Peace Corps to Aid Vaccine Efforts in 2nd-Ever Domestic Deployment By Rachel Tillman Nationwide SHARE The Peace Corps is partnering with FEMA to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts across the country, only the second time in the organization’s 60-year history that it has deployed volunteers domestically. What You Need To Know The Peace Corps and FEMA announced on Wednesday they are partnering to send out volunteers across the U.S. to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts The last time the Peace Corps deployed volunteers in the U.S. was in 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina At FEMA’s request, the volunteers will be sent to federally-supported Community Vaccination Centers (CVCs) nationwide