States are Getting Ready to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines. What Do Their Plans Tell Us So Far

This issue brief describes a review of the 64 state, territorial, and local jurisdictional immunization program COVID-19 vaccine response plans submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The authors summarize how jurisdictions are identifying priority populations for vaccination, identifying a network of providers to administer vaccines, developing data collection and reporting systems to track vaccine distribution, and planning a communication strategy. Also included are links to all publicly available plans.