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Fourth Round of Vaccine Equity Initiative Grants Awards $2.1M to Organizations Across Washington

26 May, 2021

All In Washington’s Vaccine Equity Initiative was established in February 2021 in response to inequitable vaccine distribution among communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. With the support of generous donors, we have streamlined funds to community-based organizations that can conduct linguistically and culturally-specific vaccine education and outreach.

For Round 4, we are awarding a total of $2,172,000 to 89 community-based organizations across the state, bringing the cumulative awards for the Vaccine Equity Initiative to over $5.9M. Our review process, once again, prioritized organizations serving Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, as well as immigrants, refugees, agricultural workers, and people facing homelessness given the immense impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on these populations and the lower rates of vaccination. Our process also prioritized funding in counties with lower overall vaccination rates.

As we move closer to recovery, we are also profoundly grateful to round 1, 2, and 3 grantees who have gone All In to keep our communities safe and healthy.

Thank you to our donors and grantees for increasing vaccine access and education in Washington. This initiative’s success is owed to every Washingtonian who has contributed, mobilized resources, and led relief efforts.

Vaccine Equity Initiative Round 4 Grantees:

Alzagil Media will provide reliable, trusted, and culturally specific vaccine communication resources to inform and engage the Muslim community in Washington State.

BAVIHealth / Range Community Clinic will provide mobile pop-up vaccination clinics to undocumented and non-English speaking Latinx communities in Chelan, Stevens, Whitman, and Spokane Counties.

Brothers for Life Organization, Inc. will provide vaccination outreach, education, and engagement services for BIPOC communities in King County.

Carl Maxey Center will partner with the Spokane Ministers Fellowship and Morning Star Baptist Church to host pop-up clinics, provide culturally relevant vaccine education, and address vaccine hesitancy within the Black community in Spokane County.

Cascade Aids Project will provide vaccine outreach and conduct pop-up vaccination clinics in Vancouver and Longview to serve BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and HIV+ communities in Clark County.

Center for Latino Leadership will provide vaccine outreach and education for Latinx, migrant farmworkers and agricultural workers in Yakima County and greater Central Washington. This project is fiscally sponsored by the Yakima Valley Community Foundation. 

Centro Cultural Mexicano will partner with Evergreen Health, Microsoft, Overlake Hospital, and UW Latino Center for Health to host community vaccination events and conduct vaccine outreach and education for Latinx youth and parent communities in King County. 

Coalition of Immigrants, Refugees and Communities of Color will provide vaccination, translation, and broadcasting services for East African and BIPOC communities, especially youth, in King County. This project is fiscally sponsored by the Eritrean Association in Greater Seattle.

Communities of Color Coalition will address vaccine hesitancy through a vaccine education and information campaign for BIPOC communities in Snohomish County. 

Community Health Worker Coalition for Migrants and Refugees will address vaccine hesitancy through a vaccine outreach, education, and information campaign for migrant and refugee farmworkers and agricultural workers across Washington State.

Community to Community Development will partner with the Mt. Vernon School District and Peace Health to execute vaccination clinics specifically for Latinx and Indigenous communities in Whatcom and Skagit Counties. This project is fiscally sponsored by the Institute for Washington’s Future. 

Community Youth Services will provide pop-up vaccination clinics for unsheltered/homeless and foster youth in Thurston County.

Comunidades will host vaccine outreach and pop-up clinics for Latinx communities in Skamania and Klickitat Counties. This project is fiscally sponsored by Columbia Riverkeeper.

Cowlitz Indian Tribe will provide increased vaccine access and vaccine administration for Indigenous communities in Clark County.  

Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services will provide vaccine outreach, registration assistance, and build vaccine awareness within BIPOC and low-income communities in Whatcom County. 

Eagles Nest Community Kitchen will provide vaccine awareness, information and registration support, and transportation services for Black and other BIPOC communities in King County. 

East African Community Services will provide culturally and linguistically comprehensive vaccine information and run an engagement campaign for East African refugee families in South Seattle and South King County.

