PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Health and Human Services clinics are scheduled beginning this week for back-to-school immunizations.
In Jefferson County, routine children and adult vaccines are available at walk-in immunization clinics from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at Jefferson County Public Health, 615 Sheridan St., Port Townsend.
The fee in Clallam County is $23 per vaccination. The department will bill Apple Health or Medicaid if the child has an I.D. card and is covered. It will not bill private insurance.
Parents are asked to bring their children’s immunization records to the clinic.
All back-to-school immunizations will be offered.
Clinics are:
• Thursday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Forks Health Department, 140 C St.
• Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Jefferson Elementary School, 218 E. 12th St., in Port Angeles.
• Monday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Port Angeles High School, 304 E. Park Ave., and from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Sequim Middle School, 301 W. Hendrickson Road, Sequim.
• Tuesday, Aug. 23 from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Sequim Middle School.
• Saturday, Aug. 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula at 400 w. Fir St.
In Jefferson County, sliding-scale fees are offered. Services for children are not denied due to inability to pay.
No appointment is required. Consent is required for parents sending a child with another adult.
Immunizations are also available at most medical provider offices throughout Clallam and Jefferson counties.
For current school vaccination requirements, see the state Department of Health website at http://tinyurl.com/PDN-immunizations.
For more information in Clallam County, call 360-374-3121 in Forks or 360-417-2274 in Port Angeles, or see http://www.clallam.net/HHS/.
For more information in Jefferson County, call 360-385-9400 or see http://www.jeffersoncountypublichealth.org/
