Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced a Request for Proposals (RFP) to address the impacts of COVID-19 through community-led strategies to promote health and racial equity, starting with targeted vaccine outreach. CDPH has allocated $9.6 million in COVID-19 relief funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish Healthy Chicago Equity Zones – six geographic areas covering the entire city that will be led by regional and community organizations. In 2021, the Healthy Chicago Equity Zones will focus on increasing vaccine uptake in the neighborhoods that have been most impacted by COVID-19. As the city continues to recover from the pandemic, these coalitions will lead hyper-local strategies to confront factors that contribute to health and racial disparities, including healthcare and social service access, food access, housing conditions, community safety, and the physical and built neighborhood environment. With this RFP, Healthy Chicago Equity Zones will scale these successful vaccine equity partnerships across all of Chicago’s hardest hit communities. The Healthy Chicago Equity Zones RFP is open for applications through May 28, 2021, at noon.