The Challenge:

The Champions for School Health Vaccination Challenge built upon the relational strength of IEL’s Coalition for Community Schools with the financial support of Kaiser Permanente. Challenge participants shared weekly how they planned to start, share, and/or scale COVID-19 vaccination efforts for school-age children that:

1. Increase COVID vaccine confidence

2. Increase vaccine uptake

3. Increase vaccine equity

Eligibility:

• Community School and/or school community partner;

• who are considered public, private, and/or non-profit organizations;

• are affiliated with a 501(c)(3) status, government organizations, and/or faith-based organizations;

• connected to at least one public school within the footprint of Kaiser Permanente regional offices in California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Oregon, Northern Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia.