Washington, DC: School Vaccine Mandate
The Washington, DC, government enacted legislation to encourage childhood COVID-19 vaccination by implementing a school vaccination requirement.
Washington: Provider Vaccination Toolkit for Supporting Ukrainian Refugees
The Washington Department of Health created a toolkit with information and context for those supporting new Ukrainian refugees.
New Jersey: Hot Shots for Tots Immunization Campaign
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…
Utah: Changes to Vaccination Law – Conditional Enrollment and Non-compliance
Beginning in the 2018-2019 school year, students in Utah not vaccinated will be admitted to school only on a conditional enrollment status for 21 calendar days after the student and his or her parents have been put on notice. After…
Kentucky: New Statutory Law Requires Additional Vaccines for School-Entry
The Kentucky Immunization Program (KIP) worked persistently to ensure additional protection for Kentucky’s children through increased and/or enforceable immunization requirements. The new legislation was drafted, reviewed, open for public comments, and finally passed after two years of dedicated work by…
Alabama: Helping Schools Fulfill State Recordkeeping And Reporting Requirements
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) partnered with the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) to give public schools the ability to print valid Certificates of Immunization for their students directly from the state immunization information system (IIS).
California: Local Health Department-Based Interventions to Reduce Conditional Entrants in California Schools [2017 Bull’s-Eye Award Winner]
Conditional Entrants (CEs) are children who have not received all required immunizations for age or grade but cannot yet receive one or more of their catch-up doses. In 2014, of the 37,000 CEs in California’s kindergartens, 90% failed to meet…