COVID-19 Resource Hub

Last Updated: 03/17/2022

AAPCHO is continuously monitoring (COVID-19) alerts and information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and other health agencies across the United States and its territories.

This page will be updated regularly with tailored resources for community health centers covering the COVID-19 vaccines, multilingual and culturally appropriate materials for Asian American (AA), Native Hawaiian (NH), and Pacific Islander (PI) communities, resources to address anti-Asian racism, public health considerations, and other public health considerations..

If you have questions, would you like to contribute resources to this page, and/or require technical assistance, please email preparedness@aapcho.org.

Helpful Links

Recent Updates and Highlights

• CDC now recommends COVID-19 Vaccines for Young Children and has released two new updated guides
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Operational Planning Guide on the FDA Approval of Boosters for 5-12-year-olds
  • Updated CDC Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccination Operational Planning Guide —Information for the COVID-19 Vaccine for Children 6 Months through 4 Years Old and/or COVID-19 Vaccine for Children 6 Months through 5 Years Old
• Review the recently updated CDC At-A-Glance COVID-19 Vaccination Schedules
• FDA Authorizes Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccines for Children Down to 6 Months of Age, United States Food and Drug Administration
• We Can Do This published updated Resources about COVID-19 Vaccinations for Children
• CDC published an updated interim guidance on COVID-19 Vaccination for Children: Information for Jurisdictions, Healthcare Providers, Pharmacists, and Community Partners

Upcoming Events

Special and Vulnerable Populations COVID-19 Forum

Friday, July 22

8 am HT / 11 am PT / 2 pm ET

Join AAPCHO and several other National Training and Technical Assistance Partner organizations for this session on how COVID-19 has impacted health centers across the country and the special populations they serve. The forum will identify, share, and promote promising practices while highlighting and addressing challenges. 

Register here »

COVID-19 Health Equity Response Network (CHERN) Learning Series

Every other Wednesday

August 17 – September 28

1:00 pm HT  / 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET

Join AAPCHO and CHERN for a late Summer learning series! This series is designed for clinicians, clinical supervisors, and other clinical staff. The series will cover four unique COVID-19 topics including long COVID/PASC, therapeutics, clinical guidance for vaccines, and promising practices for outreach. 

Register for individual or all sessions here ».

Recent News and Updates to the COVID-19 Vaccines:

• CDC now recommends COVID-19 Vaccines for Young Children and has released updated guidance for COVID-19 vaccines and boosters
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Operational Planning Guide on the FDA Approval of Boosters for 5-12-year-olds
  • Updated CDC Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccination Operational Planning Guide —Information for the COVID-19 Vaccine for Children 6 Months through 4 Years Old and/or COVID-19 Vaccine for Children 6 Months through 5 Years Old
  • COVID-19 Vaccination for Children: Information for Jurisdictions, Healthcare Providers, Pharmacists, and Community Partners
  • Review the recently updated CDC At-A-Glance COVID-19 Vaccination Schedules
• FDA has update guidance around COVID-19 vaccines and boosters
  • FDA Takes Additional Actions on the Use of a Booster Dose for COVID-19 Vaccines, October 2021
  • FDA Authorizes Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccines for Children Down to 6 Months of Age, United States Food and Drug Administration, June 2022
  • FDA Limits Use of Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine to Certain Individuals, May 2022
• We Can Do This published updated Resources about COVID-19 Vaccinations for Children
• In December 2021, AAPCHO, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ‘We Can Do This’ Campaign, hosted a webinar where experts shed light on and answered community questions about COVID-19 vaccine booster eligibility, safety, accessibility, and effectiveness against variants. Watch the recording here. View the slides here.
• HRSA has created a COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Planning Checklist for health centers

In-Language COVID-19 Vaccine Resources:

• The NCR-RIM’s Vaccine Center has culturally responsive and specific resources and campaigns for building vaccine confidence among refugee, immigrant, and migrant populations available in over 30 languages.
• State of Hawaii’s COVID-19 Multilingual Resources including vaccine screening questions in numerous AA, NH, and PI languages. (Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Chuukese, Hawaiian, Ilocano, Japanese, Korean, Kosraean, Lao, Marshallese, Pohnpeian, Samoan, Thai, Tagalog, Tongan, Vietnamese, and Yapese)
• COVID-19 Resources in Vietnamese provided by PIVOT: Viet Fact Check and VietCOVID.org.
• AARP has published a Vaccination Toolkit and has translated it in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Hindi.
• The “Vaccines Explained” Series by The World Health Organization provides engaging information on the COVID-19 vaccine including development, clinical trials, and distribution. Translations available.

