• Granting Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
• Appropriation Amount: $66,500,000
• Grant Amount: Award Ceiling $0, Award Floor $0, No match
• Announcement Date: November 19, 2021
• Closing Date: December 10, 2021

HSB HRSA-22-120 (U3U) Community-Based Workforce to Build COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Final (1)

Purpose: Strengthen vaccine confidence, provide further information and education on the vaccines and improve rates of vaccination across the country. This program will mobilize community outreach workers, which includes community health workers, patient navigators and social support specialists to the most vulnerable and medically underserved communities, including racial and ethnic minority groups. Community outreach workers will educate, and assist individuals in receiving the COVID-19 vaccination. This includes activities such as reaching out directly to community members to educate them about the vaccine, assisting individuals in making a vaccine appointment, providing resources (e.g. convenient vaccine locations, information for individuals impacted by COVID-19 and its long-term health effects), and assisting individuals with transportation or other needs to get to their vaccine appointments. Specifically, the program will aim to build vaccine confidence in order to get people vaccinated in a quick and efficient manner. HRSA will fund applicants that have demonstrated experience and expertise in implementing public health programs across broad geographic area

Eligible Expenditures: Activities may include, but are not limited to, the development and sharing of vaccine related outreach and education materials that are culturally competent, making phone calls to community members for education and assistance, providing information on the closest vaccine locations, making vaccine appointments for individuals, making vaccine reminder calls, and arranging for transportation and childcare assistance to vaccine appointments, as needed. Outreach resources may also include materials addressing social determinants of health, chronic disease management, education for individuals impacted by COVID-19 and its long-term health effects, as appropriate.

Eligible Applicants:
Eligible applicants include nonprofit private or public organizations with demonstrated experience in implementing public health programs. This includes Tribes and Tribal organizations as well. Applicants should have demonstrated experience and expertise in implementing public health programs, including the experience,

Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration CBOVaccineOutreach@hrsa.gov
Contact Latorie S. Jones, PharmD at (301)443-6614 or email CBOVaccineOutreach@hrsa.gov