination Rates by Race and Other Priority Populations

SHVS/SHADAC

The rollout of vaccines designed to end the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has begun in earnest across the United States. Currently, each state is responsible for determining how to allocate, distribute, track, and report its vaccine allotment from the federal government, although the federal government is expected to take on a larger role under a new Biden administration. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Black, Indigenous, and other people of color have been disproportionately impacted by both higher risks of infection and poorer health outcomes, and many are concerned that an inequitable or inefficient distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine may further widen health inequities among these populations. One way to help ensure the equitable administration of COVID-19 vaccine is to track vaccine administration disaggregated for key subpopulations, such as gender, race and ethnicity, and geography (e.g., urban vs. rural). This expert perspective reviews the data states are currently publically reporting related to vaccine administration and provides an interactive map that explores the extent to which all 50 states are reporting vaccine administration data breakdowns by age, gender, race, ethnicity, provider type, and level of geography. The expert perspective also discusses what current data sources states are using to provide this information and provides an overview of options states can consider to collect information about the administration of COVID-19 vaccine in populations via survey data.

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Date Created: Jan 22, 2021
Analysis Covid-19

Immigrant Access to COVID-19 Vaccines: Key Issues to Consider

Kaiser Family Foundation

This brief provides an overview of key issues to consider for reaching noncitizen immigrants as part of COVID-19 vaccination efforts.

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Date Created: Jan 14, 2021
Analysis Covid-19

COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution: Legal Issues and Challenges

The Network for Public Health Law

As the nation awaits the arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine, local and state health officials are making plans to distribute the vaccine. This webinar will examine: 1) legal issues arising from devising equitable and efficient vaccine allocation plans, including the relevance of ongoing emergency declarations, potential legal challenges to allocation plans, and available liability protections for manufacturers and health care practitioners; and 2) the process used by governmental agencies when considering recommending a novel vaccine.

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Date Created: Jan 5, 2021
State Examples and Models Covid-19

Oregon’s Phase 1a Vaccine Sequencing Plan

Oregon

While the number of vaccine doses and timing of receipt remain unclear, this Phase 1a vaccine sequencing plan is urgent and will allow Oregon to further delineate logistical details for the distribution of incoming vaccine.

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Date Created: Jan 5, 2021
State Examples and Models, Tracking Dashboards Covid-19

COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard

Michigan

COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard

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Date Created: Jan 5, 2021
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