Education for All will partner with Neighborhood House and utilize existing support networks to provide culturally and linguistically specific vaccine information to Black East African immigrant and refugee communities in King County.

Eritrean Association in Greater Seattle will provide vaccine education, outreach, and registration support for the Eritrean immigrant and refugee community in King County. 

Ethnic Support Council will provide vaccine, education outreach, pop-up vaccination clinics, and registration support for immigrants and refugees in Cowlitz, Wahkiakum, and Clark Counties.

Evergreen Treatment Services will partner with Public Health-Seattle/King County and UW/Harborview to provide critical outreach to connect vulnerable, unsheltered populations to pop-up vaccination clinics in King County.

Firm Outreach will provide vaccine transportation support as well as outreach, education, registration, and distribution services for immigrants and refugees and other marginalized communities throughout Pierce County. This project is fiscally sponsored by the Northwest Kenyan Community Association.  

First Chuukese Washington Women Association will provide vaccination outreach and education services for the Chuukese communities in Snohomish, King, Pierce, Thurston, and Clark Counties. This project is fiscally sponsored by the Pacific Islander Community Association of Washington. 

First Step Family Support Center will provide vaccination outreach, transportation support, and on-site childcare at clinics for immigrant and refugee communities in Clallam and Jefferson Counties.

Foundation for Homeless and Poverty Management will provide educational resources, outreach, and vaccine engagement services to BIPOC, veteran, undocumented and unsheltered communities in Kitsap County. 

Fourth Plain Forward will partner with BIPOC-owned small business in Vancouver’s International District to lead the “Fourth Plain Vaccine Mobilization Initiative” to increase accessibility and availability of vaccinations along the Fourth Plain corridor with culturally-specific outreach and pop-up clinics for Latinx communities in Clark County. 

Gambian Talents Promotion will provide culturally and linguistically specific vaccine messaging, education, outreach, and translation services to immigrants and refugees from West Africa living in Snohomish County. 

Gather Together Grow Together will partner with community advocates, leaders, and local organizations to host community events, de-stigmatize vaccines, and provide vaccination access for the BIPOC community throughout Kitsap County and beyond.

Global Human Services will provide virtual and door-to-door vaccine outreach, translation, scheduling, and transportation services for East African immigrants and refugees, BIPOC residents and essential workers in Rainier Beach, Skyway, Tukwila, and other areas of King County.

Grace Clinic will assist uninsured and underserved adults in Benton and Franklin counties with registration for COVID-19 vaccinations including language interpretation and technology access.

Green Light Project will provide vaccine outreach, engagement, and access support services to street-based sex workers, drug users, and people employed in the sex work industry in King County. This project is fiscally sponsored by Standing Against Foreclosures and Evictions (SAFE) Seattle.

Helping Hands Project Organization will partner with Microsoft and Evergreen Clinic to host a pop-up vaccination clinic and provide vaccine access, education, registration, and transportation support for Black and other underserved communities in King County. 

Hispanic Business Professional Association will educate and provide technical assistance for vaccine registration and clinics for Latinx immigrant communities in Spokane County. 

House of Refuge Ministry Outreach will partner with community health organizations to expand vaccine services by connecting clients to vaccine pop-up clinics, providing registration and transportation support for the Black community in Kitsap County. 

Immigrant Guide will provide vaccine education and outreach services as well as pop-up vaccination clinics for Ugandan, Kenyan, and Congolese immigrant communities in King and Pierce Counties.

Innovia Foundation will provide financial resources to trusted community partners positioned to increase vaccinations among Indigenous, Black, Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, and Latinx communities in Eastern Washington. 

Jesus Is The Answer Church will provide vaccine outreach, education, and access services for the Black and Marshallese communities in Spokane County.

Khmer Community of Seattle King County will provide vaccine outreach and registration support for the Khmer community in King County. 

Kitsap Immigrant Assistance Center will host pop-up vaccination events, conduct community outreach, and advocate for more accessible vaccination appointments with the goal of providing safe and accessible vaccination opportunities for immigrants and refugee communities in Kitsap County.

