Immunization Grantees

Congratulations to our Immunization Grantees for 2024-2025

PAAAP and PAIC will be supporting access and education vaccine activities for all Pennsylvanians by awarding mini-grants to our local immunization coalitions and our valuable partner organizations. The awardees listed below will perform activities aiming to increase immunization access and education of all lifespan vaccines across our Commonwealth!

The Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (PA AAP) and the Pennsylvania Immunization Coalition (PAIC) have awarded 26 state and local organizations and immunization coalitions with grants to address access to and education around vaccines, particularly the COVID-19 vaccine. Driven by current data surrounding COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths as well as anti-vaccine rhetoric circulating in communities, the PA AAP and PAIC designed the grant to address equity, engagement, access and resource barriers related to communities’ vaccine uptake, or lack thereof.

The following 26 groups were awarded:

Accion Communal Latino Americana de Montgomery County (ACLAMO)
Allegheny County Immunization Coalition
Berks Immunization Coalition
Bethel AME Church of Ardmore
Bucks County Health Improvement Partnership (BCHIP)
Casa San Jose
Central Pennsylvania Immunization Coalition (CPIC)
Chester County Immunization Coalition
Community Volunteers in Medicine
Crawford Health Improvement Coalition (CHIC)
Harrisburg Area YMCA
International Health Commission of AME Church
Lancaster General Hospital/Lancaster County Immunization Coalition
Maternity Care Coalition
Medical Reserve Corps of Southcentral PA
Montgomery County Immunization Coalition
Northcentral Immunization Coalition
Northeast Immunization Coalition (NIC)
PA Polio Survivors Network
Penn State University – College of Medicine
Pennsylvania Medical Home Program
Philip Jaisohn Memorial Foundation
Schuylkill County Immunization Coalition
South Central Pennsylvania Immunization Coalition (SCPAIC)
Tioga County Immunization Coalition
Wright Center for Community Health

Grant funds will be utilized for an array of efforts, including but not limited to facilitating direct community outreach through educational campaigns and activities, build local capacity by hiring term-limited staff to conduct communications or program-related work, generating one-on-one or small group engagement for health education and address vaccine questions.

Grantee Metrics - Years 1 to 3 (2021 - 2024)

Print Advertisement Impressions

Includes advertisements taken out in local newspapers and magazines

Educated at In Person Events

Community Outreach events include tabling sessions at schools, community fairs, etc

Social Media Impressions and Engagement

Includes engagement such as likes, reshares, views, comments, etc

Resources Distributed

Includes flyers, factsheets, informational packets, brochures, books, bookmarks, etc.

Billboard, Bus & Poster Ad Impressions

Includes physical advertisements such as billboards, bus wraps, posters, flyers, etc

Radio Advertisement Listeners

Includes streaming and radio advertisements in Spanish and English

Number of vaccines given

Includes both COVID-19 and routine immunizations administered at clinics or homebound visits

Updated: 5/3/2024

2022-2023 Immunization Awardees

PAAAP and PAIC will be supporting access and education vaccine activities for all Pennsylvanians by awarding mini-grants to our local immunization coalitions and our valuable partner organizations. The awardees listed below will perform activities aiming to increase immunization access and education of all lifespan vaccines across our Commonwealth! See map above for awardees around the state.

The Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (PA AAP) and the Pennsylvania Immunization Coalition (PAIC) have awarded 23 state and local organizations and immunization coalitions with grants to address access to and education around vaccines, particularly the COVID-19 vaccine. Driven by current data surrounding COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths as well as anti-vaccine rhetoric circulating in communities, the PA AAP and PAIC designed the grant to address equity, engagement, access and resource barriers related to communities’ vaccine uptake, or lack thereof.

Of the 27 applications received after promotion across various provider and health networks, the following 23 groups were awarded
funding up to $250,000 over a two-year period: Allegheny Immunization Coalition, Berks Immunization Coalition, Bucks County
Immunization Coalition, Central Pennsylvania Immunization Coalition, Chester County Immunization Coalition, Crawford Health
Improvement Coalition, Lancaster County Immunization Coalition, Montgomery County Immunization Coalition, Northeast
Immunization Coalition, Schuylkill County Immunization Coalition, Tioga County Immunization Workgroup, ACLAMO, Asian American
Coalition, Casa San Jose, Community Hero Action Group, Community Volunteers in Medicine, Harrisburg YMCA, International Health
Commission of the AME Church, Maternity Care Coalition, PA Polio Survivors Network, Project Echo, South Central Medical Reserve
Corps, and the Wright Center.

Grant funds will be utilized for an array of efforts, including but not limited to facilitating direct community outreach through educational campaigns and activities, build local capacity by hiring term-limited staff to conduct communications or program-related work, generating one-on-one or small group engagement for health education and address vaccine questions and organizing pop-up or targeted immunization clinics.

PAIC Press Release 7/2022

FY22-23 Q1 Summary

2021-2022 Immunization Awardees

PAAAP and PAIC will be supporting access and education vaccine activities for all Pennsylvanians by awarding mini-grants to our local immunization coalitions and our valuable partner organizations. The awardees listed below will perform activities aiming to increase immunization access and education of all lifespan vaccines across our Commonwealth!

The Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (PA AAP) and the Pennsylvania Immunization Coalition (PAIC) have awarded 16 state and local organizations and immunization coalitions with grants to address access to and education around vaccines, particularly the COVID-19 vaccine. Driven by current data surrounding COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths as well as anti-vaccine rhetoric circulating in communities, the PA AAP and PAIC designed the grant to address equity, engagement, access and resource barriers related to communities’ vaccine uptake, or lack thereof.

Of the 20 applications received after promotion across various provider and health networks, the following 16 groups were awarded funding up to $100,000: Allegheny County Immunization Coalition, Berks County Immunization Coalition, Bucks County Immunization Coalition, Chester County Immunization Coalition, Crawford Health Improvement Coalition, Delaware Immunization Coalition, Lancaster County Immunization Coalition, Montgomery County Immunization Coalition, Schuylkill County Immunization Coalition, Tioga County Immunization Workgroup, ACLAMO, Blue Prints/WIC, Duquesne University – Dr. Khlood Salman, PA Polio Survivors Network, Vaccine Education Center – CHOP and the Medical Reserve Corps.

Grant funds will be utilized for an array of efforts, including but not limited to facilitating direct community outreach through educational campaigns and activities, build local capacity by hiring term-limited staff to conduct communications or program-related work, generating one-on-one or small group engagement for health education and address vaccine questions and organizing pop-up or targeted immunization clinics.

Summary of Awardees 2021-2022

PAIC Press Release 2/2022

Local Coalitions