Programmatic Area: Schools

Louisiana utilized vaccination data to come to the conclusion of the need for school located vaccination clinics (SLVC). With collaborations between state agencies, a private company, and manufacturer, Louisiana was able to establish successful SLVC with requests of expansion.

New Jersey: Hot Shots for Tots Immunization Campaign

October 25, 2019
Program Practices

To protect against outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases, New Hersey has instituted immunization requirements for preschool and school attendance. Immunization requirements for school and child care entry exist in New Jersey statutes and regulations. The Vaccine Preventable Disease Program developed…

Colorado: IIS Kindergarten MMR Dashboard

October 25, 2019
Immunization Information Systems, Program Practices

Colorado continues to rank at the bottom of immunization coverage rates in the United States. For the 2018-2019 school year, Colorado’s kindergarten coverage rate for the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine was 87.4%, a 1.3% decrease from the previous…

Arizona: Immunization Education Course

May 8, 2019
Program Practices

The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) is responsible for providing education to parents who choose to exempt their child(ren) from school required immunizations. ADHS will be conducting a pilot project for the 2019-2020 school year designed to provide this…

School Information System (SIS) and IIS Interface Project

July 30, 2018
Immunization Information Systems, Program Practices

To help schools comply with state legislation, and to reduce de-duplicate of vaccination records into School Information Systems (SIS) and Indiana's Immunization Registry (known as CHIRP), the Indiana Immunization Program offered $25,000 grants to several SIS vendors to create a…