Today, Surgo Ventures announced the expansion of its COVID-19 Vaccine Ambassador Program, available now in 13 community health organizations with more than 70 individual clinics across eight states. The program has the potential to reach 200,000 people who otherwise may not receive a COVID-19 vaccine, and has been implemented in partnership with Uber Health and the Vaccine Access Fund, which is managed by LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation).
Read MoreWashington, DC, February 10, 2022 – Surgo Ventures today released an analysis of the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program showing that the US Treasury plan to reallocate unused funds because they have been spent too slowly is an inequitable strategy that fails to consider the needs of families and landlords.
Read MoreLONDON, October 8, 2021 — On the eve of World Mental Health Day 2021, Surgo Ventures today released results from a comprehensive general-population mental health survey of 16,324 UK adults — finding that in parts of the UK, up to one in four adults hold prejudiced views toward people with mental illness, compared to the national average of one in seven. Prejudice is also rife in people who experienced mental illness themselves.
Read MoreWASHINGTON, October 5, 2021—The vaccination rate for Black Americans is catching up to the vaccination rate for White Americans, according to an analysis of never-before released data on vaccination rates by race for approximately 700+ U.S. counties covering 34% of the US population by Surgo Ventures and Covid Act Now.
Read MoreWASHINGTON, September 9, 2021—Following the Supreme Court’s recent decision to strike down the Biden Administration’s national eviction moratorium, Surgo Ventures released updated figures showing the number of renting households currently in arrears for every county in the United States. The analysis uses newly released US Census Bureau data from July 21 through August 2, 2021 and is intended to show how much, if any, progress has been made in resolving renters’ delinquencies through Emergency Rental Assistance programs.
Read MoreWASHINGTON, July 27, 2021 — When the CDC’s national moratorium on evictions expires on July 31, more than six million families in America could face eviction filings for being behind on rent. This threat is especially pronounced in 250 counties where at least one in five renters are still behind on rent.
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