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Several counties in the Coastal Health District are offering special summer immunization and screening clinics to help families avoid the back to school rush. If you have a child entering:
- Pre-K,
- Kindergarten,
- 7th grade, or
- 11th grade,
they may need vaccinations or screenings for school attendance. If students do not have the required screenings and immunizations they can be unenrolled from school, so parents are encouraged to take advantage of these summer opportunities!
We are just beginning to add clinic dates – check back soon for updates!
Chatham County Health Department
If your child is entering a Georgia school for the first time and needs an eye, ear, dental (EED) screening, the Chatham County Health Department is holding two free EED screening clinics this summer.
On these two days, you do NOT need an appointment for an EED and the usual $30 fee is waived.
- July 18 & 25, no appointment needed for EED, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- 1395 Eisenhower Drive, Savannah
For school vaccines, please call the health department at 912-356-2441 to schedule an appointment.
Effingham County Health Department
Back to School vaccination and screening events will be held BY APPOINTMENT in July at the Effingham County Health Department.
- July 23 & 25, by appointment
- 802 Hwy. 119 South, Springfield
- Schedule by phone: (912) 754-6484
Liberty County Health Department
Back to School vaccination and screening events will be held BY APPOINTMENT in June and July at the Liberty County Health Department.
- June 13, July 18, July 25, 8:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. by appointment
- 1113 E. Oglethorpe Highway, Hinesville
- Schedule online: https://coastalhealthdistrict.as.me/liberty-school
- Schedule by phone: (912) 876-2173
Long County Health Department
Back to School vaccination and screening events will be held BY APPOINTMENT in June, July, and August at the Long County Health Department.
Ludowici Clinic:
- June 20, July 18, and August 22, 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. – 5p.m. by appointment
- 584 N. Macon Street, Ludowici
- Schedule by phone: (912) 545-2107
McIntosh County Health Department
Back to School vaccination and screening events will be held BY APPOINTMENT in July and August at the McIntosh County Health Department.
- July 25, 1 – 6 p.m. and August 6, 1 – 4 p.m. by appointment
- 1335 GA Highway 57, Townsend
- Schedule by phone: (912) 832-5473
School Requirements
Students entering a Georgia school for the first time – no matter what the grade level – must have a completed Certificate of Vision, Hearing, Dental, and Nutrition screening form. “First time” means never enrolled in a Georgia school before at any time in their lives.
In addition, children attending seventh grade and new entrants into Georgia schools in grades 8 through 12 must have received one dose of Tdap vaccine and one dose of meningococcal vaccine. (“New entrant” means any child entering any school in Georgia for the first time or entering after having been absent from a Georgia school for more than 12 months or one school year).
All students entering or transferring into 11th grade will need a meningococcal booster shot (MCV4), unless their first dose was received on or after their 16th birthday.
All health departments in Bryan, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, and McIntosh counties offer eye, ear, dental, and nutrition screens as well as immunizations all year round. If your child needs these services and cannot attend one of these events, please call your local county health department as soon as possible to schedule an appointment during regular clinic hours.
