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Welcome & Introductions • Thank you for joining us today. • In the chat box, please enter your name and the name of any business or organization that you represent. • Please hold all questions until our Q&A 1 and discussion period. COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 1 Today’s agenda Black History Month spotlight. Health equity strategies update. Town Hall meetings update. COVID-19 vaccination update. COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 2 Black History Month ➡ Profiles of African Americans in the field of infectious disease. COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 3 Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett Born 1986 Kizzmekia "Kizzy" Shanta Corbett, PhD, is an American viral immunologist at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIAID NIH). She was appointed to the VRC in 2014, and is the scientific lead of the VRC's Coronavirus Team, with research efforts aimed at propelling novel coronavirus vaccines, including development of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Corbett was born in 1986 in Hurdle Mills, North Carolina, to Rhonda Brooks. She grew up in Hillsborough, North Carolina, where she had a large family of step-siblings and foster siblings. After earning her bachelor's degree, Corbett became a biological sciences trainer at the NIH. Corbett earned a doctorate in microbiology and immunology from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 2014. Her early research at NIH considered the development of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) vaccine antigens. During this time, she identified a simple way to make spike proteins that are stabilized in a conformation that renders them more immunogenic and manufacturable. Her work also focused on innovative vaccine platform advancement, and human antibody responses to dengue virus (a mosquito-borne viral disease), and how the genetics of dengue fever impact the severity of a disease. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Corbett started working on a vaccine to protect people from coronavirus disease. She is currently volunteering her time to educate people about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 4 State Partner Update ➡ Ohio Department of Aging. ➡ Governor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 5 Fostering sound public policy, research, and initiatives that benefit older Ohioans. Ursel J. McElroy Director COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 6 Vaccinations: Phase 1A • Federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-term Care – More than half the COVID-19 deaths occurred in LTCFs – Saving lives by vaccinating residents and staff – Ohio one of 1st states in nation to roll out federal program on December 18 – Pharmacy partners host 3 clinics at each participating facility COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 8 Vaccinations: Phase 1A 9 hours of live roundtable Q&A with LTCF staff to answer questions about vaccines COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 9 Vaccinations: Phase 1A 1st Doses Administered 2nd Doses Administered Residents 90,912 68,950 Staff 66,721 50,561 1st Clinics 2nd Clinics 3rd Clinics 2,097 completed 1,012 completed 2,323 completed 31 pending 518 pending COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 10 COVID - 19 VACCINE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM Vaccination Goals COVID-19 Vaccine Maintenance Program • Save lives and slow the spread • Protect Ohio’s most vulnerable individuals • Provide COVID-19 maintenance vaccines for Ohio’s nursing homes and assisted living facilities Vaccinations: Phase 1B Utilizing Area Agencies on Aging to connect Ohioans age 65+ with vaccination clinics – Identifying transportation resources – Providing information to overcome barriers – Work with local health departments to ensure access at clinics COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 12 Vaccinations: Phase 1B COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 13 Vaccinations: Phase 1B COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 14 Vaccinations: Phase 1B Margaret Hunt Senior Center, Toledo COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 15 Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Ohio Revised Code 107.12 establishes the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives within the office of the Governor. There are four requirements of the office, according to ORC 107.12. COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 17 Purpose Advise the Governor, General Assembly, Assist local, state, and the advisory Serve as a and federal agencies board of the clearinghouse of in coordinating their governor's office of Encourage information about activities to secure faith-based and organizations to seek federal, state, and maximum use of community initiatives public funding for local funding for funds and efforts that on the barriers that their charitable charitable services benefit people exist to collaboration services. performed by receiving charitable between organizations. services from organizations and organizations. governmental entities and on ways to remove the barriers. COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 18 Mission The mission of the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives is to promote solutions, including those from faith-based partners, to community needs and support the development of collaborative efforts to improve the well-being of Ohioans. COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 19 Strategic goals 1. Expand public/private partnerships. 