Resilient American Communities
RAC Center of Excellence
State of Connecticut
WHAT IS RAC CONNECT?
RAC CONNECT is the HIPAA compliant collaborative platform that is accessible through this module. The Vaccine Equity Survey is now available. Your survey results will be available on your RAC CONNECT dashboard to assist you in close to real time strategic decision-making. Here is a mock-up of a typical Vaccine Equity Results Dashboard. If you would like to deploy the Vaccine Equity Survey in your community please contact paige.sachwitz@efiia.
Generating New Ideas. Solving Big Problems
Yale began testing wastewater for SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the state of Connecticut in August 2020. The Yale team established that COVID-19 outbreaks could be tracked by measuring SARS-Cozv-2 RNA in primary sewage sludge. View the Yale COVID-19 Wastewater Tracker or Learn more
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Initial AstraZeneca effectiveness Results
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Initial Pfizer Effectiveness Results
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initial moderna effectiveness results
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Johnson & Johnson Overall Effectiveness
Detail of UConn Health lab coats with the logo and seal on August 15, 2018. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health photo)
What we did
The Connecticut Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Network, based at UConn Health, works throughout Connecticut to improve access to basic health care by linking local community groups with the resources of UConn Health and other health professions training programs. During the COVID-19 pandemic, UConn medical students have stepped into action and volunteered through AHEC to help those affected through the COVID-19 Self Quarantine Surveillance Program.
UConn School of Medicine third and fourth-year medical students call patients of concern, recently diagnosed with COVID-19 but thought not to be severe enough to be hospitalized, to assist them while they are quarantining at home. The students review patient charts and make calls on behalf of UConn Health where they assess symptoms for severity, refer patients to their medical practitioner or 911 as appropriate. The calls act as a way to connect those who are ill with the vital information that they need to help them through this difficult time. The medical students connect patients with CDC guidance for isolation, cleaning, and other areas the patient is concerned about.
Our Plans
A vision for effective COVID response in CT.
Our Skills
Where is your community on its collaborative journey?
10% – Initiation of a New Resilient American Community Site
20% – Core Leadership Team in Place
30% – Core Leaders Complete Trainings
40% – Map and Logos on the County Dashboard
50% – Stakeholder Weekly Meetings Include WTC Data Review
60% – Work Groups Formed
70% – Contributing to the RAC WTC Electronic Newsletter
80% – First WTC Project Supported from this County
90% – Report on First WTC Project
100% – Excellence Implementing WTC Projects & Growing the Team
- Fairfield
- Hartford
- Litchfield
- Middlesex
- New Haven
- New London
- Tolland
- Windham
Get an Early Exposure App on Your Phone
COVID Alert CT is the official COVID-19 exposure notification app in the State of Connecticut. It is supported by the Connecticut Department of Public Health (CT-DPH). COVID Alert CT helps to contain the spread of COVID-19 by complementing the ongoing contact tracing programs carried out by the State and local health departments.
Privacy
COVID Alert CT is the voluntary, anonymous, exposure-notification smartphone app. The app keeps track of when people are close to another app-enabled smartphone using Bluetooth technology. The app alerts you if you were in close contact with someone who tests positive for COVID-19.
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