Guides and Resources
State, tribal, territorial, and local immunization programs and health departments have received $6.7 billion since January 2021 to support COVID-19 vaccination as part of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act. In support of equitable vaccine uptake in communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19, CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases provides multiple resources to support jurisdictions and community-based organizations with COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
12 COVID-19 Vaccination Strategies for Your Community Field Guide
Developed by Vaccinate with Confidence, the COVID-19 Vaccination Field Guide outlines selected strategies to help increase vaccine confidence and uptake. These strategies were drawn from historical (non-COVID-19) vaccination efforts and supported by positive outcomes from evaluation research. Field Guide users can submit feedback and strategy examples to confidenceconsults@cdc.gov.
Guide for Awardees to Increase Vaccine Uptake
In January 2021, CDC released a Guide for Awardees for the 64 state and local health department awardees to support them in using $6.7 billion in funding for community-driven approaches to develop, implement, and monitor strategies.
A Guide for Community Partners: Increasing COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Members of Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities
The Guide for Community Partners is a complementary resource specific to community-based organizations that includes practical ways to get involved, best practices, one-pagers, linked resources, data, and more to help guide organizations’ efforts. Also available in Spanish.
Expanding COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution to Primary Care Providers to Address Disparities in Immunization
The Guide for Jurisdictions to Expand COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution to Primary Care Providers outlines a data-driven approach that jurisdictions can use to increase vaccination opportunities provided by primary care providers and medical offices, especially in communities that are socially marginalized.
Success Framework for Adult Immunization Partner Networks
The Success Framework for Adult Immunization Partner Networks is a guide for awardees to support building partnerships to increase vaccine uptake. This resource contains questions and recommended actions designed to help awardees expand operational capacity, improve routine adult vaccination coverage, and reduce longstanding disparities in adult vaccination rates.
To send questions or comments about the program, send an e-mail to PHEBranch@cdc.gov.