Pop-up vaccination clinic held Saturday in Riviera Beach April 25, 2021 at 12:46 PM EDT - Updated April 25 at 12:46 PM
A pop-up vaccination clinic was held Saturday at St. James Church on W. 35th Street in Riviera Beach.
The Health Care District of Palm Beach County teamed up with Faith Florida and the T. Leroy Jefferson Medical Society to hold the event. We have a lot of work to ameliorate the fear factor. I just left a place in the city where it s stil prevalent in our community, Pastor Tony F. Drayton of St. James Church said.
Community leaders say it s events like these that will help reduce the caseload.
Beginning by the end of May, the Palm Beach County Healthcare District will be pivot its vaccination efforts from its county-run mass vaccination sites to three mobile health clinics that will be travel throughout the county.
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More than 30 groups received $1.3 million in grants, sponsorships or charitable help from the Grossmont Healthcare District during the fiscal year 2020-21.
The district, based in La Mesa, reported its highest grantees were San Diego Freedom Ranch, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Campo, which received $250,000; and the Grossmont Union High School District, which received more than $200,000 for its “Health Career Pathway Initiative” program.
The school district program focuses on addressing the shortage of health care workers by providing experience in the field to more than 2,000 high school students.
The nonprofit Volunteers in Medicine was another top grant awardee, receiving $118,277 for its free clinic that serves more than 50,000 uninsured county residents.
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The Health Care District of Palm Beach County announced it is planning to close its three mass vaccination sites by the end of May and instead it will offer at mobile sites.