Our Impact
Vaccinate Your Family works to protect people of all ages from vaccine-preventable diseases.
We expand vaccine access, amplify science-based messaging, and help the public more easily identify mis- and disinformation in partnership with national and local organizations, traditional media, and social media platforms.
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and former First Lady of Arkansas Betty Bumpers helped to create the vision for today’s vaccine infrastructure that provides immunizations to every corner of our nation, including the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program.
Vaccinate Your Family also spearheaded efforts ensuring the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s WIC (Women, Infants and Children) program staff reviews the vaccination records of children they serve. Half of the children born in the U.S. each year, and their mothers, utilize WIC services. For the past two decades, Vaccinate Your Family has continued educating WIC staff and participants about the value of timely vaccinations. WIC staff have now connected nearly seven million children and pregnant women with vaccination information and services as a result of this critical partnership.
The COVID-19 pandemic response demonstrated something many of us already knew: community partners are key to building vaccine confidence. Community-based organizations, community health workers, and individual advocates are often underfunded for their efforts if they are paid at all. Yet those are the trusted voices that many turn to when trying to decide whether to vaccinate themselves or their families.
Vaccinate Your Family’s signature programs and platforms have reached several million people:
- We welcome over 1 million website visitors annually
- Share our SQUAD’s™ stories of the personal impact of vaccine-preventable disease with up to 5 million viewers via our annual satellite media tours
- Train thousands of Community Health Workers and Promotores de Salud, who in turn navigate their community members to vaccines
- Gather over 340 organizations and individuals to our Vaccination Collaborative calls and listserv
- Garner millions of impressions on social media through our partner campaigns
Vaccinate Your Family is dedicated to supporting communities in their efforts to increase awareness of, and access to, vaccines. Learn more about our Programs and join us in the efforts to create vaccine equity for all.
Community Health Workers and Promotores de Salud trained, who in turn navigate thousands of community members to vaccines
WIC staff can screen nearly seven million children for up to date vaccines, guiding mothers and pregnant women to vaccination information and services as a result of this critical partnership.
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