Good afternoon, We hope that you had a wonderful holiday weekend this past week, and we are enjoying hearing about all the incredible work that you all are doing in service to your communities around immunization education. We have several updates this week to share! Please see below. My best, Michelle Rodgers Associate Dean and […]
Good Morning, We wish all of you a restful and enjoyable holiday weekend. We have some EXCITing updates for you this week! Followup from yesterday’s Spotlight session: We were so pleased to hear so much interest in the Russell Group’s assets including videos and fact sheets. We know there were a lot of questions to […]
Good Afternoon! We have some very exciting updates this morning: Reporting Tool for Activity 1 Now Available The reporting tool for Activity 1 is now available and has been posted to the website along with a user’s guide. Both the form and the user’s guide for Activity 1 are under ‘Quick Links’ at the top of […]
Good morning, We have a few items this week. The first is a reminder about the Activity 1 and Activity 2 Grantee Kickoff Events (registration below). As a reminder, Activity 1 projects can join June 10th OR June 14th for their kickoff event. Activity 2 Projects should join on June 23rd. We ask that you […]
The Extension Foundation, in cooperation with the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy, through an Interagency Agreement with the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are funding the Cooperative Extension System to address health disparities among rural and other underserved communities. This initiative is called […]
Cooperative Extension programs are making an impact on communities across the country with immunization education efforts, particularly with vaccine-hesitant individuals. Activities include mobile vaccination clinics in partnership with local health organizations, social media campaigns, the development of online toolkits promoting research-based immunization information, and more. This month, the EXCITE program is highlighting how an immunization […]
Good Morning!, We express gratitude to our partner, CDC, who is initiating with this newsletter a listing of resources (below under CDC Rural Health Partner Updates) that are targeted to our work in implementing our Vaccinate with Confidence efforts and our Immunization Education Pilot Programs. This listing of CDC resources will be placed on the EXCITE webpage. […]
Good afternoon, This will be a short newsletter this week, but we do have some important announcements: The Activity 1 Application deadline has been extended to May 14th at 11:59 PM ET. For clarification, the Activity 2 Application deadline is also May 14th at 11:59 PM ET. Thank you to those that joined us for […]
RFA OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED! Yesterday you should have received this note but here it is just in case: We are pleased to announce that the Extension Collaborative on Immunization Teaching & Engagement (EXCITE) grant award (#2021-77041-34831) letter with USDA-NIFA has been received. This now completes the contract information and applications. This information updates and replaces what […]
What’s new this week?: 1. The pre–decisional applications are available for both Activity 1 Vaccinate with Confidence and Activity 2 Immunization Education Pilot Projects. Find them here. 2. The Immunization Education Liaison List is now posted here. This list is being shared with CDC regional folks and AIM (Association of Immunization Managers) and other partner organizations so they can quickly get connected […]
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This work is supported through an Interagency Agreement (IAA) with the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
AWARD NO: 2021-77041-34831