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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 Executive endorses Our Healthy KC Eastside project
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Jackson County Executive Frank White Jr. plans to endorse the Our Healthy KC Eastside project, which aims to address vaccine and health inequities in some parts of Jackson County.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention identified parts of Jackson County as having high socially vulnerable index scores, according to a news release.
Our Healthy KC Eastside (OHKCE) is proposing using nearly $5 million in CARES Act funding for the program.
Pools of infection. Vaccinations surge in some parts of KS, MO while others struggle Jonathan Shorman and Lisa Gutierrez, The Kansas City Star
May 2 LAWRENCE Inside a cavernous building on the Douglas County fairgrounds on a rainy Wednesday afternoon, dozens of volunteers wearing orange safety vests gathered to be briefed on the work ahead: watch out for needles, respect people s privacy, stay inside if there s lightning.
This would be the county s last mass vaccination clinic for COVID-19, part of a coordinated effort that made Douglas County a state leader in delivering shots to arms. More than 45 percent of its residents have received at least one dose, the second-highest percentage among counties.