VEAP
Vaccine Equity and Access Program
VEAP Tips
When you compare case rates by vaccination status, it looks like this… (click me for breakdown- hint: the vaccines work very well!)
Fully vaccinated & boosted: 21 per 100,000 Fully vaccinated, no booster: 145 per 100,000 Unvaccinated: 640 per 100,000 So cases are 30x higher in unvaccinated folks than boosted folks. The third shot is crucial! Source: Massachusetts DPH via WPRI: https://www.wpri.com/target-12/report-unvaccinated-in-mass-have-30x-more-covid-cases-than-boosted-residents/
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Everett and Malden Vaccine Clinic Schedule & VEAP Leader Information
Our Vaccine Equity & Access Program (VEAP) is continuing to search for Leaders in Malden and Everett, in order to promote the community based clinics being offered there. If you want to help keep your community safe from COVID and are from those areas, this could be a great way Read more…
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Seeking VEAP Leaders for Everett & Malden
As part of our VEAP program, we have a stipend leadership opportunity for people wanting to get more involved. This could be a great way to help keep your community safe as we work to limit the potential for a winter COVID spike! We are now creating a special VEAP Read more…
SCI Stories 2021
Mi Salud Depende de Tu Salud. My Health Depends on Your Health.
The phrase, introduced by El Mundo Boston CEO Alberto Vasallo III during one of our Vaccine Equity & Access Program (VEAP) sessions, captures so much about the current moment as well as SCI’s mission. At its core, social capital is about the importance of our social networks, and the value Read more…
VEAP
Vaccine Equity and Access Project: Doctors & Spanish Speakers Needed for Vaccine Outreach
VEAP, or the Vaccine Equity and Access Project, is SCI’s CDC-funded campaign to improve vaccine equity in five Massachusetts communities – Lynn, Lawrence, Dorchester, Chelsea, and Woburn. This goal will be achieved through the training of 160 “VEAP ambassadors” – folks who will talk to vaccine hesitant people they know Read more…
Civic Engagement
My Health Depends on Your Health / Mi Salud Depende de Tu Salud
The first program in SCI’s Vaccine Equity & Access Program will be on Thursday, September 16th through a partnership with the Hispanic American Institute. We invite you to join us and share your perspectives as we all move forward. Learn strategies for sharing vaccine facts to encourage people you know Read more…
Press Release
Social Capital Inc. Awarded $100,000 in CDC Funds to Increase Adult COVID-19 and Flu Vaccination Rates
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 1, 2021CONTACT:David Crowley, 781-935-2244 dcrowley@socialcapitalinc.org Social Capital Inc. Awarded $100,000 in CDC Funds to Increase Adult COVID-19 and Flu Vaccination Rates Education and outreach work will address vaccine inequities and advance health equity (Woburn, MA) – Social Capital Inc. (SCI) has been awarded $100,000 to fund outreach and Read more…