SACRAMENTO – (INT) - The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is rolling out tailored pandemic inoculation outreach for Black and African American communities across the state.

It’s part of a broader $40 million effort to offer answers and reassurance that COVID-19 vaccines are safe, effective, and the best tool to end the pandemic.

Other parts of the "Let's Get to ImmUnity" plan include:

• Increasing the state's vaccines supply allocated to the lowest 25 percent of ZIP codes based on the Public Health Alliance of Southern California's HPI, and reserving appointments for priority populations through My Turn.

• Creating a Statewide Vaccine Network with a Third Party Administrator (TPA) to include appropriate access in disproportionately impacted communities and supplements this access with evening/extended hours, transportation services, translation services, home-bound services, mobile vaccine services, and physical accessibility features at vaccination events, for example.

• Leveraging the work Community Based Organizations (CBOs) have been doing to provide critical services and information to Californians during the pandemic.

• Establishing the My Turn vaccine appointment and eligibility notification platform as a cornerstone of the state's vaccine data analytics efforts to understand the demographics of vaccine recipients.

Story Date: April 14, 2021