Thank you to those of you who have participated in the affordable senior housing vaccination clinics. The impact has been great and we appreciate the continued partnership from your organizations. Together, as of June 1, the Ohio Department of Aging and the Ohio National Guard have provided clinics for 374 properties and administered over 14,000 vaccinations. But there is still more work to be done!
The partnership between the Ohio National Guard and the Ohio Department of Aging is offering one last chance to host a vaccination site on your property. If your properties have any remaining vaccination needs, they should reach out to the Regional Rapid Response Assistance Program (R3AP), which can offer on-site vaccination clinics for staff, participants, and community members through June 30, 2021. Properties should call 1-855-R3AP-ODA or 1-855-732-7632 to schedule a vaccine clinic. OHFA strongly encourages all of our partners, i.e., owners, developers and property management companies to take advantage of this opportunity to get your residents vaccinated!
Be sure to remind everyone who received a vaccine through our clinics that they can enter the Ohio Vax-A-Million drawing. Ohioans 18 years of age and older, who have received at least their first Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine or their one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, may enter to win one of five $1 million prizes. The final drawing is Wednesday, June 23. Individuals need only enter once and are entered for all subsequent drawings. The deadline to register for the final drawing is midnight on Sunday, June 20. Individuals can enter at ohiovaxamillion.com or by calling 1-833-4-ASK-ODH (1-833-427-5634).
Please consider providing information about Ohio Vax-A-Million at vaccination sites and in promotional materials. You can download a promotional toolkit with graphics, newsletter copy, social media posts, and more.
Some older Ohioans may need assistance signing up for the drawing and you may be uniquely positioned to help them. The rules of the campaign require each individual to review and acknowledge the terms of entry, so making entries for others is not possible, but you may be able to facilitate access to the website or phone line for them so they can get entered. We appreciate any and all assistance you can provide to spread the word about this valuable and exciting incentive to get vaccinated.
If you have any questions, please contact Ashley Davis with the Ohio Department of Aging at adavis@age.ohio.gov.