Knowledge and Data to Prepare for the Vaccine:

• Woven with Elders: Pacific Islander Vaccine Toolkit provides beautiful graphics, easy-to-read fact sheets, and responses to frequently asked questions regarding COVID-19 vaccinations in order to protect Pacific Islander communities, especially treasured elders.
• Need Community Health Worker Resources? Visit NACHW’s Community Health Worker Resource Center Database
• American COVID-19 Vaccine Poll surveyed over 12,000 Americans to explore effective messaging for COVID-19 vaccination.
• Helpful Vaccine Communications Tips by de Beaumont developed from their “Language of Vaccine Acceptance” poll conducted in December 2020.
• Answers to Common Questions about Herd Immunity and Vaccination by Georgetown University’s School of Nursing and Health Studies.
• The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) have created toolkits to help providers prepare for being an immunization site and understanding Medicaid coverage for the COVID-19 Vaccine.
• NACHC has compiled useful resources to help health centers address COVID-19 vaccine concerns from patients and staff.

From the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):

• SARS-CoV-2 Variant Classifications and Definitions from the CDC
• Choosing Safer Activities before and after getting vaccinated (CDC)
• COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review – Get weekly updates on vaccinations, infections, variants, and more.
• COVID-19 Vaccine Communication Toolkit for Community-Based Organizations – CDC offers many resources for use across your health center’s efforts to reach your patients including plain-language fact sheets available in Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Tagalog, and Korean.
• 10 Things Healthcare Workers Should Know about the COVID-19 Vaccine – The CDC compiled key vaccine information specifically relevant to Healthcare Workers including ACIP recommendations.
• COVID-19 Vaccination Communication Toolkit For Medical Centers, Clinics, and Clinicians to educate healthcare teams and other staff.
• Trainings: COVID-19 Vaccine Training Modules include immunization best practices and what healthcare workers need to know about the Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Janssen vaccines. CMEs/CNEs/CPEs available. Updated in September 2021.

Community Health Center Vaccine Responses

• “Analysis by researchers from the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative estimates that nearly half of all patients served by community health centers qualify for phase one COVID-19 immunizations, following health care workers, residents of long-term care facilities and other essential workers, under priority guidelines established by the CDC.”
• Community health centers fulfill niche in vaccination effort (Lowell Sun)
• Vaccination Hesitation: Community Health Centers Get Creative to Engage the Community (Hawaii Public Radio)
• How is Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center in rural North Carolina addressing vaccine concerns in their patients and community? (Rural Health Info Hub)

Join the We Can Do This national campaign to increase COVID-19 vaccine confidence including toolkits in multiple languages.

COVID-19 Vaccine Communication Toolkit for Community-Based Organizations – CDC offers plain-language fact sheets available in Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Tagalog, and Korean.

Visit the Kaiser Family Foundation COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor Dashboard.

The Pacific Islander COVID-19 Response Team is a national group of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) researchers, health experts, community leaders and advocates who have come together to inform and support families and communities about COVID-19. Resources available here »

•  The National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants (NRC-RIM) at the University of Minnesota has compiled translated materials from across the country as well as created a library of translated COVID-19 campaigns, infographics, videos, and fact sheets available in over 30 languages. All NRC-RIM resources are editable, customizable, and have been reviewed and vetted by members of refugee, immigrant, and migrant communities. 
• Download simplified in-language instructions on how to use the QuickVue At-Home COVID-19 Test translated by Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (Mass League) and Asian Services in Action, Inc.
• TranslateCovid.org, initiated by UCLA’s Institute of American Cultures, Asian American Studies Center, and Fielding School of Public Health, includes multiple resources translated to various AA & NHPI languages.
• The CDC has collected COVID-19 educational resources for communication with migrants, refugees, and other Limited-English Proficient populations including print resources and webpages in numerous AA, NH, and PI languages. Search all CDC translated materials by language.
• Marshallese COVID-19 Task Force – Dr. Sheldon Riklon and the Marshallese COVID-19 Task Force curated in-language Marshallese resources.
• Southeast Asian Resource Action Center (SEARAC) – COVID-19 Rapid Response Resources – SEARAC curated resources available in Cambodian/Khmer, Hmong, Laotian, and Vietnamese.
• COVID-19 Community Guides – Equity Labs developed COVID-19 community guides, which are available in English and South Asian languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Urdu, Nepali, Burmese, Bengali, and Marathi.
• AA and NHPI In-Language Materials Project – The Asian & Pacific Islander Health Forum crowd-sourced a list of in-language materials related to COVID-19.

