(Blackwood, NJ) – This week, the Camden County Department of Health and Human Services and healthcare partners will be offering free vaccinations for uninsured children and children with only Medicaid Part A in Camden and Blackwood. The clinics are part of a first of its kind initiative to prepare children and families of Camden County for the upcoming school year.
“These clinics are an opportunity for families to get a head start on their back-to-school preparations and ensure that their children are ready to enter the classroom on the first day of class,” said Commissioner Virginia Betteridge, liaison to the Department of Health and Human Services. “We know that insurance can be a great obstacle and that is why we are breaking down those barriers and bringing these crucial resources right to our families. We hope that everyone will take advantage of our vaccine clinics this summer.”
At the vaccination drives, children can receive various required vaccinations as well as speak with representatives from the Osbourne Family Health Center to assist in insurance applications for families. For children behind on vaccines, the Health Department making appointments for families to get caught up to date with all vaccines at one of our health first care and wellness centers.
At these clinics, children can receive the following required vaccinations:
- Ages 4 to 6 DTap, polio, and MMR vaccines,
- Ages 11 and 12 Tdap and meningococcal vaccines
- Age 16 can receive meningococcal vaccines.
Vaccination and test kit sites for the week of July 15 are as follows:
- Monday, July 15
- at Catto School, 3100 Westfield Ave, Camden from 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, July 16
- at Mastery Elementary School of Camden Cramer Hill, 1001 17th Street, Camden from 8 a.m.-10 a.m.
- Thursday, July 18
- at the Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy, 990 Morgan Boulevard, Camden from 7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
- Thursday, July 18,
- at Charles W. Lewis Middle School, 875 Erial Rd. Blackwood from 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.