In December 2022, the federal Administration for Community Living awarded grants to USAging and NCOA totaling $125 million to rapidly increase the number of older adults and people with disabilities who have received the updated COVID-19 vaccine and annual flu vaccine. These programs will distribute funding and leverage partnerships across the aging and disability networks to host community vaccine clinics, provide in-home vaccinations, provide transportation to vaccination sites, conduct outreach and education to older adults and disabled people, and more. The two grants have complementary, but distinct, areas of focus.
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ADvancing States is partnering with USAging and NCOA on these vaccine initiatives.
Aging And Disability Vaccination Collaborative, USAging
With $75 million in funding from ACL, USAging has established the Aging and Disability Vaccination Collaborative (ADVC) to distribute funding to enable organizations across the aging and disability networks to perform an array of COVID-19 and influenza vaccination promotion activities. Organizations selected for funding will host or partner with organizations to provide community vaccine clinics for the updated COVID-19 vaccine or flu vaccine, provide in-home vaccinations, provide transportation to vaccination sites, and will conduct outreach and education to older adults and people with disabilities among other activities. USAging’s ADVC is working with 1,600 grantees and partners, including a State Unit on Aging, Area Agencies on Aging, Centers for Independent Living, and other community organizations.
See USAging’s LinkedIn page for up-to-date ADVC grantee activities.
USAging's "You've Got This" Campaign: USAging, through the Aging and Disability Vaccination Collaborative (ADVC), has launched a national marketing campaign to encourage older adults and people with disabilities to roll up their sleeves this fall and winter. Launched this spring with funding from ACL, the USAging-led ADVC is working with 1,600 grantees and partners to inform and educate consumers about the importance of vaccinations—and to connect them to local organizations that can help them get vaccinated. Click here for additional information on this campaign.
COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccine Uptake Initiative, NCOA
With $50 million in funding from ACL, NCOA recently awarded grants to over 180 community-based organizations and 150 senior centers to conduct tailored outreach, host vaccine clinics, and offer services to help older adults and people with disabilities get the latest COVID-19 booster and flu vaccine. Grantees are located in 38 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and range from senior centers to state and local health departments to community clinics serving diverse populations. See NCOA's website for a list of awardees.
NCOA’s “Yes, I’ll be There” campaign promotes the importance of vaccinations and overall wellbeing by sharing information about COVID-19 and flu vaccines for older adults and individuals with disabilities.
NCOA, joined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director, Mandy Cohen, MD, and Administration for Community Living Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging, Alison Barkoff, at the Washington, D.C.-area Vida Senior Centers to emphasize the critical importance of older adults getting the latest vaccines this fall, including the flu and new COVID vaccine that was recently approved. Click here for more information.