Biden administration releases another $66.5 million to local community groups working to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations

The Biden administration will pay community groups to help boost trust in vaccines The Health Resources and Services Administration is distributing $66.5 million to community groups working across 38 states and Washington, D.C. to help with local vaccine outreach. NPR.org

In this politically polarized time, White House health officials have acknowledged that they are not always the best messengers when it comes to promoting COVID-19 vaccines.

So the Biden administration has worked to equip community groups to do their own local outreach.

"Whether that trusted messenger is your schoolteacher or your pastor or your barber, what we want is for those people to guide you on this very important decision and encourage you to take the steps you need to take to stay safe from COVID," Health Secretary Xavier Becerra tells NPR. "The program that we're announcing this week is to provide additional resources to trusted voices in our communities throughout the country so that they can reach folks."  ...