VFC Childhood Vaccine Supply Policy 2008

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Source: 2008 VFC Management Survey

	(1) VFC Only	(2) VFC & Underinsured	(3) VFC & Underinsured Select	(4) Universal	(5) Universal Select	(6)  Other
States	Alabama California Colorado Delaware Florida Iowa Louisiana Mississippi Missouri Nebraska North Dakota Ohio Pennsylvania Philadelphia Tennessee Virgin Islands Virginia West Virginia	Arizona District of Columbia Georgia Houston Kentucky Maryland Michigan Minnesota New Jersey New York State Oklahoma Puerto Rico San Antonio Texas Utah	Chicago Guam Illinois Indiana New York City South Carolina	Alaska American Samoa N. Marianas Islands New Hampshire New Mexico Rhode Island Vermont Washington Wyoming	Connecticut Hawaii Idaho Maine Massachusetts Nevada North Carolina South Dakota Wisconsin	Arkansas Kansas Montana Oregon
Total #	18	15	6	9	9	4

Note: The Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau are non-Medicaid participants, thus do not participate in VFC.

Definitions:

1. VFC-Only: (Private providers) Through the use of VFC funds, the immunization project supplies all routinely recommended pediatric vaccines to private VFC enrolled providers to vaccinate VFC eligible children only. (Select this option if only VFC funded vaccine is supplied to private providers. Private providers do not receive 317 or state funded vaccine for underinsured children. However, the underinsured may be served via VFC, 317, and/or state/local funds in public clinics.)
2. VFC & Underinsured: Through a combination of VFC, 317 and state funds (if applicable), the immunization project supplies ALL routinely recommended pediatric vaccines to all public and private VFC enrolled providers to vaccinate ONLY VFC and under-insured children. (Select this option ONLY if your policy applies to both public and private providers.)
3. VFC & Underinsured-Select: Through a combination of VFC, 317 and state funds (if applicable), the immunization project supplies ALL but a few, routinely recommended pediatric vaccines to ALL public and private VFC enrolled providers to vaccinate ONLY VFC and under-insured children. (Select this option if the project limits the supply of certain vaccines such as PCV7 or MCV4 to VFC eligible children ONLY in BOTH public and private settings.) Please list vaccines not supplied in the text box below.
4. Universal: Through a combination of VFC, 317 and state funding, the immunization project supplies ALL routinely recommended pediatric vaccines to all public and private VFC enrolled providers to vaccinate all children in the project area. (Select this option ONLY if this policy applies to both public and private providers)..
5. Universal-Select: Through a combination of VFC, 317 and state funding, the immunization project supplies all, but a few, routinely recommended pediatric vaccines to ALL public and private VFC enrolled providers to vaccinate all children in the project area.(Select this option ONLY if your policy applies to both public and private providers). Please list vaccines not supplied in the text box below..
6. Other: Further Explanation of Policy not described in any of the options posted above.