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Visiting Nurses Hit the Road to Provide Vaccines to the Homebound
April 28, 2021
Inadequate access to transportation remains an underlying source of inequity during the COVID-19 vaccination process across the country. This is especially true for many older adults and people with disabilities who live in rural communities where vaccination rates are reportedly at least five percentage points lower than in urban areas...
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Bringing the COVID “Vax” to Educators in JAX
April 21, 2021
Education professionals, children and parents alike are eager to return to in-person instruction more than a year after the pandemic shuttered schools and childcare centers across the country. With safety the clear priority, the push to reopen coincides with a simultaneous drive to ensure all childhood education staff receive the..
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LMM Elevates Fight for Health Equity for Clevelanders Experiencing Homelessness
April 14, 2021
Nearly two in five Americans have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and one-fifth have been completely vaccinated. Yet ensuring the equitable distribution of vaccines still remains challenging for one group of people in particular: Americans experiencing homelessness. Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry is doing what it can to..
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Going Mobile: Good Samaritan Society Communities Receive On-Site COVID-19 Vaccinations
April 7, 2021
Since the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine began, independent living communities for older adults have had to become resourceful in responding to the needs of residents. Traveling to a clinic to receive the vaccine can be challenging for many people in independent living homes. With access to vaccines still limited,..
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It Takes a Village to Raise a Child
March 24, 2021
Until 2005, The Children’s Village—established in 1851 to care for orphans in New York City—largely focused on residential programs. Under the leadership of President and CEO Jeremy Kohomban, The Children’s Village transformed into an irreplaceable source of support for children through community engagement. Vincent Madera, the director of The Children’s..
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