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Philadelphia plans to issue a series of contracts for COVID-19 vaccination outreach and awareness campaigns targeted at populations at-risk.
More than 4,900 Philadelphians (as of the end of February) have died from COVID-19.
A disproportionate number of them were Black, Hispanic, older adults, people with underlying medical conditions, homeless, immigrants and refugees.
E.g., Blacks account for 42 people of the city’s population and 47 percent of COVID-19 deaths, while the numbers for white people are 40 percent and 33 percent, respectively.
Sixty-eight percent of Blacks over the age of 18 are fully-vaccinated compared to 81 percent of the overall population.
The Philadelphia Department of Health’s Disease Control wants to hire community organizations for the PR work.
Decision-makers (leadership, board members and staff) of the groups will reflect the targeted communities.
The City will award more than 25 one-year contracts priced from $25K to $125K for the efforts.
The goal is to boost immunization rates among populations disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and to lay the groundwork for ongoing relationship-building, collaboration and support beyond the pandemic, according to the RFP.
Proposals are due June 16. They go to eContract Philly.
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