Three state and federal grants fund campaign to encourage COVID-19 vaccination among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Grant and Award Announcement
Faculty at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and clinicians at the Rose F. Kennedy Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (CERC) at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore have received three state and federal grants to address health disparities among patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) by promoting COVID-19 vaccination among people with IDD, their families, and caretakers in New York State.
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