COVID-19: Updates for VFC Providers

• Suspension of Immunization Site Visits During COVID-19 – Outbreak Guidance to Providers
• Temporary Provider Office Closures Due to COVID-19 Outbreak - Requirements for VFC and 317 Vaccines Storage and Handling
• Maintaining Childhood Immunizations During COVID-19 Pandemic

Please note the following changes regarding re-enrollment:

• Re-enrollment will be on hold.  All sites that were in the process of re-enrolling will be switched back, and ordering abilities will be granted to all sites again. 
• Those sites that have a site visit scheduled should reach out to the nurse assigned to their site as they will likely be rescheduling these visits.

The Vaccine for Children Program (VFC) provides vaccinations to children who do not have health insurance or children who are insured but the insurance does not cover immunizations (underinsured). These children are eligible to receive federally funded vaccines at public sites, including Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics. For more information, call the Vaccines for Children program: 1-888-646-6864.

• ​What's New
• VFC Overview
  
• VFC Training
• Influenza Information
• Immunization Links
• Manufacturer Information
  
  

Vaccines for Children Training

• You Call the Shots- Module Sixteen- Vaccines for Children Program - 2020 (Web-based) (CDC Training and Continuing Education Online site, TCEO)
  
• You Call the Shots- Module Ten- Storage and Handling - 2020 (Web-based) (CDC Training and Continuing Education Online site, TCEO)
• The TCEO homepage allows users to access or create an account. Users must have an active account to take these mandatory courses: https://tceols.cdc.gov/Account/Registration
• PA-SIIS Program Website
  
• Download 2019 PA VFC Provider Handbook
• PA VFC Provider Handbook Sections
  
• Handbook Cover
  
• Welcome to the Pennsylvania Vaccines for Children Program 2019
  
• Revisions 2019
  
• Table of Contents
  
• Introduction
  
• Section 1 - VFC Eligibility
  
• Section 2 - Enrollment
  
• Section 3 - Vaccine Ordering and Returning
  
• Section 4 - Vaccine Storage and Handling
  
• Section 5 - PA Statewide Immunization Information System
  
• Section 6 - Forms/Plans/Resources
  

Vaccine Storage & Handling Toolkit

• Storage & Handling Toolkit 2020
• Vaccine Coordinator Roles and Responsibilities
• Handling Temp Excursion in Storage Unit
• 2018 How to Prepare for a Compliance Visit
• Vaccine Storage Guide
  

• CDC's National Immunization Program
• CDC's Parents Guide to Immunizations
• Immunization Schedule
• Vaccine Package Inserts

• Vaccine Information Statements (VIS)