Resources for School-Located Vaccination Events

Local Health Jurisdictions, school districts and individual schools all play a significant role in the collective effort to keep students healthy and in school. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) continues to build resources to support school-located vaccine (SLV) events for COVID-19 vaccine, seasonal influenza vaccine and other routine immunizations.

Benefits of SLV events include:  

• the ability to immunize large numbers of children in a short timeframe
• increasing access to underserved students and their families by making vaccination more convenient
• decreasing illness-specific school absences and lowering disease transmission and hospitalization rates in surrounding communities
• maximizing opportunities for students and families to stay up-to-date on recommended vaccines 

Resources for schools and local health jurisdictions:

• ​​​​SLVE Letter of Support ​​ (PDF)​
• Planning Considerations Guide from CDC related to School-Located Vaccine Events​  
• Forming Partnerships to conduct school-located vaccine events
• Reach out to your Local Health Department to discuss planning of a school-located vaccine event. 

Toolkits

• School-Located Vaccination Event Toolkit (CIC)
• School-Located Influenza Vaccination Toolkit (NACCHO)​​
  
• “Shoo the Flu” Campaign Toolkit  
  

Webinars

• Increasing Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for Children Under 5 with Pop-up Events | Webinar 
•  Slides (PDF, 2.0MB) | FAQs (PDF)​
  
• School-Located Vaccination Event Best Practices Webinar | Slides (PDF, 11.4MB)
• School-Located Vaccination Event Best Practices for Health Departments Webinar | Slides (PDF, 1.5MB)

For general guidance (including equipment needs) for planning school-located vaccine events, email SchoolVaxTeam@cdph.ca.gov.​