In an effort to get more kids in the city vaccinated for COVID-19, D.C. is now offering a slew of incentives in exchange for inoculation throughout the next several weeks.

Starting Saturday and running through Sept. 30, kids ages 12-17 who get a COVID-19 vaccine at Brookland, Sousa, or Johnson middle schools will receive a $51 VISA gift card, and the first 400 kids to get vaccinated at each of the three sites will receive a pair of AirPods. (Parents who take their children to get vaccinated at one of the three sites will also receive a $51 gift card.)

All kids ages 12-17 who have been vaccinated will also be automatically entered in weekly drawings to win $25,000 college scholarships or iPads. These drawings will take place beginning the week of Aug. 30, though the three sites will remain open four days a week through Sept. 30. (Anacostia High School, Ida B. Wells Middle School, and Benning Library are also open as walk-up sites several days a week, and youth vaccinated at these locations can receive a $51 gift card for getting their shot.) You can see a list of the city’s vaccination sites here, or visit one of several pharmacies offering the vaccine.

The incentive program comes a little less than a month before D.C. public schools reopen in-person for the fall semester, and as D.C. reports wide disparities in its youth vaccination rates. Roughly 8% of kids ages 12-17 in Ward 8 have been fully vaccinated, compared to 57% of youth in Ward 3. This follows a trend that’s held since vaccination distribution began in the city, where vaccination rates in predominantly Black wards 7 and 8 have lagged behind wealthier, whiter wards.

While D.C. Public Schools has not released a full coronavirus safety plan for the upcoming school year, Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee announced last month that masks will be required in schools for all students and staff, regardless of vaccination status. During a press conference on July 29, Mayor Muriel Bowser said that she was working with “labor partners,” to develop a vaccine requirement for government workers, which would include DCPS teachers, but no such requirement has been finalized. In a call with DC Health officials on Friday, Aug. 6, D.C. councilmembers pressed for a clearer vaccine policy ahead of the school year. According the Washington Post, assistant city administrator Jay Melder said the team would be working through the weekend to develop a requirement.

The spread of the more-transmissible delta variant and recent uptick in COVID-19 cases locally has officials urgently pushing to get more residents vaccinated. Earlier this summer, D.C. launched a community ambassadors program, sending out volunteers into wards 7 and 8 to help residents book and find transportation to vaccination appointments. The Anacostia Coordinating Council, one of the groups tasked with vaccine outreach, is focusing on reaching youth in wards 7 and 8 with vaccine information. The youth incentives are one of several giveaways the city has employed to encourage inoculations, offering prizes like a new car, $10,000 worth of groceries, and a free year of Metro rides.

As of Saturday, Aug. 7, roughly 55% of D.C.’s population has been fully vaccinated, but cases have been ticking up since the beginning of July. The city’s average daily case count is 101, a dramatic increase from the average daily case rate of 10 that was reported at the beginning of July.