PHILADELPHIA, December 28,2021 — The Philly Counts office has been helping direct community engagement efforts for the COVID-19 vaccine since the office pivoted its initiative towards getting Philadelphians vaccinated. In 2021, the Philly Counts team has knocked over 68,000 doors, made 198,295 phone calls, and has had over 7,000 conversations with residents aboutgetting the COVID-19 vaccine.
Philadelphiais now the most vaccinatedcity of the top 10 cities in America. 71.4 percent of adult Philadelphians ages 12 and up have at least one dose of the COVID19 vaccine. Twenty-three (23) percent of children ages 5-11 haveat least one dose.
“Our engagement with the community is C.L.E.A.R: we connect, listen, engage, activate, and are repetitious. We CONNECT with the people and allow them to tell us what matters to them. In asking what matters,we actively LISTEN to their concerns, taking notes and repeating them back. After understanding the issues, we ENGAGE the communityon strategies to address those barriers, and then we ACTIVATE the plans created. Finally, we are REPETITIOUS with our outreach. We demonstrate consistency which allows us to build trust, thus ensuring effectiveness in getting people vaccinated,” Hassan Freeman, Director of Neighborhood Engagement
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