COVID-19: Vaccine Partner and Vaccinator Resources
We can't do this without you!
The COVID-19 vaccination program is one of the largest and most complex public health initiatives in Wisconsin’s history. We are committed to the safe, quick, and equitable distribution of the vaccine, and recognize that public education and community outreach is vital to our vaccination efforts. Our community partners across the state are critical to the success of this program.
We encourage our partners to share, use, or adapt resources on this page to best serve the needs of their community.
Most resources will be available in multiple languages.
Monthly webinars
Webinars for stakeholders and vaccinators are held the second Tuesday of every month from 11 a.m. to noon. The Zoom link for the webinar has not changed.
New attendees need to register for this webinar. Once you register, you can use the same Zoom link for every webinar.
Watch recordings of past webinars.
Community guidance for providing vaccination access
The following resources help partners get vaccine to people in new spaces and in an equitable way.
- Find COVID-19 vaccinators that are willing to support community-based, mobile, or homebound COVID-19 vaccination requests. Please note that Wisconsin DHS will not play a role in the coordination of these events, and all details should be coordinated with the vaccination partner directly.
- Learn more about workplace vaccination resources for employers.
- School-Located Vaccination Clinics: Best Practices for School Districts provides guidance relating to roles and responsibilities, date and site selection, outreach, and hosting the clinic.
If you or a partner have identified someone who needs help accessing COVID-19 vaccines at home, contact your local or tribal health department.
Handouts to print and distribute
To request physical, printed copies of these or other DHS COVID-19 materials, please follow these instructions.
Additional resources
View a complete list of COVID-19 videos and print materials translated into multiple languages.
Tips on how to be there for your child during vaccinations, P-03126
Next Steps: After You Receive the COVID-19 Vaccine, P-02879
Additional resources
- View a complete list of DHS COVID-19 videos and print materials translated into multiple languages.
- V-safe handouts help your patients download and navigate the v-safe app for personalized health check-ins and easy reporting of side effects after vaccination.
Images and videos for your social media accounts or website
Graphics to share on your social media accounts
General vaccine graphics
The COVID-19 vaccine protects you
Download the image: English
Q&A: Get the facts
Image to use on your website
To get started, download the high quality image. Remember to include the following hyperlink dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/vaccine.htm.
- COVID Vaccine Facts has social media graphics and messages for all platforms. Check out the COVID-19 vaccine safety fact sheet and FAQs on their website.
- Vaccinate Your Family has COVID-19 vaccine social media graphics and handouts you can share with your followers.
- Social Media Toolkit: COVID-19 Vaccinations from CDC provides sample social media messages and graphics.
- Public Health Communications Collaborative has a library of downloadable COVID-19 graphics and videos.
- THE CONVERSATION / LA CONVERSACIÓN provides rights-free videos where health care workers provide facts and dispel misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines, in English and Spanish. In the series about kids and the COVID-19 vaccines, comedian and TV host, W. Kamau Bell, asks pediatricians the questions that many parents and caregivers have about the vaccine.
Tips and resources for your own communications
- See the CDC’s clear guide on how to talk about COVID-19 vaccines with friends and family.
- The COVID-19 Vaccine Homepage has easy to read frequently asked questions, information about what to expect before and after COVID-19 vaccination, and resources for health care workers.
- Answer tough using the Public Health Communications Collaborative’s message guidance and framing.
- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia answers frequently asked questions on their COVID-19 Vaccine Education Center website.
- Target your outreach by using the Neighborhood Health Partnerships’ interactive tool, COVID-19 Relative Mortality Risk and Barriers to Vaccination by ZIP Code. It lets you search by county and see which ZIP codes in your county have lowest resources or opportunities to protect their health with vaccines.
- Diagnose and address access and confidence challenges in your area. CDC has developed a Rapid Community Assessment Guide with customizable research instruments that can be adapted to different communities, including key informant interview guides, listening sessions, and a vaccine confidence survey.
