Million Dollar Lotteries Increase Vaccinations

After weeks of lagging interest, Ohio’s Vax-A-Million lottery for those who are vaccinated produced a surge in vaccinations. Vaccinations increased 40% for ages 16+ in the 7 days following the Vax-a-Million announcement in Ohio.
Getting a Vaccine As Easy As Getting Your Groceries

Flu vaccination rates are 3 million/day. Make COVID vaccinations as convenient as flu vaccinations. People have unpredictable schedules with childcare, work, and community responsibilities. Be where people are. Meet people where they are in terms of convenient locations and timing.
Communications for Voting Early

3 tips for text messaging for early voting
CommunityConnect Labs Drives 2020 Census Participation with Twiio Programmable SMS

CommunityConnect Labs CensusOutreach solutions were recently highlighted in Twilio’s Customer Stories. We are proud to be powered by Twilio in our SMS-based outreach to count hard-to-reach communities in the Census, ensuring fair representation and millions of dollars in public funding for the next 10 years.
Get Accurate Voting Information Out Quickly

In this unprecedented election year, voters are hungry for updated information from election agencies like never before. SMS and text messaging outreach can be an effective method of educating, motivating, and activating people to vote.
SMS Best Practices for 2020 Elections

Top 7 Tips to Ensure Your SMS Texts for 2020 Elections Are Delivered
What Works: Transitioning to Digital Outreach

Here are some of our ongoing learnings from our government and nonprofit partners on how to transition to digital outreach in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Partner Highlight: State of Illinois

The Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS)’s has put in place effective marketing strategies to help promote their Census outreach tools.
Partner Highlight: Commonwealth of Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is using contact lists to do outbound text messaging to remind people to complete their Census.
COVID-19: Tips for Census Partner Outreach in a Time of Uncertainty

What to do when in-person outreach and assistance is limited