health and human services taking on a striking shift in tone with a series of new ads using firsthand accounts to get the vaccine hesitant to realize the dangers of covid-19. we take advantage of like simple things in life, like going to the bathroom and brushing your teeth. i have trouble doing all that now. reporter: the ads are part of a $250 million campaign focused on the nearly 1 in 4 eligible americans who are not yet vaccinated. so far, 56% of the total u.s. population, more than 186 million people, have been fully vaccinated, according to data from the cdc. and over 6 million people have gotten a booster shot. and for the second consecutive week, the cdc s ensemble forecast predict news covid-19 deaths and hospitalizations are likely to continue going down over the next four weeks. god willing, i think we re just about to begin to turn the corner again on the pandemic. reporter: meantime, there s a long overdue renewed focus on
using firsthand accounts to get the vaccine hesitant to realize the dangers of covid-19. we take advantage of like simple things in life, like going to the bathroom and brushing your teeth. they re part of a $250 million campaign focused on the nearly one in four eligible americans who are not jet vaccinated. 56% of the u.s. population, more than 186 million people who have been fully vaccinated, according to data from the cdc, and over 6 million people have gotten a booster shot. and for the second consecutive week, the cdc s ensemble forecast predicts new deaths and hospitalizations are likely to continue going down over the next four weeks. out of the 702,000 covid-19 deaths in the u.s., 645 have been children. according to the cdc. children s deaths may only make up less than 0.1% of the total,
of adults behind on rent face likely eviction within the next two months. that s the highest rate in the nation. scott spivey is responsible for distributing the $186 million of federal assistance. how much have you given away? $10 million is approved for payment or out the door. what are the biggest challenges in distributing that money to people that need it? awareness of the program, access to technology, and getting the word out. i have plenty of money to give qualifying tenants in mississippi. what i need is applications and time. i can t afford child care. she praise help will come soon. do you have hope? faith. i know if i just do my part, he ll do the rest. morgan radford joins me now. morgan, i guess that s the frustration here meaning we know there are folks in need and
states had distributed less than 10% of the rental assistance money from the first federal allocation. according to the u.s. census bureau, here in mississippi, 79% of the adults behind in the rent face likely eviction in two months which is the highest rate in the nation. scott spivey is responsible for distributing mississippi s $186 million of federal assistance. how much of that have you given away? $10 million has been either approved for payment or out the door. what are the biggest challenges in actually distributing that money to the people who need it? awareness of the program, access to technology and just getting word out. i have plenty of money to give qualifying tenants in mississippi. what i need is applications and i need time. i can t afford chuld care. she hopes that help will come soon. do you have hope? faith. i know if you just do my part, he ll do the rest. and, jeff, i think it s important to note that for nun
reporter: do you have a computer? i was doing it all off my phone. reporter: which is why now she is attending community info session like this one, getting help to submit her application successfully. nbc news requested data this month from all 50 states. of the 41 responding, our analysis found that 26 states had distributed less than 10% of the rental assistance money from their first federal allocation. according to the u.s. census bureau here in mississippi, 79% of adults who are behind on their rent face likely eviction within the next two months, and that s the highest rate in the nation. scott spivey is responsible for distributing mississippi s $186 million of federal assistance. how much of that have you given away? $10 million has been either approved for payment or out the door. reporter: what are e in actually distributing that mo getting the word out.