Local and County Translated Materials

• Hawai’i Department of Health –  The State of Hawai’i has collected numerous multilingual resources in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Island languages.
• NHPI COVID-19 Toolkit – In partnership with the Southern California Pacific Islander COVID-19 Response Team, the Los Angeles County Chief Executive Office has released the Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander COVID-19 Community Toolkit, a rich resource that includes infographics and public service announcements (PSAs) in Chamorro, Hawaiian, Marshallese, Samoan, and Tongan languages.
• Charles B. Wang Community Health Center (New York City) has a new COVID Update flyer for April 2022 available in English and Chinese. Visit their COVID-19 page for more resources in New York City.
• In-language Media Materials and Resources – The County of Los Angeles Public Health’s resource hub for toolkits, infographics, and additional information on Coronavirus. Resources are available in Chinese (traditional and simplified), Korean, Tagalog, Cambodian, Japanese, Vietnamese, and more.
• Pacific Islander Community Association of Washington (PICAWA) has created Pasifika Narratives, a series of community driven videos honoring culture, resiliency, and providing COVID-19 information.
• King County COVID-19 and Translated Resources
• Toolkit of Coronavirus Resources – The Government of the District of Columbia developed Stop the Spread of Germs flyers (available in English and multiple languages) and Stop Stigma posters (available in English, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese).
• Preventing the Spread of Germs in NHPI Languages – Multnomah County developed this webpage to offer in-language NHPI translations for Palauan, Pohnpeian, Chuukese, Tongan, and Kosraean. Check out their video library of more than 30 translated messages on how to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Visit the National COVID-19 Resiliency Network or call Multilingual helpline: (877) 904-5097

Federal Resources for Health Centers

• Emergency Preparedness and Recovery Resources for Health Centers – The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is working to keep health centers and Health Center Program partners updated on the latest information regarding COVID-19. All COVID-19 information for health centers will appear on this page and resources will be updated as they become available.
  • Health Center Program COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
  • Health Center Survey Data for COVID-19:  Each health center receives an electronic, easy-to-use survey twice a week via email, on Monday and Thursday afternoons. HRSA has updated data and charts on health center’s COVID-19 impact including vaccination progress.
  • Health Center Program Look-Alike Survey Data for COVID-19
• HRSA’s Health Center COVID-19 Information Collection: Each health center will receive an electronic, easy-to-use survey twice a week via email, on Monday and Thursday afternoons. HRSA will use the information collected to assess health centers’ needs throughout the COVID-19 response.
• The CDC’s COVID-19 Main Page – Get all official updates from the CDC.
• Healthcare Workers: Information on COVID-19
• CMS Current Emergencies Page – Resources include waiver and flexibility information, and guidance on the following topic areas: clinical and technical, billing and coding, coverage, provider enrollment, Medicaid and CHIP, and more.

Support to Address Workforce Burnout

• COVID-19 for the Health Center Workforce – The Weitzman Institute and Association of Clinicians for the Underserved has curated a list of resources for health center staff, including those on crisis counseling and self-care, managing workflows, clinician burnout, and more.
• Wellbeing for Refugee Service Providers during COVID-19: Am I Ok?
• 59 Mental Health Resource for Health Care Providers – Nursing License Map curated mental health resource for health care professionals and students
• Bringing self-care to CHWs – A curriculum by  the National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants

Infection Prevention and Control Resources

• CDC’s Improving the Fit and Filtration of Masks Guidelines for community members
• Handwashing Resources – Handwashing is still an essential strategy to prevent Coronavirus spread. Check out CDC’s training and education materials on handwashing.
• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency resources to reduce the spread of COVID-19 including information on airborne spread and a list of approved disinfectants.
• Hepatitis B and COVID-19 Updates – The Hepatitis B Foundation (HBF) developed a resource hub for managing hepatitis B infection amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Healthcare Supply of Personal Protective Equipment
• Healthcare Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations from the CDC – Updated in Response to COVID-19 Vaccination

Additional Resources

• Immigrant-Serving Organizations’ Perspectives on the COVID-19 Crisis – The Urban Institute and Protecting Immigrant Families, Advancing Our Future campaign created a brief to share the perspectives of immigrant-serving organizations on the effects on immigrant communities while providing recommendations for federal, state, and local responses.
• Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) – CDC’s COCA prepares clinicians to respond to emerging health threats and public health emergencies by communicating relevant, timely information related to disease outbreaks, disasters, terrorism events, and other health alerts.
• FAQs for Health Care Providers for Medicare Payment – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released FAQs on Medicare payment for laboratory tests and other services related to COVID-19. Updated July 2021
• Telehealth Resources

AAPCHO encourages all health centers to visit the Health Center Resource Clearinghouse to access compiled resources on COVID-19 from 20 NationalCooperative Agreement organizations and partners.

