Jackson County to spend $5 million of CARES funding on Eastside project
Jackson County, Missouri, officials are seeking to target vaccine hesitancy among Kansas City, Missouri s east side residents.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Jackson County health leaders are taking a hard look at health inequities in the county s East side.
County legislators on Monday adopted a proposal for a project called Our Healthy KC Eastside, which will use about $5 million in CARES Act funding to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and health care inequities in some of the county s most vulnerable areas.
Truman Medical Centers/University Health, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the Black Health Care Coalition will lead the communitywide effort.
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Jackson County Executive endorses $5 million vaccine hesitancy and health services proposal for city’s eastside
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Jackson County Executive Frank White, Jr. will express his support at Monday’s legislative meeting for “Our Healthy KC Eastside” (OHKCE), a community-based partnership and project to address vaccine hesitancy and health inequities in portions of Jackson County identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as having exceedingly high socially vulnerable index scores. The meeting on Monday, May 10 begins at 10:00 a.m. in the Legislative Assembly Area on the 2nd floor of the downtown Jackson County Courthouse.
Jackson County OK s $5 million to improve low COVID-19 vaccination rates on East Side Steve Vockrodt, The Kansas City Star
May 10 The Jackson County Legislature approved spending $5 million in federal funds for an effort to administer COVID-19 vaccinations in Kansas City East Side zip codes where vaccination rates remain low.
The funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act will also pay for health screenings, an additional vaccination site and research on Kansas City s East Side.
The CARES Act allocation goes to a partnership that includes Truman Medical Centers, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the Black Health Care Coalition.
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Valerie Chow, a retired anesthesiologist, finishes vaccinating a patient at Friendship Baptist Church in March. The church is located in the 64128 zip code, which is included in the new initiative.
The project will focus on six east side Kansas City zip codes where vaccination rates remain low, especially among minority populations.
Jackson County is launching a $5 million initiative to address vaccine hesitancy and health inequities on Kansas City s east side.
The Jackson County Legislature approved use of CARES Act funding on Monday to go to the partnership, which includes Truman Medical Centers, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the Black Health Care Coalition.
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