Korean Presbyterian Church of Seattle will partner with local pharmacies to provide pop-up vaccination clinics, translation, outreach, and transportation services for Asian communities in King County. 

Korean Women’s Association will provide culturally responsive care coordination in Pierce County for Asian, BIPOC, and immigrant communities who have COVID-19, are at risk of getting COVID-19, and have not yet received the vaccine.  

Lao Community Service Center will provide vaccine outreach, education, translation, and process navigation services for Laotian and other Asian communities in King County.

Latino Educational Training Institute will provide vaccination outreach, education, and transportation services as well as address vaccine hesitancy through culturally and linguistically specific messaging for the Latinx community in Snohomish County. 

Latinos En Spokane will connect low-income Latinx and immigrant communities in Spokane with culturally and linguistically specific vaccination information and resources. 

Lhaqtemish Foundation will partner with the Lummi Public Health Team to continue administering and managing mass vaccination events for the Lummi community and the neighboring cities of Bellingham and Ferndale.

M.H.A. Speakout Speakup will provide vaccine outreach and education services for unsheltered individuals and individuals experiencing homelessness in Spokane County. 

Malawi Seattle Association will provide linguistically and culturally-specific vaccine education in Chichewa ethnic language, as well as transportation and registration support for the Black Malawian immigrant community in King County. 

Mari’s Place for the Arts will provide vaccine education, registration, transportation, interpretation, translation, and mental health services for the Latinx community in Snohomish County. 

Martin Luther King Jr. Family Outreach Center will provide community vaccination clinics for BIPOC communities in Spokane County. 

Multi-Service Center will conduct vaccine outreach and mobile vaccination for vulnerable, unsheltered, and BIPOC communities in King County.

Multicultural Child and Family Hope Center will build on trusted community connections and relationships to provide vaccination outreach, education, and engagement support for BIPOC communities in Pierce County and Tacoma.

North Sound ACH will expand access to vaccinations by providing interpretation, transportation, and registration services for the Latinx community in Skagit and Whatcom Counties. 

Northwest Kenyan Community Association will provide vaccine education, outreach, and registration support for Black immigrants and refugees from Kenya living throughout Washington State. 

Northwest Youth Services will provide vaccine outreach, access, education and debunk vaccine misinformation within unhoused youth and young adult communities in Whatcom, Skagit, and Island Counties.

Nuestra Casa will provide vaccine outreach, translation, education, and transportation services for Latinx communities in Yakima County. 

Olympic Peninsula Community Clinic will coordinate with Clallam County Health and Human Services, hospitals, shelters, and other service providers to host vaccination clinics for unsheltered individuals at remote clinics and campsites across Clallam County.

Oromia Community Center In Washington will provide culturally and linguistically specific vaccine outreach, education, and registration support for the Oromo community throughout Washington State. This project is fiscally sponsored by Horn of Africa Service.

Pacific Islander Community Association of WA will facilitate monthly vaccination clinics for Pasifika people including Micronesian, Polynesian, and Melanesian communities living in Spokane, Clark, Cowlitz, King, Pierce, Snohomish, and Whatcom Counties. 

Purpose Driven Girl will provide vaccine outreach directly to Black and other BIPOC communities through partnerships with organizations focused on underserved communities throughout Washington State.

Recovery Café of Clark County will provide vaccine education, outreach, access, and follow-up services to individuals seeking ongoing recovery from addictions and/or mental health challenges in Clark County. 

Refugee & Immigrant Services Northwest (RISNW) will support bilingual community advocates to conduct outreach and vaccine education, provide registration and transportation services for BIPOC, refugees, and immigrants in Snohomish, Skagit, and Whatcom Counties. 

Renegades for Life, Inc. will provide vaccine education and outreach efforts to support BIPOC communities in King County.

Seeds of Greatness Ministries will provide culturally specific vaccine education, outreach and mobile vaccination pop-up clinics for BIPOC, immigrant, refugee, low-income, and other vulnerable communities in Clark County. 

Somali Bantu Community Service of Washington will provide vaccination outreach, education, and transportation services as well as address vaccine hesitancy through culturally and linguistically specific messaging for the Somali Bantu community in King County. 

