Wake County plans to vaccinate all homeless people with the Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine on Thursday, March 25. All homeless shelters, Oak City Cares, WakeMed and street outreach teams will be mobilized in this effort.
The homeless can also use Oak City Cares and Triangle Family Services to provide proof of homelessness and mail registration to apply for the $1,400 checks provided in the $1.9 trillion relief package just passed by the Democrats in the U.S. Congress and signed by President Biden.
Flyers and announcements will begin on Saturday, March 20, to spread the word about the mass vaccination on Thursday, March 25, using a white flag shelter open that day no matter the weather. Emoke Anderson with the Northern Wake Regional Center said, “As of right now, we understand that the homeless population does not need appointments if they go to the white flag event or Oak City Cares sites.”
Street outreach teams from Triangle Family Services will be working to make all homeless individuals aware of the free vaccinations and help with the checks in advance of the March 25 date and helping on that day to get people to the white flag shelters or the Oak City Cares sites.
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