- You can use the free Vaccine Equity Planner to identify useful partners or locations to hold vaccination clinics, easily taking into account distances to existing vaccination sites, varying social vulnerability, and people’s intentions to get vaccinated. This tool identifies COVID-19 “vaccine deserts,” where people have little or no convenient access to vaccination, and potential new vaccination sites to address the gaps.
- See which areas have the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates by:
- Census tracts
- Municipalities (cities, towns, and villages)
- School district boundaries
- Zip code tabulation areas
You can view the Public Health Communication Collaborative’s resources and recorded webinars to gain deeper understanding of COVID-19 vaccine and public health communication. Topics include Successful COVID-19 Messaging in Rural Communities and messaging recommendations.
- Use the Public Health Communication Collaborative’s Misinformation Alerts to learn what misinformation is being shared in the moment and how to respond.
- Learn how to spot and stop the spread of misinformation with resources from Stronger, a national vaccine advocacy campaign.
Other federal and state resources
State resources
- Wisconsin Medicaid Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
- Wisconsin Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRC) Consumer Page
- Wisconsin County and Tribal Aging Offices Services
- Wisconsin Regional Area Agencies on Aging
- Wisconsin Association of Mobility Managers - COVID-19 Resources
- Northeast Wisconsin Regional Access to Transportation Committee
National and federal resources
Avoiding COVID-19 vaccine scams: Please use this resource from the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCAP) to help your audience learn more about how they can protect themselves or loved ones from potential vaccine fraud.
CDC COVID-19 Materials for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Care Providers
View and share videos, posters, social stories, and interactive activities in English and Spanish.
CDC’s Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication
Apply health equity guiding principles across your public health communication work, including when creating information resources and presentations, when engaging with partners, and/or when developing and reviewing external or internal communication materials. This means:
- Using a health equity lens when framing information about health disparities.
- Considering the key principles, such as using person-first language and avoiding unintentional blaming.
- Using preferred terms for select population groups while recognizing that there isn’t always agreement on these terms.
- Considering how communications are developed and looking for ways to develop more inclusive health communications products.
- Exploring other resources and references related to health equity communications.
It's Up to You: Rural Resource Toolkit
Share resources from the Rural Resource Toolkit, including customizable public service announcements, graphics, and other media with facts about vaccination. You can also use the Ad Council and COVID Collaborative's messaging principles and other creative assets to create your own communication about COVID-19 vaccination to rural residents.
The Black Coalition Against COVID, UnidosUS, and Greater than COVID
In THE CONVERSATION #BetweenUsAboutUs / LA CONVERSACIÓN #EnreNosotrosSobreNosotros, Black and Latinx doctors, nurses, researchers, and community health care workers provide facts and dispel misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. They have more than 125 FAQ videos, TV and radio PSAs, print materials, and social media posts available in English and Spanish. The videos are designed to be shared on social and can also be embedded directly from YouTube on your website.
American Lung Association
Better For It Vaccine Toolkit Series is made up of four toolkits designed by the American Lung Association, the Center for Black Health and Equity, and the League of United Latin American Citizens. Each of the culturally relevant toolkits provide the opportunity for individuals and communities to:
- Fact check and supplement their own research on vaccines, especially the COVID-19 vaccine.
- Encourage a dialogue among friends, health care provider, pastor, and family members.
- Share accurate information on social media.
- Learn and understand the contributions of scientists and public health advocates who are helping to bring this pandemic to an end.
They also include sharable resources, such as social media images, talking points, questions and answers, fact sheets, and inspirational quotes.
Public Health Alliance of Southern California
Checkout their video series on vaccine equity.
Refugee Community Advisory Board - Milwaukee
- Share educational COVID-19 videos with your audience. Many videos are available in multiple languages.
- Use the following scripts to create videos in your communities: vaccine safety, vaccine side effects, vaccine information and side effects.
National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants (NRC-RIM)
Fact sheets, posters, checklists, and other materials in more than 100 languages are available to support vaccine efforts among refugee, immigrant, and migrant communities.