Somali Family Safety Task Force will assist with vaccination registration and provide vaccine navigation, education, and transportation services for Somali and East African women and their families in South Seattle and South King County. 

Southeast Seattle Senior Center will conduct community outreach and education as well as coordinate vaccine access and registration for the BIPOC community in King County.  

Spokane Immigrant Rights Coalition will provide transportation to vaccination appointments for members of immigrant, refugee, low-income, undocumented, and Latinx communities in Spokane County. This project is fiscally sponsored by the Fuse Innovation Fund. 

Spring of Hope International will provide vaccination outreach, education, and transportation services for immigrants and refugees of African origin living in Spokane County. 

Tabor 100 will host mobile, pop-up, and door-to-door vaccination events for BIPOC and immigrant communities in South and Southeast King County. 

Tacoma Pierce County Coalition to End Homelessness will coordinate and equip homeless outreach teams to provide information and transportation resources to remove barriers to vaccinations for people experiencing homelessness in Pierce County. This project is fiscally sponsored by Associated Ministries.

Tanzania Community of Washington will partner with the Washington State Coalition of African Community Leaders to provide pop-up and mobile vaccination clinics for African immigrant, Black, undocumented, and low income communities in South and East King County. This project is fiscally sponsored by Seattle Business Education HUB.

The Arc of King County will provide vaccine information, engagement, and access to people with developmental disabilities and their families in King County. Additionally, the Arc of King County will advise King County and the City of Seattle on disability access related to the vaccine and clinics.  

The Community for the Advancement of Family Education will provide linguistically and culturally specific vaccine education and outreach to inform and engage the Latinx community through pop-up clinics, events, and testing sites throughout Chelan County. 

The Doorway Project, a University of Washington and YouthCare partnership, will host a multi-disciplinary vaccination and resource fair centering the needs of youth and young adults experiencing homelessness in the University District. This project is fiscally sponsored by YouthCare.

The Noble Foundation will provide vaccine outreach, education, and vaccination support to BIPOC communities in both Clark and Cowlitz Counties. 

Trabajadores Unidos Por La Justicia will host pop-up and mobile vaccination sites, conduct culturally and linguistically specific outreach, and engage farmworkers and agricultural workers in Yakima County.

UFW Foundation will utilize their call center to provide the community with vaccination information, provide help navigating the registration process, and send reminders and follow-ups for farmworkers and agricultural workers throughout Washington State. 

United Way of Kitsap County will partner with the Marvin Williams Center to host family-focused vaccination clinics for BIPOC and undocumented communities in Kitsap County. 

Unkitawa will provide vaccine education, information, resources, and culturally-centered virtual events for Indigenous communities within King County. 

Villa Comunitaria will provide vaccination outreach, education, and transportation services as well as address vaccine hesitancy through culturally and linguistically specific messaging for the Latinx community in King County. 

Wakulima USA will provide vaccine education, outreach, transportation, translation, and engagement efforts for immigrant youth from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zanzibar living in Washington State. 

Walla Walla Immigrant Rights Coalition will provide vaccine outreach, education, and access to youth and address vaccine hesitancy within Latinx communities in Walla Walla County. This project is fiscally sponsored by Pioneer United Methodist Church.

Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network will provide culturally and linguistically specific vaccine information with undocumented and immigrant community members through a hotline and text alert system. This project is fiscally sponsored by Colectiva Legal del Pueblo.

West African Community Council will provide vaccine outreach, translation, transportation, and registration services as well as address vaccine hesitancy within the West African and extended BIPOC communities in King County.  

Women’s Health Outreach will incorporate vaccine outreach, education, and registration support services into daily outreach activities to Latinx communities in King County. This project is fiscally sponsored by the Latino Community Fund of Washington.

Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic provides vaccine outreach and on-site vaccination events to meet the needs of rural, underserved, migrant and agricultural communities across Central and Eastern Washington. This grant will support staffing costs for an additional COVID response team to meet demand, especially during the growing season.

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