On Apr. 7, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced it had awarded $3 billion in funding to 64 jurisdictions to bolster broad-based vaccine distribution, access, and administration efforts.

p>The funding was made available by the American Rescue Plan and the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act and will provide critical support through CDCﾒs existing immunization cooperative agreements in communities around the country.to support local efforts to increase vaccine uptake by expanding COVID-19 vaccine programs and ensuring greater equity and access to vaccine by those disproportionately affected by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.