Vaccine Outreach Project

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Delaware

Parent Information Center of Delaware, Inc.
Website: picofdel.org

Established in 1983, Parent Information Center of Delaware, (PIC) is a statewide non-profit organization with a mission is to improve health and educational outcomes for children and youth by empowering them, their families, and the professionals who serve them.  In August 2021, under the guidance of National Family Voices, PIC joined a coalition of partners to provide information, education, and resources to youth ages 12-15 and their families residing in high vaccine hesitant areas in Delaware.   PICs outreach under the Covid project includes participation at community outreach events, information, and resource sharing both in-person and through social media and one-on-one vaccination assistance to youth, families and community members.   For more information about the COVID Outreach Project, contact Meedra Surratte, at msurratte@picofdel.org

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Maryland

The Parents’ Place of Maryland
Website: ppmd.org Phone: (410) 768-9100

Our work has enabled us to create amazing partnerships to help extend our reach to families, especially our families in our underserved communities.  Specifically, our communities that are experiencing the highest levels of vulnerability – MD’s Lower Shore (Worcester, Somerset, and Wicomico counties) and Baltimore City.  While all counties in Maryland are trending down in vaccine hesitancy the state is still experiencing this in every jurisdiction.  As a statewide organization we will also target the entire state using universal tools for vaccine outreach and education through recorded webinars (English and Spanish), our website, monthly electronic English newsletter, quarterly Spanish newsletter, FB both English and Spanish).

COVID-19 resources on ppmd.org

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Virginia

Center for Family Involvement
Website: centerforfamilyinvolvementblog.org 

  • Identifying a network of people with disabilities and families of children with disabilities to serve as community outreach workers;
  • talking about COVID vaccinations to Spanish and Arabic support groups for families of children with disabilities;
  • developing scripting for Spanish newspaper and radio ads about keeping abuelo/a safe at family gatherings;
  • hosting regular Facebook Live events featuring health care workers and families talking about COVID and vaccinations;
  • supporting youth with disabilities to develop videos featuring youth and families of children with disabilities talking about vaccinations and about being proactive health decision makers;
  • and disseminating information about COVID and vaccines to partner agencies and at community events.
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Minigrants

Family Voices provided mini-grants to the MCHB-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Centers (F2Fs). Below you can find each state/territory that was awarded a mini-grant. For some states/territories, resources are available in the Resources by State/Territory section.

This program is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the University of Maryland School of Medicine as part of an award totaling $1,000,000 with 0% financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.

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