COVID-19 Vaccine Outreach Subawards
This funding supported community organizations as they addressed barriers to and promoted acceptance of vaccination for COVID-19, especially in communities where accessing medical care can be challenging, and people have had historical mistrust of the medical community and/or vaccines.
Purpose: To bring equity to the vaccination process, by reaching out to counties and communities with low vaccination rates in Wisconsin.
Eligibility: Applicants must be based in Wisconsin, conduct their proposed community outreach work in Wisconsin, and be one of the following:
- Local or tribal government entities
- Nonprofit entities certified as a 501(c)(3) by the federal Internal Revenue Service
- Projects sponsored by another 501(c)(3) organization
- Organizations that are new and have not done this work under the direction of Wisconsin Health Literacy before.
- Organizations that are grantees finishing up Year 1 of this work in June 2023.
2023-2024 Sub-awardees (31 total)
- African Heritage, Inc.
- A&S Unlimited Solutions, Inc.
- Bethel Temple Church
- Black and Brown Womyn Power Coalition
- Burmese Rohingya Community of Wisconsin
- Calvary Baptist Church
- Community Center for Immigrants, Inc.
- Divine Wellness and Counseling
- Ebenezer Family Worship Center
- Ecares Agency, Inc.
- Essentially Empowered
- Family Resource Center of Sheboygan County
- Fond du Lac Literacy
- Greater Galilee Baptist Church
- Greater New Birth Church
- Health Connections Inc.
- Hephatha Lutheran Church
- Hmong American Friendship Association
- Hmong Baptist Ministry
- Kingdom Reconciliation Outreach Ministries
- Latino Academy of Workforce Development
- Mason Temple Church of God in Christ
- MKE Black Grassroots Network For Health Equity
- Mother Kathryn Daniels Conference Center C.H. Mason Community Health Clinic
- Multicultural Coalition, Inc.
- New Hmong Professionals
- Our Daily Bread Community Outreach Center, Inc
- People of Progression
- Safe & Sound, Inc.
- USSGU
- Wisconsin Council of Churches
2022-2023 Sub-awardees (20 total)
- A&S Unlimited Solutions
- African Heritage Inc.
- Black and Brown Womyn Power Coalition
- Burmese Rohingya Community of Wisconsin
- Community Center for Immigrants
- Ebenezer Family Worship
- Ecares
- Fond Du Lac Literacy
- Greater Galilee Community Development Corporation
- Hephatha Lutheran Church
- Hmong American Friendship Association
- Latino Academy of Workforce Development
- Mason Temple Church
- Multicultural Coalition, Inc.
- Casa Hispana
- New Hmong Professionals
- People of Progression
- POINTTERS
- Padres e Hijos en Acción
- Racine Literacy
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