Ongoing COVID Support to Members
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LeadingAge is partnering with federal agencies to help ensure that members across the continuum have the tools and resources they need to keep residents and staff safe and healthy. Follow this story to keep up with these ongoing projects and member successes.
Partner-Funded Member Grants
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We Can Do This Campaign
In partnership with HHS and the We Can Do This campaign, LeadingAge is in the process of selecting member applicants for up to $15,000 in grant funding for vaccine clinics to help increase vaccine and booster uptake in residents, family members, staff, and the local community.
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Vaccine Equity and Access Program
Through the creation of English- and Spanish-speaker grassroots materials and communications and partnership tools, as well as distribution of $80,000 in grants to members, the CDC-Funded Community Catalyst and the Vaccine Equity and Access Program (VEAP) partnership raises awareness and access to vaccines among older adults and the people who care for them, particularly in communities of color.
Free COVID Test Kits for All Providers
LeadingAge’s expanding partnership with the U.S. departments of Housing and Urban Development and Health & Human Services provides communities nationwide access to COVID-19 test kits free of charge.
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Free COVID Test Kits
Partnerships with the departments of Health & Human Services and Housing and Urban Development provide free COVID test kits to all providers.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Have questions about ordering free COVID and Cepheid test kits for your organizations? You’re not alone.
All Hands on Deck Partnership
LeadingAge announced it is “All in!” and partnered with the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living to develop the All Hands on Deck campaign to help the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) achieve COVID booster goals for nursing homes set forth in November 2022 by The White House.
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Weekly Reports to HHS
LeadingAge and AHCA/NCAL partnered with HHS to increase nursing home resident uptake of bivalent boosters.
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External Messaging for Providers
LeadingAge prepared communications guidance for speaking with residents, family members, and staff about staying up-to-date on vaccines.