Submitted By
Dr. Theresa Chapple-McGruder, Health Director
Reviewed By
A.M. Zayyad, Deputy Village Manager
Agenda Item Title
Title
A Resolution authorizing the submission of a Public Health COVID-19 Vaccination Grant Application with the Illinois Department of Public Health With an Anticipated Funding Amount of $160,892 from October 1, 2022 through December 30, 2023 and Approval of a Subsequent Agreement for the Grant and Authorizing its Execution
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Overview
Overview
The Health Department seeks approval for an Illinois Department of Public Health vaccination grant that will support efforts to provide influenza, MPV (monkeypox virus), COVID-19 and other recommended vaccines to communities facing health disparities and vulnerable populations. Activities supported by this grant would include pop-up vaccination opportunities and community vaccination education and outreach
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Approval
Background
This is a new grant opportunity from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
This grant will fund Oak Park Health Department's efforts to provide influenza, MPV (monkeypox virus), and other recommended vaccines such as chicken pox, measles, mumps rubella, polio, hepatitis B, and RSV (when approved), in addition to COVID-19 vaccines, to communities facing health disparities and vulnerable populations.
During the years of the COVID pandemic, routine immunizations decreased on a population level, which can lead to an increased spread of communicable diseases, such as the flu, chickenpox, and measles. This grant will allow the department to proactively address this public health issue.
The Department is working to build our immunization program, one of the core tenets of public health services. Our department goals include expanding our nursing staff's capacity to provide routine childhood vaccinations to Oak Park children and teens who are uninsured, underinsured, or in between or transitioning to new insurance providers so t...
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