Federal program aims to vaccinate underserved populations, 2 Alabama clinics selected to participate
Federal program aims to vaccinate underserved populations, 2 Alabama clinics selected to participate By Morgan Hightower | February 20, 2021 at 10:50 PM CST - Updated February 22 at 11:11 AM
Cahaba Medical Care and Quality of Life Health Services are the two Federally Qualified Community Health Centers (FQHCs) in Alabama selected to be part of the Health Center COVID-19 Vaccine Program.
The program aims to vaccinate “hard-to-reach and disproportionately affected populations,” according to information shared by the Health Resources and Services Administration.
FQHCs were selected based on the patients they serve with the focus on, “individuals experiencing homelessness, public housing residents, migratory and seasonal agricultural workers, and patients with limited English proficiency.”
Updated: 11:26 PM CST Feb 9, 2021
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Show Transcript TODAY ABOUT THEIR CONTINUED QUARANTINE. IN MARCH OF 2020, LEN AND JUNE BROOKS WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LAST STOP ON THEIR HAWAIIAN CRUISE WHEN COVID-19 QUICKLY CHANGED THE SHIP’S ITINERARY. 21 PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, A DEADLY VIRUS THE BROOKS AND BASICALLY EVERYONE ELSE KNEW NOTHING ABOU WE MADE IT THROUGH QUARANTINE JUST FINE. WE CAME HOME HEALTHY, SAFE. WE HAVE BEEN HEALTHY EVER SINC AND IN ADDITION, WE HAVE SEEN THE CREATION OF THE VACCIN SO, IT’S BEEN QUITE AN EXPERIENCE. SHER FROM MANDATORY QUARANTINE TO THEIR FIRST DOSE OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE, THE BROOKS FEEL BLESSED THAT 11 MONTHS LATER, THEY’VE REMAINED HEALTHY. ON THE DAY WE GOT THE VACCINE, WE JUST RANDOMLY CALLED THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THEY TOLD US THAT THEY HAD BEEN HAVING SOME EXTRA, OR LEFTOVER VACCINE, AND THOUGH THEY COULDN’T PROMISE US ANYTHING IF WE WOULD BE THERE AT 1:00 P.M. WE COULD STAND IN LINE