Include vaccines on back-to-school list

   As the school year approaches, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reminds parents and guardians to check their children’s vaccination records. If vaccines are needed, make sure they’re on the back-to-school list.
    Parents should ask their health care provider for vaccine records or request them from the department. To find out which vaccines are required for students entering child care/preschool, kindergarten, sixth grade and college, check out the department’s school-required vaccines web page. If children are not up to date, parents should contact their health care provider or local public health agency.
    Families with children ages 18 and younger who are uninsured, underinsured or on Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid program) may be eligible to receive free vaccines through the Vaccines for Children Program.

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