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Local health, community groups look to expand vaccinations for vulnerable populations, break barriers to access

Health officials across Rock County are reaching out to underserved and vulnerable populations to ensure everyone has access to the COVID-19 vaccine. Health and community organization officials say the local response to address demographic disparities regarding vaccination ultimately helped boost vaccinations, but they stressed work needs to continue to reach vulnerable individuals as uptake of immunizations continues to fall in the stateline area.  In Rock County, 48.6% of residents (79,456 people) have received at least one vaccine dose and 44% of residents (71,947 people) have completed vaccination as of Wednesday, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. A breakdown of vaccinations by race shows 45.5% of people vaccinated in Rock County are White; 42.2% are Asian; 22.3% are American Indian and 22% are Black, DHS data shows. In terms of an ethnic breakdown, 46.5% of Rock County residents who received one dose identified as non-Hispanic while 30.1% identified

Non-profits host virtual program on lasting effects of eviction

April 13, 2021 Several local non-profits work to uncover the startling facts about the lasting legal and mental health challenges of being evicted. Jeanne Carfora with the Diversity Action Team of Rock County says a virtual program will take place Thursday night from 6:30 until 8:00 p.m. Tammie King-Johnson with House of Mercy Homeless Shelter will moderate the program in the last effects of being evicted. The program is co-sponsored by the YWCA Rock County, Beloit NAACP Branch, Hedberg Public Library, Community Action of Rock and Walworth Counties, and UW-Madison Division of Extension Rock County. For more information or to register visit the Diversity Action Team of Rock County’s website.

Volunteers plan fitness stations along Ice Age Trail

JANESVILLE A stretch of the Ice Age Trail that is popular with runners, walkers and bicyclists could be the home of a new fitness project being launched by a group of local volunteers. One team from the Leadership Development Academy of Rock County is raising money to build an exercise course at the Lexington Drive entrance of the Ice Age Trail near Palmer Park. The group hopes to raise $15,000—enough to buy and install metal equipment for a 10-station stretching and exercise circuit that anyone who exercises on the popular section of the trail can use. Team member Emily Hopper said her six-member group decided to tackle the project to help encourage people to use local trails to stay fit in the post-COVID-19 era.

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