Humboldt County Grand Jury
• 2015-2016
Be Wise, Immunize Implementation of Senate Bill 277 in Humboldt County
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Findings and Recommendations 5 findings
F1
Humboldt County is at risk for an outbreak of contagious disease due to the high percentage of children who are currently unvaccinated.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
The Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury recommends the Humboldt County Office of Education, in collaboration with the Humboldt County Department of Public Health, develop and implement a plan which addresses lack of transportation as a barrier to receiving mandated vaccinations before the 2016-2017 school year. (F1, F4)
F2
The Humboldt County Department of Public Health has established the Humboldt Immunization Coalition and is initiating a community-wide outreach program to improve vaccination rates for school-age children in Humboldt County. The Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury commends their excellent work.
No recommendations for this finding
F3
Prior to enrolling their children in a particular school, parents have difficulty obtaining information about that individual school’s vaccination rates.
Related Recommendations (2)
R3
The Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury recommends that the Humboldt County Office of Education, the Humboldt County Department of Public Health and all elementary schools and districts’ provide the link www.shotsforschool.org prior to the start of the 2016-2017 school year. (F3)
R4
All Humboldt County schools provide vaccination information to parents prior to the 2016- 2017 school year. (F3)
F4
Accessible transportation, whether getting the children to the vaccine or getting the vaccine to the children, is a major obstacle to any successful vaccination program.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
The Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury recommends the Humboldt County Office of Education, in collaboration with the Humboldt County Department of Public Health, develop and implement a plan which addresses lack of transportation as a barrier to receiving mandated vaccinations before the 2016-2017 school year. (F1, F4)
F5
No Humboldt County agency has officially taken the responsibility for ensuring that all schools’ vaccination data is recorded on the Shots for School database.
Related Recommendations (1)
R2
The Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury recommends the Humboldt County Office of Education, in collaboration with the Humboldt County Department of Public Health, assume vaccination data oversight responsibility, ensuring that each school within Humboldt County accurately collects and reports their vaccination rates to the State database. (F5)
No Responses Found 3
Government entities assigned to respond to this report. No response documents have been linked in our database.