Vaccine manufacturers; the federal government; state, local, and territorial jurisdictions; and other partners are working to make sure safe and effective vaccines are getting to you as quickly as possible. This resource will help you understand the key steps in this important process and how CDC is tracking vaccine distribution, delivery, and administration throughout the United States. Visit the resource here.

Each state has its own plan for distributing vaccines. Determine if you are eligible for a vaccine on this website.

The CDC provided state, territorial, tribal, and local public health programs and their partners with principles on how to plan and operationalize a vaccination response to COVID-19 within their jurisdictions. This report covers specific areas of COVID-19 vaccination program planning and implementation and provides key guidance documents and links to resources to assist these efforts. Find the Playbook here.

Each state outlined its capacities and plans for distributing COVID-19 vaccines, and the CDC has made executive summaries of these documents available. Find a summary of your state’s plan here.

The Kaiser Family Foundation has collected vaccination plans from all 50 states and the District of Columbia where available. These initial plans are considered draft documents and will be updated as more information from the federal government about the availability of vaccines becomes available. Find a draft of your State’s plan here.

Because the amount of vaccine available in states is currently limited, the CDC has issued recommendations for a priority order of populations to get vaccinated. These recommendations were made by the Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), a group of independent medical and public health experts. While there may be some variation across states about who gets vaccinated first, ACIP recommendations are as follows:

Phase 1a

• Healthcare Personnel
• Long-term care facility residents and staff

Phase 1b

• Persons aged 75 years and older
• Frontline essential workers (fire fighters, police officers, corrections officers, food and agricultural workers, United States Postal Service workers, manufacturing workers, grocery store workers, public transit workers, and those who work in the educational sector)

Phase 1c

• Persons aged 65 to 74 years old
• Persons aged 16 to 59 years old with high-risk medical conditions
• Other essential workers (people who work in transportation and logistics, food service, housing construction and finance, information technology, communications, energy, law, media, public safety, and public health)

While these are the general recommendations provided by ACIP and the CDC, specifics may vary by state. Many state health departments have been using this tool to determine prioritization of vaccinations across counties. For more details on your state’s vaccination plans, please reference guidelines from your state’s Department of Health.

On April 6th, 2021, the Biden Administration accelerated the timeline of the immunization effort by making all U.S. adults eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine on April 19th rather than May 1st 2021.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Updated Interim Recommendation for Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, December 2020
• Evidence Table for COVID-19 Vaccines Allocation in Phases 1b and 1c of the Vaccination Program
• Vaccination Implementation Strategies to Consider for Populations Recommended to Receive Initial Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine (Persons included in Phases 1a-1c)
• Interim Considerations for Phased Implementation of COVID-19 Vaccination and Sub-Prioritization Among Recommended Populations
• How CDC Is Making COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations
• Methodology of the Vaccine Allocation Planner for COVID-19
• A Framework for Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus” National Academy of Medicine’s Report