HELP PROTECT YOUR VACCINES:
Record temperatures 2x a day.
Store at recommended temperatures.
Create a vaccine “tool kit.”
Help Meet Program Requirements:
Use Eligibility Screening Form.
Record lot#s, expiration dates, and VIS dates.
Report to CIR within 2 weeks.
Vaccines for Children Program (VFC)
Working in partnership with healthcare providers to ensure that all children are immunized against communicable diseases--for the good of parents, schools, the community, and for the children themselves.
What is the Vaccines for Children program?
The Vaccines for Children Program is a federally funded program which supplies doctors in private and public health care facilities with free vaccines for eligible children. VFC was created by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 as a new entitlement program to be a required part of each state's Medicaid plan. The program was officially implemented in October 1994.
Who is eligible for VFC vaccines?
Children are eligible for free VFC vaccines if they are under 19 years old and are:
- • enrolled in Medicaid; or
- • uninsured; or
- • under-insured or whose insurance doesn't cover immunizations. A child who
has commercial (private) health insurance but the coverage does not include
vaccines, a child whose insurance covers only selected vaccines (VFC-eligible
for non-covered vaccines only), or a child whose insurance caps vaccine
coverage at a certain amount. Once that coverage amount is reached, the child
is categorized as underinsured;
- • Native-American or Alaskan Native
What vaccines are supplied by the VFC program?
The VFC program provides all ACIP recommended vaccines for children under 19 years of age: MMR, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, hepatitis B, hepatitis A, Haemophilus Influenzae type b disease, influenza, human papillomavirus, meningococcal conjugate, pneumococcus (both pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine), rotavirus, and varicella (chicken pox).
For more information about the Vaccines for Children program or to enroll in the program, call (212) 447-8175.
For more information on where your child can be vaccinated, call 311.
