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 may be unenrolled from school, so parents are encouraged to take advantage of these summer opportunities!
A list of all school clinic events is below. However, vaccines and school screenings are routinely available at all the health departments in the Coastal Health District by appointment. You do not have to wait until one of these events for screenings or immunizations. Also, you do not have to be vaccinated in your county of residence. If a convenient appointment is not available in your county, you may call surrounding counties for additional availability.
Call your county health department for more information.
Bryan County Health Department
Back to School vaccination and screening events will be held in July at the Bryan County Health Department. Appointments are required and vaccine is available while supplies last. Many insurance plans are accepted. Low cost options are available for individuals without health insurance.
If your child is transferring from another state, please bring their immunization records to the health department several days before their appointment. This gives staff an opportunity to transfer all the information into Georgia’s immunization registry prior to the health clinic event.
Richmond Hill Clinic:
- July 8 & July 28, 8 am – 4 pm
- 66 Captain Matthew Freeman Drive, Richmond Hill
- Appointments required. Schedule by phone: (912) 756-2611
Pembroke Clinic:
- July 21, 8 am – 4 pm
- 430 Ledford Street, Pembroke
- Appointments required. Schedule by phone: (912) 653-4331
Camden County Health Department
Back to School vaccination and screening events will be held on two dates in July at the Camden County Health Department. Appointments are recommended, but walk-ins are accepted.
- July 7, 8 -10:30 am and 1-3:30 pm
- July 17, 8-10:30 am and 1-5:30 pm
- Appointments accepted but not required
- 101 Winding Road, Kingsland
- Schedule by phone: (912) 882-8515
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 17 & 24, 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 and August at the Effingham County Health Department.
- July 10, July 24, August 7, and August 14, 8:15-11:15 am and 1:15-6:15 pm by appointment
- 802 Hwy. 119 South, Springfield
- Appointments required. Schedule by phone: (912) 754-6484
Glynn County Health Department
Back to School vaccination and screening services are available as a walk-in service every day the clinic is open at the Glynn County Health Department. Walk-in hours are:
- Monday-Wednesday, 8am-4pm (closed 12-1)
- Thursday, 8am-6pm (closed 12-1)
- Friday, 8am-1pm
- Closed the last business day of every month for staff training
- No appointment needed
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.
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.
- June 26, July 24, and August 21, 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. and 1 – 5:30 p.m. by appointment
- 584 N. Macon Street, Ludowici
- Appointments required. Schedule by phone: (912) 545-2107
McIntosh County Health Department
Back to School vaccination and screening events will be held BY APPOINTMENT in June and July at the McIntosh County Health Department.
- June 5 and July 24, 1 – 6 p.m. by appointment
- 1335 GA Highway 57, Townsend
- Appointments required. 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.
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