In 2022, Ramsey County partnered with 12 trusted community agencies to connect residents with accurate, culturally appropriate information about the COVID-19 vaccine and opportunities to get vaccinated. This program has ended.
Trusted Community Connectors helped community members understand truthful information about COVID-19, answered questions and helped educate residents about the vaccines. Many organizations worked with families with children ages 6 months and older. Community Connectors helped residents make vaccine appointments and gave recommendations for walk-up vaccination sites, among other work.
Community Connector Organizations
Community Connectors addressed questions and concerns about getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Partner organizations included:
- Greater Eastside Community Council.
- HACER.
- Restorations for All, Inc.
- Run Like Harriet.
- Samo Relief.
- Somali Medical Association of America.
- African Network for Development, Inc.
- Grace Restoration International.
- Vietnamese Social Services of MN.
- MN Spokesman Recorder.
- Santamaria Broadcasting.
- 1 Day at a Time.
This partnership ended on December 21, 2022.
Learn more about the current Trusted Messenger Initiative grant program.