Collaboration between community-based organizations (CBOs) and immunization managers at state and local health departments has been critical to COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Immunization managers have been essential to allocating resources and ensuring communities are equipped to combat preventable diseases. As key trust-holders, CBOs are often the translators and messengers of complex, life-saving health information that keeps communities protected and safe from the ever-evolving pandemic. Continued partnerships between these two groups is crucial to shaping a more efficient, effective and equitable community response – for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

During this 60 minute webinar hosted on February 24, 2022 by the CDC Foundation and Vaccine Equity Cooperative, experts: 

• Review the role of immunization managers in COVID-19 vaccine implementation over the last year;
• Reinforce the value and impact of CBO partnerships with state and local health departments in COVID-19 response;
• Spotlight successes and lessons learned from partnerships between CBOs and health departments in Wisconsin and Oregon; and
• Offer ideas for the future state of the relationship between immunization managers and CBOs.

Speakers

• Jesper Angelo,CIO & COO, Living Islands
• Kianna Angelo, Founder & Executive Director, Living Islands
• Charleigh Granade, Public Health Analyst, Immunization Services Division, CDC
• Claire Hannan, Executive Director, Association of Immunization Managers
• Laura Kochlefl, Project Manager – Vaccination Community Outreach Program, Wisconsin DHS
• Rob Smith, Deputy Director, Community Driven Vaccine Program, Oregon Health Authority
• Julie Scofield, Project Director – Community COVID Coalition, CDC Foundation (moderator)

Presentation Slides