Letter from US Secretary of Education

On July 6, 2021, the US Secretary of Education sent a letter to school superintendents throughout the country encouraging them to work with local health departments and medical providers to increase vaccination rates in their communities, particularly among the 12–17-year-old population. The letter has hyperlinks additional documents. Two FAQ documents (FAQ1 & FAQ2) also accompanied the letter. The letter refers to a toolkit schools can download.

BP2 Year End Reporting

The BP2 Year-end deliverables and due dates are as follows:

LHDs

• Year-end progress report is due by July 30, 2021. Survey Monkey link is https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/THY5TC7 
• Q4 COVID-19 action plan update is due by July 30, 2021.
• Q4 Whole community inclusion (WCI) update is due by July 30, 2021.

Tribes

• Year-end progress report is due by July 30, 2021. Survey Monkey link is https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MTDLY8B 
• Q4 COVID-19 activities update is due by July 30, 2021.

All

• NIMS training compliance report is due by August 27, 2021.

Regional Point of Contacts     Region 1: Denise Fleming Region 2N & 2S: Jeannie Byrne Region 3: Jim Koval Region 5: Jason Smith Region 6: Terra Riddle Region 7: Craig Henry-Jones  Region 8: Kerry Chamberlain Tribes: Mary Macqueen       LHD Regional POC Assignments

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