By: Follow South Jersey Staff
PENNSAUKEN, N.J. — Uninsured children and children who are only covered by Medicaid Part A in Pennsauken and Camden are eligible for free vaccinations through the Camden County Department of Health and Human Services along with healthcare partners to help children and their families get ready for the new school year.
“With the back-to-school season just weeks away, it is important that we help families prepare to send their children into the classroom on the first day of school,” Commissioner Virginia Betteridge, liaison to the Department of Health and Human Services, said in a press release from the county. “Being up to date on these vaccines are crucial and we refuse to let insurance be an obstacle to accessing necessary medical care here in Camden County.”
Children will be able to receive various required vaccinations. Families will also have the opportunity to speak with representatives from the Osbourne Family Health Center to assist in insurance applications for families. For children behind on vaccines, the Health Department can make appointments for families to get up to date with all vaccines at one of our health first care and wellness centers.
The following required vaccinations will be available:
- Ages 4 to 6 DTap, polio, and MMR vaccines,
- Ages 11 and 12 Tdap and meningococcal vaccines
- Age 16 can receive meningococcal vaccines.
Vaccination clinics will be at the following sites:
- August 21 at Pennsauken Middle School, 8201 Park Avenue, Pennsauken from 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- August 21 at Pennsauken Middle School, 8201 Park Avenue, Pennsauken from 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
- August 24 at the Wiggins Center- Health First Care and Wellness Center, 400 Mt. Vernon Street, Camden from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
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