**Forthcoming in Progress in Community Health Partnerships (PCHP) 18.4. All rights reserved.**
ABSTRACT:
This paper demonstrates the use of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to accelerate our ability to implement and maintain mobilization of community partner networks. To provide equity-centric Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2 virus, COVID-19) testing and vaccination to historically medically underserved areas in a densely populated metropolitan district, Cobb & Douglas Public Health (Georgia) partnered with Wellstar Health System (Wellstar) through an MOU. Wellstar activated its Congregational Health Network to target COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites, identified by review of local COVID-19 transmission data. The MOU enabled rapid deployment of public health and health care resources, which grew into a consortium that held 141 local events that provided over 3,000 tests and 10,000 vaccinations. Health care organizations can use an MOU structure to establish partnerships and increase equity-centric COVID-19 testing and vaccination accessibility for disparate communities.