Jeremy Pelzer reports House Bill 2, which passed the legislation by overwhelming, bipartisan margins, will mostly help rural areas, proponents say, though they add that the grants will help Ohioans in every legislative district in the state. list of entry end dates, drawing dates, announcement dates, and a list of TV stations that will air the announcement, is It does not matter if an entrant received the vaccine in December or May, or in between, ODH Director Stephanie McCloud said, they are all eligible. "This certainly is in no way intended to discriminate against those individuals. Alternates will be placed back into the pool. approximately 7:29 p.m., for five weeks. And I know there's a question about the fact that it was opened up to those individuals who are 12 to 15 years old and that some people may think, well, that's what's attributing to the uptakeduring that three week time period that I just outlined, people who were ages 30 to 74, we were experiencing a 24% decrease week-over-week for those prior to Friday. Providing staff to help run vaccination events when needed and providing transportation to make sure people can get to and from the vaccination locations. It is quick and easy to register online for your chance to win Ohio As of 7 a.m., registration is open. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. We think it's exciting, entertaining, to allow the Ohio residents to know who the winner is," McDonald said. COLUMBUS This morning, Ohio Department of Health Director Stephanie McCloud and Ohio Lottery Director PatMcDonald announced details for Ohio Vax-a-Million, a series of five weekly statewide drawings to increase awarenessof the availability and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines and provide incentives to Ohioans to get a COVID-19 vaccination. This is simply, as is everything else when we're trying to increase awareness and uptake, this money is targeted at those individuals who may be on the fence, who are eligible to obtain it but have not made that decision yet, maybe haven't asked those questions that they need to have asked.". Ohioans 18 years old and over are eligible for one of five drawings with a $1 million prize, while Ohioans between the ages of 12-17 are eligible to win a four-year, full-ride scholarship to any Ohio state college or university. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. May 17, 2021 And in certain age groups, we're seeing an increase again. While the state previously announced it would be getting the pool of eligible Ohioans from the voter database, the state decided to make the contest an opt-in program. VACCINE UPTAKE AMONG OHIO MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES Mike DeWine's administration said Monday. CLEVELAND According to the Ohio Department of Health, thousands of Ohioans registered for the "Vax-a-Million" lottery the first day the website went live. If you visited the website before it went live, your browser may be loading a previous version of the website. Ohio Vax-A-Million: How to register for the lottery and how winners will be picked, The Samuel H. 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To be eligible for the drawings, entrants must be an Ohio resident and have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. For scholarship winners, there is no tax, but McCloud said there may be tax liability for room and board if applicable. Working with providers to help them create vaccine opportunities outside of normal business hours. >>RELATED: Ohios Vax-A-Million lottery: How can you win? Older web browsers may have difficulty loading ohiovaxamillion.com and its security features designed to keep your personal information safe. Mike DeWine announced Monday that Ohio K-12 students must wear masks through June 2. Learn about careers at Cox Media Group. Governor DeWine initially challenged managed care plans to implement new efforts earlier this month, and since then, new efforts include: Governor DeWine today clarified information about isolation and quarantine in regard to Ohio's school students. This will be an opt-in program only, Ohio Department of Health Director Stephanie McCloud said during a news conference Monday, when more details about the program were announced. "We want and are requiring the individual to be known and make it public the winner. Clear your cache in your browsing history. The first $1 million drawing will take place on May 24 and the state will announce a winner of the drawing for adult Ohio residents ages 18 or older who received at least one vaccine on May 26. 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If anyone is having difficulty accessing ohiovaxamillion.com, the Ohio Department of Health offered the following tips: RELATED: Ohio vaccine lottery: Everything you need to know about 'Vax-a-Milllion' drawings. Ohio is using a portion of its Right now, the vaccine uptake among Medicaid beneficiaries is 22 percent as compared to a 45 percent uptake among Ohioans overall. Winners could be asked to verify their vaccination status and provide their vaccine card. Mike DeWine has no data to break down the reasons why people were not returning to work and still filing for unemployment. A random number generator will be used to conduct the vaccine lottery drawing. The final drawing will take place on June 21 with the final announcement taking place June 23. People who received the vaccine out of state are also eligible, as long as they are a permanent Ohio resident. Duplicate entrants will be cleared from the system as will the entry of the winner each week. Vax-A-Million: Ohioans will have to opt-in; new details released today. The opt-in portion of the lottery is a change from when the program was first announced. Gov. Entry Registration is open to Ohioans ages 12 and Once an Ohioan enters, their entry will be carried over through all the drawings; it isnot necessary to enter each week. Starting Sunday, jobless Ohioans will have to search for work if they want to get unemployment compensation, Laura Hancock reports. Unvaccinated children who are exposed to COVID-19 should quarantine if the exposure took place outside of a classroom setting where masks were required to be worn. Temperatures could reach the upper 70s today with mostly sunny skies. An alternate will be selected in case the winner is ineligible. If you're asked to log in with an OHID - the state's best-of-breed digital identity - your privacy, data, and personal information are protected by all federal and state digital security guidelines. On Monday, Stephanie McCloud, director of the Ohio Department of Health and Pat McDonald, director of the Ohio Lottery, answered questions regarding the drawings. To be eligible, participants must be Ohio residents and have at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the time of the lottery. Enter online by visiting www.OhioVaxAMillion.com. The Ohio Department of Health is using a portion of its Coronavirus Relief Funds to To register, you Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. More information is available at ohiovaxamillion.com. State officials announced that www.OhioVaxaMillion.com would become active at 8 a.m. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Winners may be asked to provide their COVID vaccination card, McCloud added. COLUMBUS, Ohio The Ohio Department of Health and the Ohio Lottery Commission outlined details about the state's "Vax-a-Million" drawings that will award one vaccinated Ohioan each week for five weeks with $1 million and one vaccinated Ohio teen or child with a full four-year scholarship. 2023 www.cincinnati.com. There are 10 prizes available - $1 million for fivepeople and five full-ride scholarships to an Ohiostate college or university. By using this website, you accept the terms of our Visitor Agreement and Privacy Policy, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices. The drawings will then be conducted by a random number generator, said Pat McDonald, director of the Ohio Lottery. As part of the opt-in, applicants are signing a waiver allowing ODH to verify their vaccination status. People will not be able to view the actual drawing, but the Ohio State Auditor's Office will be present for additional transparency. MEDIA CONTACTS: New Jersey is offering free beer and New York is offering tickets to Yankee stadium. Mayoral race: A relatively small group of people might decide the next mayor of Cleveland, a city of nearly 400,000 residents. An IRS form 1099 will be issued to each winner for the $1 million. Vaccinations in some adult categories were up six percent last week after three weeks of declines of around 24 percent each week, she said. To visit the site, click here. May 17Ohioans interested in a chance at winning $1 million or a full scholarship at public state university or college must opt in to be eligible to win and can start registering Tuesday. For the college scholarship drawings, all permanent Ohio residents between the ages of 12 and 17 who have received at least their first COVID-19 vaccination shot are eligible. "At this point, this is a vaccine Vax-a-Million drawing and the drawing is going to be for individuals who have started their vaccine. In the opt-in were asking participants to provide contact information that for the secretary of state may be optional for voter registration.. "We're getting anecdotal reports back from health departments that we're seeing an increase," he said. 17, 2021, 11:14 a.m. Gov. Mike DeWine said the state is already seeing signs that the lottery and recent expansion of the vaccine to 12- to 15-year-olds could be encouraging more people to get vaccinated. Breann Almos: 614-799-6480, COVID-19 Update: Vax-a-Million, Medicaid Vaccine Uptake, Isolation/Quarantine. In-depth COVID-19 data for Ohio:coronavirus.ohio.gov. Ohioans who have received at least one dose of the vaccine are eligible to enter for a chance to win $1 million or a full college scholarship. He is bold in his initiatives. COLUMBUS Ohios million-dollarvaccine lotteryis going to require residents to opt in for the drawings. unspent funds to share information about the availability and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, and to encourage It takes less than two minutes to enter online at ohiovaxamillion.com. Ohioans ages 12-17 who have received a received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine canenter to win one of five four-year, full-ride scholarships, including room and board, tuition, and books, to anyOhio state college or university. The two-day delay in announcing the winner will allow the Ohio Department of Health to verify winners, McCloud said. Those without internet access can enter by calling 1-833-4-ASK-ODH (1-833-427-5634). Residents will be able to enter their name into the Vax-A-Million lottery either at ohiovaxamillion.com or by calling the Ohio Department of Health at 833-4-ASK-ODH beginning at 8 a.m. May 18. By 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, more than 60,000 people called the Ohio Department of Health call center, and hundreds of thousands entered the drawing on their website. COLUMBUS Ohios million-dollar vaccine lottery is going to require residents to opt in for the drawings. You have permission to edit this article. Ohio's first Vax-a-Million drawing will take place at 7:29 p.m. on Wednesday, May 26. Video of today's full update, including versions with foreign language translation, can be viewed on theOhio Channel's YouTube page. There will be capacity on the website to handle the registrations, the lottery said. The first weeks winner will be announced on Wednesday, May 26 at 7:29 p.m. during the Ohio Lotterys time on WHIO-TV. After being selected in the drawing, the Ohio Department of Health will check the winner's eligibility and vaccination status. Ohioans 18 and older who have received a received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine can enter to win one offive $1 million prizes. Anyone who has received the single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, or at least the first dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, is eligible for the drawings. Their names will be announced publicly on Wednesdays. Were talking about whether this plan will work on This Week in the CLE, cleveland.coms daily half-hour news podcast. Housing for homeless: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will spend $5 billion in American Rescue Plan money to provide 70,000 vouchers to public housing authorities around the country that will allow them to provide housing for Americans who are homeless or in danger of losing their housing, HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge announced Monday. We think it's a public record. The drawings will be held on Mondays at 7:29 p.m. Can Ohioans under 18 looking to win the scholarship enter on their own? The waiver is for legal reasons, due to healthcare privacy laws. The ODH Director added that everything was on the table, including the sweepstakes, when the control board gave the money to the Ohio Department of Health for use. You are not guaranteed to win anything. Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.coms free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. Registration for this Wednesday's drawing ended at midnight but vaccinated Ohioans can register for subsequent drawings at ohiovaxamillion.com or by calling 833-4-ASK-ODH. Any Ohio resident is eligible, even if they were vaccinated out of state. A students particular school or environment could profoundly affect adolescents thinking, reports Alexis Oatman. additional Ohioans to become vaccinated to stop the disease and boost our public health and continued economic An Ohio.gov website belongs to an official government organization in the State of Ohio. An Ohio.gov website belongs to an official government organization in the State of Ohio. It will be partly cloudy overnight with lows in the upper 50s. Residents can opt in at www.ohiovaxamillion.com or by calling the state Department of Health at 833-4ASKODH. Seth Richardson reports that in an affidavit, Borges, former chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, gave specific details of his recollection about the events that transpired between him and Tyler Fehrman, a consultant who became a major informant for the FBI case. To register, you must include your name, phone number, date of birth, address, and vaccination information. Lt. Masks in school: Gov. The first weeks drawing will happen at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 24 and a verification process will be used to make sure the person has been vaccinated that was drawn. Starting tomorrow, Ohioans will be asked to register for the drawings by visiting OhioVaxaMillion.com or by calling the Ohio Department of Health at 1-833-4-ASK-ODH. By 4:30 p.m., more than 60,000 calls had come into the Ohio Department of Health call center, ohiovaxamillion.com had more than 25 million page views, and hundreds of thousands of Ohioans had entered the drawing. A total of 4,981,525 Ohioans (42.62% of the state's population) have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 4,375,448 Ohioans (37.43%) completed the vaccination process as of May 16. Unlike a typical Ohio Lottery drawing, all winners will be publicly announced and anonymity is not an option, the state said. To be eligible for the five consecutive Wednesday drawings, participants must have received a first dose of a vaccine by 11:59 p.m. Sunday before that week's drawing. The last drawing will be on June 21. And winners will be responsible for paying taxes on the prize money. Ohio Vax-a-Million Details Announced May 17, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 17, 2021 Contact: ODH Office of Communications (614) 644-8562 Danielle Frizzi Ohio's central scheduling system:gettheshot.coronavirus.ohio.gov, Ohio mass vaccination information:coronavirus.ohio.gov/massvaccinationclinics, All vaccine providers:vaccine.coronavirus.ohio.gov, More vaccine information:coronavirus.ohio.gov/vaccine. John Caniglia reports the judge refused to throw out the consolidated cases filed against the companys board of directors, offering a strong rebuke of the utility. Governor Jon Husted provided the following updates on Ohio's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have to use this money.. High 38F. State officials will use the time after the drawing and before announcing the winner to determine that the person has been vaccinated. A lock or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. The announcements will be televised live at 7:29 p.m. on five consecutive Wednesdays, starting May 26. The call center is open The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. That resulted in hundreds of Updating your web browser to the newest version will not only help you load ohiovaxamillion.com properly, but it will also give you the most up to date security features to protect your computer or device, as well as your personal information. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. It is quick and easy to register online for your chance to win Ohio Vax-a-Million. By opting-in, winners will agree to have their vaccination records verified and be publicly announced, state officials said. Clearing your cache will force your web browser to load the current version of the website. Jun. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Ohio officials announce a new website for vaccinated people to register to win $1 million Vax-a-Million prize Updated: May. You will not be able to remain anonymous if you are selected as a winner. Those without Internet also can enter by phone at 1-833-4-ASK-ODH (1-833-427-5634). A winner must meet all of the following eligibility requirements: Vaccination records will be verified for winners. Ohio residents who are 18 or older, have received at least one vaccine dose and registered for the drawing are eligible for the cash prizes. Mike DeWines original plan of using the Ohio Secretary of States publicly available voter registration database. Gov. As long as you are a permanent Ohio resident, regardless of what state or location you received your vaccine, you will be eligible to win. available at ohiovaxamillion.com. Winners will be contacted by state officials after the winning number is generated. Entrants must register by the end of the Sunday before the drawing to be eligible. Residents who win will be contacted based on the information provided in their entry form. If you're asked to log in with an OHID - the state's best-of-breed digital identity - your privacy, data, and personal information are protected by all federal and state digital security guidelines. Can I enter? Ohioans ages 12-17 who havereceived a received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccinecan enter to win one of five four-year, full-ride scholarships, including room and board, tuition, and books, to any Ohiostate college or university. Ohioans who want to participate must opt-in by entering on the www.ohiovaxamillion.com or 1-833-4-ASK-ODH. The entry list will be reviewed, and duplicate entries will be removed prior to eachweeks drawing. Previously, the state was going to use the Ohio voter registration rolls for the $1 million vaccination incentive drawings. To speak with a To speak with a representative to answer questions or book an appointment by phone, call 1-833-4-ASK-ODH (1-833-427-5634). In addition, we are seeing early indicators of increased uptake after the Vax-a-Million announcement last week, and will continue to monitor this moving forward.. Those 18 and up who opt-in get five chances to win $1 million. Each entrant will be assigned a number and the drawings will be conducted by using a computerized random number generator. Dayton Montgomery Co Public Health Mobil vaccine clinic at Wheat Penny on a Wayne. To sign up, people can visit www.ohiovaxamillion.com or call 1-833-4-ASK-ODH starting Tuesday, May 18. People who are incarcerated, have a felony conviction or are an employee of the Ohio Lottery Commission, Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Governor's Office or a blood relative or spouse of any such employee are not eligible to win. Let us know what's going on! We're always interested in hearing about news in our community. Yes. JIM NOELKER\STAFF. Gold and Blue Nation Biggest Fan Contest. Duplicate entries will be removed. This process will continue for five weeks. The drawings will be held two days before the winners are announced. (COLUMBUS, Ohio)Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. We're not meeting you at the vaccine site, slipping you a 20 or C-note to get the vaccine," McCloud said. However, winning the scholarship does not guarantee admission to the college. Thats despite the fact Ohio Gov. It is quick and easy to register online for your chance to win Ohio Vax-a-Million. May 18, 2021 Starting Tuesday morning, visit www.ohiovaxamillion.com or call 833-4-ASK-ODH to register for the drawings. Registration for this Wednesday's drawing ended at midnight but vaccinated Ohioans can register for subsequent drawings at ohiovaxamillion.com or by calling 833-4-ASK-ODH.