Michigan can use the $90.2 million in federal funding for community promotional efforts, hiring bilingual health workers and more, the CDC said
Washington — Michigan will receive $90.2 million for coronavirus vaccine programs and promotions through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the agency said Tuesday. The funding is part of $3 billion for vaccine distribution and access efforts through state and local governments made available through federal COVID-relief packages passed over the last year, according to the CDC. „We need to ensure that we are reaching those in the communities hit hardest by this pandemic,“ CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said in a statement. „This investment will support state and local health departments and community-based organizations as they work on the frontlines to increase vaccine access, acceptance, and uptake.” Three-quarters of the funding must be used for programs intended to increase „access, acceptance and uptake“ in communities of color and 60% must go to local health departments, community-based organizations and community health centers.
