Chicago Providers
Supporting Chicago Health Care Providers
Ongoing COVID-19 Resources & Outreach Materials
Chicago health care providers face unique challenges in addressing COVID-19 post pandemic. With new and emerging issues, growing patient rosters, and limited time and resources, it may feel difficult to continue pushing for total COVID-19 vaccination.
To support clinical workflow and administration, patient education, and vaccine outreach, we have a range of enduring materials that can be accessed and used at any time, including:
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COVID-19 Vaccine Administration
COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkit
This toolkit is specifically designed to aide clinicians and healthcare organizations in Chicago in developing effective tactics for the incorporation of COVID-19 vaccines administration into routine clinical workflows. This toolkit is not meant to replace required federal or state trainings, but to act as supplemental information to help drive more efficient vaccine implementation.
The information provided within this toolkit and on this landing page was last updated on March 15, 2024.
This Toolkit Includes Information and Resources On:
- Vaccinating in the City of Chicago
- Finding a COVID-19 Vaccine in Chicago
- In-Home Vaccination
- Chicago Data
- Information for Chicago Vaccine for Children Providers
- COVID-19 Vaccine Waste
- COVID-19 Vaccine Inventory
- Chicago COVID-19 Vaccine Outreach Programs
- Additional Vaccine Tools & Information
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Chicago Summer Safety Social Media Campaign
Share a wide range of approachable, welcoming, and easy-to-read posts designed to remind people that COVID-19 doesn’t go away in the summer months. This campaign includes seven graphics that you can use all summer long to help keep Chicagoans safe!
Topics Include:
- Limiting the rise of cases in during the summer
- Ways to ensure a COVID-19-free summer
- Ways to get outdoors in Chicago to reduce risk
- Reminders to stay aware of symptoms and to test
- Including the COVID-19 vaccine in summer essentials
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Back to School Safety Social Media Campaign
As the school year approaches and families are getting ready for a new school year, it’s a great time to remind them about COVID-19 vaccines. These posts are designed to seamlessly integrate the COVID-19 vaccine into regular, routine school preparation in the late summer months. This campaign includes five graphics you can post in late-July, August, and September to help keep all of Chicago’s students healthy this school year!
Topics Include:
- Chicago schools as a safe place for young people
- Preventing missed school due to COVID-19
- Encouraging COVID-19 vaccination to prevent illness
- Helping children reach their full potential
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Cold, Flu, and Respiratory Virus Season Social Media Campaign
As COVID-19 cases historically increase in the colder months, we’ve developed a Chicago-specific social media messaging campaign designed to help Chicagoans get ahead of the spread this fall. This campaign includes six graphics you can post during respiratory virus season.
Topics Include:
- Building a fall health kit
- Getting ahead of the spread
- The true cost of COVID-19
- Encouraging vaccination
- Keeping kids safe in Chicago
- Keeping pregnant people safe from COVID-19
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Holiday Safety Social Media Campaign
As the holidays approach and friends and family start spending more time together inside, it’s important to try to keep everyone safe. This campaign includes six graphics and that can be posted in October, November, and December to help keep Chicago families safe during the holiday season.
Topics Include:
- Spreading joy, not germs
- Keeping older loved ones safe during the holiday season
- Protecting newborns
- Holiday travel
- Keeping pregnant people safe over the holidays
The Bridge Access Program Manual
For Chicago Health Care Providers
The Bridge Access Program for Uninsured Adults (hereafter the Bridge Access Program) is a program that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began in Fall 2023. This program manual is intended for providers currently enrolled in the Bridge Access Program in Chicago.
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Translated Outreach Materials
Spanish, Polish, and Arabic Translations
Chicago is home to large Spanish, Polish, and Arabic populations that have limited access to resources in their first language. In order to help Chicago health care providers reach these communities, we’ve translated outreach materials that cover basic COVID-19 safety and vaccination information, including:
![COVID-19 Vaccine FAQ for Pregnant & Lactating Persons COVID-19 Vaccine FAQ for Pregnant & Lactating Persons](https://www.illinoisvaccinates.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-I-VAC_PatientOutreach-v2_Handout-03.png)
COVID-19 Vaccine FAQ for Pregnant & Lactating Persons – This patient handout covers important patient questions regarding the safety and administration of the COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant and lactating people. This is a great resource to share with your pregnant or lactating patients who are concerned about getting the vaccine.
Download: English Spanish
Download: Polish Arabic
For more English and Spanish outreach materials, explore our Clinical Guidance & Education page!
Social Media Content
Seasonal Messaging to Designed to Drive Uptake
To help keep COVID-19 top-of-mind, we’ve developed four Chicago-specific social media campaigns that can be downloaded and shared throughout the year. These materials include:
These materials include: