This RFA seeks to empower communities to remove barriers and promote acceptance of all routine vaccines across the lifespan, especially for communities that face challenges accessing medical care or people who have historical trauma and mistrust of government agencies, or the medical community. The awarded organizations will build upon new and/or existing relationships in the community and will use new strategies or adapt existing ones to meet the unique identified needs. Grantees will use culturally, linguistically, and locally tailored strategies to: • Build and maintain relationships of respect and cultivate trust. • Use asset-based community development strategies and build community capacity to encourage community leaders to become public-health decision makers and policy advocates. • Co-create culturally and linguistically diverse media, outreach, and education.