2. Build capacity. 3. Grant-making. 4. Showcase compassion. COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 20 Services Grant Technical Outreach. Training. funding. assistance. COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 21 COVID-19 efforts Hosted a virtual Provides Awarded $3 faith-based regular updates million in grant webinar to to the faith funds to 50 discuss ways community by nonprofits to that the faith distributing assist Ohioans community can weekly with COVID-19 assist in Ohio’s faith-based fact relief efforts. vaccination sheets. efforts. COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 22 Contact Website www.faith-based.ohio.gov Email [email protected] Director Michele Reynolds [email protected] COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 23 COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 24 Save the date: How to help seniors Ask the Experts: How to Help Seniors in Your Church During COVID-19 • March 12, 2021, at 2 p.m. • Hosted by the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 25 COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 26 Latest data, estimated shipments ➡ COVID-19 key indicators. ➡ Ohio Public Health Advisory System indicators. ➡ COVID-19 vaccine dashboard. ➡ Enrolled providers update. ➡ Estimated vaccine shipments. ➡ Federal Retail Pharmacy Program to help increase vaccine access. COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 27 Federal Retail Pharmacy Program to help increase vaccine access The program is rolling The program aims to out incrementally based increase access to on the available supply The program is a The Federal Retail COVID-19 vaccine of COVID-19 vaccine, collaboration between Pharmacy Program has across the country and with select retail Vaccine distribution will the federal government begun allotting vaccine represents one pharmacy locations also expand into all 194 and 21 national doses to more than 160 component of the federal providing vaccine to Kroger pharmacies. pharmacy partners and Rite Aid pharmacies in government’s strategy to individuals who are independent pharmacy Ohio. expand access to eligible based on their networks. vaccines for the state’s criteria/priority American public. populations. COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 28 How the federal program will work A limited number of retail pharmacies The program will expand as vaccine supply nationwide are receiving vaccine directly from increases to eventually include vaccination at the federal government to vaccinate priority all 40,000+ U.S. retail locations. groups at no cost. • The program will begin with per capita • This will make it easier for individuals to allocations that will be divided among the access vaccine at a local pharmacy from a selected pharmacy partners based on number trusted, trained, and familiar source. of stores and reach. • This will support the state and local health • The vaccine allocation provided for this departments’ ongoing efforts and help reach program is separate from the weekly eligible priority populations. allocation from the federal government to states. It is meant to enhance the current vaccination efforts in states. • States will be able to see which federal retail pharmacies have vaccine and how much they have to ensure the program helps meet each state’s vaccination goals. COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 29 Priority populations vaccine update ➡ Phase 1B medical condition eligibility guidelines. ➡ Vaccination process for Ohioans with qualifying medical conditions. ➡ How providers should confirm eligibility of Ohioans with medical conditions. ➡ Continued vaccine access for long-term care facilities. ➡ K-12 program vaccination update. COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 30 COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 31 Vaccination process for Ohioans with qualifying medical conditions This priority population includes an estimated 200,000 Ohioans. Eligibility includes Ohioans born with certain These individuals will be Vaccination began this medical conditions, or who permitted to be vaccinated week for the final priority have early childhood by the enrolled population group eligible conditions that have vaccination provider of for vaccination during carried into adulthood, their choice who has Phase 1B. which put them at a higher vaccine. risk for adverse outcomes due to COVID-19. COVID-19 Feb. 19, 2021 32 How providers will confirm eligibility Hospital providers have been asked Ohioans who have one of the Providers have been asked to share to proactively reach out to patients qualifying medical conditions can the list of eligible conditions on their hospitalized in the past year for a receive the vaccine from their websites to help educate the public. qualifying condition to schedule the provider of choice. vaccination. The State of Ohio is not requiring any Before vaccination, providers will additional documentation or proof of confirm with patients, either verbally eligibility; however, providers may or using an online or paper form, that develop their own procedures to they have one of the conditions. evaluate eligibility. COVID-19 Feb.