A person receives a Covid-19 Vaccine during a clinic sponsored by LIFTT and the Carbon County Public Health Department in Red Lodge on December 12, 2022. (photo by John Robison)
On December 12, Community Health Worker & Outreach Coordinator John Robison and Independent Living Specialist Tara Robison traveled to Red Lodge to participate in a COVID-19 Vaccination Booster Clinic cosponsored by LIFTT and the Carbon County Public Health Department. LIFTT’s participation in the Clinic was part of the agency’s work on Project ALIVE (Accessible Life-saving Integrated Vaccine Equity).
Project ALIVE is a project of LIFTT, the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, and the Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL), and is designed to identify and where possible remove barriers to COVID-19 vaccines for Montanans with disabilities and to help those wanting a vaccine and needing support to access one.
At the Red Lodge event, 42 people received the Moderna Bivalent Vaccine while also learning more about LIFTT’s programs and services as well as the independent living philosophy. “All in all, it was a success,” said John Robison. In addition to providing patients with information LIFTT team members assisted clinicians by running errands, organizing patient flow, and watching for any adverse reactions to the vaccine by patients during the recovery period.
About Living Independently for Today & Tomorrow (LIFTT): LIFTT is a Montana 501(c)3 corporation organized as a Center for Independent Living (CIL). With team members based in Billings, Glendive, and Red Lodge, LIFTT provides people with disabilities with programs and services that help empower them to break down the physical, bureaucratic, and cultural barriers that prevent them from being fully independent participants in their lives and communities throughout 18 counties in southeastern and southcentral Montana: Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield, Golden Valley, McCone, Musselshell, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Stillwater, Wibaux, and Yellowstone. For more information, please visit liftt.org or download our mobile app on Apple or Google Play. You can donate to LIFTT by clicking here.