#COVID19CHC: Community Health Centers Connecting with Patients during COVID-19: Catch the latest episode of AAPCHO’s #COVID19CHC Stories series   to shed a light on the critical role of CHCs to address the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, Sheryl Yoshimura, RD of Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services in Honolulu shares how she and her team provide personable care while addressing food and housing insecurity during this unprecedented time.

AANHPI Project Firstline

We have partnered with the CDC’s Project Firstline and APIAHF to launch the AANHPI Project Firstline initiative to prepare frontline healthcare workers & the public health workforce to protect themselves, their patients, and communities from infectious disease threats including COVID-19.

AAPCHO acknowledges the increasing levels of stigma, racism, and xenophobia toward AA and NH/PI communities as a result of COVID-19. We encourage community health center providers, community-based organizations, educators, and the general public to combat this stigma by addressing misinformation and practicing cultural humility.

• Asian Immigrant Experiences with Racism, Immigration-related Fears, and the COVID-19 Pandemic – Kaiser Family Foundation hosted webinar featuring AAPCHO Members Asian Health Services and International Community Health Services and AAPCHO’s Director of Policy and Advocacy, Adam Carbullido.
• Stop AAPI Hate – Report hate incidents with in-language report forms including Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Korean, Thai, Japanese, Vietnamese, Khmer, Punjabi, Tagalog, Hmong and others.
• Stand Against Hatred – Asian Americans Advancing Justice is documenting hate incidents from across the United States to better educate the public and to empower and advocate for those affected by hate crimes.
• Research Report & Resources for Disentangling Anti-Asian Violence from the AAPI COVID-19 Project
• Bystander Intervention – The American Friends Service Committee provides do’s and don’ts when one witnesses public instances of racist or oppressive interpersonal violence and harassment.
• National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum released a study “The State of Safety for Asian American and Pacific Islander Women” based on data collected between March 2020 and February 2022
• Asian American COVID-19 Experience Report by NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health (CSAAH)

• COVID-19 Toolkit on Response to Racism and Xenophobia – The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA), in collaboration with AAPCHO, developed a toolkit on responding to racism and xenophobia related to COVID-19.

Cultural humility is a respectful approach toward individuals of other cultures that continuously pushes one to challenge cultural biases (CHCS, 2017).

• National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Standards – The Office of Minority Health’s Think Cultural Health website features information, continuing education opportunities, resources, and more for health and health care professionals to learn about culturally and linguistically appropriate services, or CLAS.
• Cultural Humility is Critical to Health Equity – The American Academy of Family Physician states why it’s important for family physicians to practice cultural humility in patient-centered care.
• “Practicing Cultural Humility when Serving Immigrant and Refugee Communities” by Lea Ann Miyagawa, MN, RN

Healthy Equity Resources

• CDC’s COVID-19 Health Equity Strategy
• Addressing Health Inequities in the Era of COVID-19 – Families USA created an infographic to outline the health outcomes and inequities rooted in systemic and unjust social and economic policies.
• The COVID Racial Data Tracker –  The COVID Tracking Project and the Antiracist Research & Policy Center developed a racial data tracker to document the varying disparity of COVID across communities by collecting, publishing, and analyzing racial data on the pandemic from across the United States.
• The Impact of COVID-19 on social determinants of health – Healthify‘s blog outlines how SDoHS have been impacted.
• Fact Sheet: President Biden Announces New Actions to Deliver Masks to Communities Hit Hard by the Pandemic
• Recording: Conversations on COVID-19: Impacts on Communities of Color – The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine shared conversations with experts to discuss the latest in information and research on health equity.
• Recording: The Impact of COVID-19 on the LGBTQ+ Community – Check out the free and on-demand webinar from the National Coalition for LGBT Health (March 26, 2020).
• COVID-19 in Hawaiʻi: Addressing Health Equity in Diverse Populations Report by the Hawai’i State Department of Health, Hawai’i COVID-19 Response Recovery Resilience Team, and the University of Hawai’i, Manoa.

Behavioral and Emotional Health Resources

• Taking Care of Your Behavioral Health -Check out SAMHSA’s fact sheet on “Tips For Social Distancing, Quarantine, And Isolation During An Infectious Disease Outbreak”
• Coping with Stress during the 2019-nCoV Outbreak – The World Health Organization’s advice to cope with the stress associated with Coronavirus. Advice is also available to help children cope with stress.