COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness March 29, 2021
Every Shot Counts!
As COVID-19 vaccines continue to become available to more and more Californians, we want to help you stay safe and well-informed. Below are some resources to help you spread awareness of vaccine safety, efficacy, and continued prevention strategies against COVID-19 to your Head Start families and communities.
Resource of the week

COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness Posters
Download and print these posters to hang in common areas. Foster positive vaccination conversation and make vaccination awareness top-of-mind for staff.
Help spread the word to your networks
Retweet and Repost our vaccination awareness messages!

Post these messages below on Facebook or Twitter and continue to repost from our pages @caheadstart.
CDC Survey for Child Care Workers - Deadline is March 31

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is conducting a national survey to learn about attitudes and behaviors regarding COVID-19 vaccination among staff working in child care and early childhood education programs. The survey should take only 5–10 minutes to complete. Please help the Office of Head Start and the CDC to gather this important data no later than Wednesday, March 31, 2021 by encouraging your staff to take it now. Take the survey.
NHSA’s New COVID-19 Vaccination Toolkit

The National Head Start Association has just released a new COVID-19 Vaccination Toolkit, to help support staff in finding available vaccines near you, identify and address vaccine hesitancy with empathy and cultural understanding, and join NHSA’s social media campaign to share vaccine info that will resonate with your staff and families. Additional resources are available on NHSA’s website.
California Head Start leader gets vaccine: Hear his story!

Damon Carson, a Head Start leader at Neighborhood House Association in San Diego, California, and a Head Start alum, shared his experience receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Watch this 5-minute video shared by NHSA now!