{"id":9487,"date":"2025-03-01T13:55:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T18:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/immunize-vfc\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:24:08","slug":"immunize-vfc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/dpc\/immunize-vfc\/","title":{"rendered":"dpc\/immunize-vfc ~  Vaccine for Children (VFC) Program  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\n\n\n    \n\n\n\n\n\n <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/dpc\/immunize-vfc.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n\n      <\/a>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->Vaccines for Children Program (VFC)<!--[END]--><\/h1>\n\n\n    <\/header>\n\n\n    \n\n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n\n \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dph\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n      <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) buys vaccines at a discount and distributes them to grantees-i.e., state health departments and certain local and territorial public health agencies-which in turn distributes them at no\u00a0charge to those private physicians&#8217; offices and public health clinics registered as VFC providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p align=\"center\">Children who are eligible* for VFC vaccines are entitled to receive those vaccines recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n\n\n\n\n <tbody>\n\n\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n\n\n   <td style=\"width: 163px; height: 24px;\">\n\n\n\n\n   <p align=\"center\"><a href=\"vfc-eligibility.html\">VFC Eligibility<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n   <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n   <td style=\"width: 170px; height: 24px;\">\n\n\n\n\n   <p align=\"center\"><a href=\"vfc-programforms.html\">VFC Forms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n   <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n   <td style=\"width: 121px; height: 24px;\">\n\n\n\n\n   <p align=\"center\"><a href=\"vfc-programlinks.html\">VFC Links<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n   <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n\n\n   <td style=\"width: 163px; height: 24px;\">\n\n\n\n\n   <p align=\"center\"><a href=\"vfc-sitevisits.html\">VFC Site Visits<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n   <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n   <td style=\"width: 170px; height: 24px;\">\n\n\n\n\n   <p align=\"center\"><a href=\"vfc-afix-sitevisits.html\">AFIX Site Visits<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n   <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n   <td style=\"width: 121px; height: 24px;\">\n\n\n\n\n   <p align=\"center\"><a href=\"vfc-provider.html\" style=\"color: rgb(178, 170, 164);\"><span style=\"color:#800000;\">Become a VFC Provider<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n   <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n\n\n   <td style=\"width: 163px; height: 24px;\">\n\n\n\n\n   <p align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/dormstylefridgepolicy1208.pdf\">Dorm Style Refrigerator Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n   <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n   <td style=\"width: 170px; height: 24px;\">\n\n\n\n\n   <p align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/vaccinefraudandabusepolicy.pdf\">Vaccine Fraud and Abuse Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n   <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n   <td style=\"width: 121px; height: 24px;\">\n\n\n\n\n   <p align=\"center\"><a href=\"vfc-educationtraining.html\" style=\"color: rgb(178, 170, 164);\"><span style=\"color:#8B4513;\">VFC Training<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n   <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n\n\n <\/tbody>\n\n\n\n\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n\n\n\n\n <tbody>\n\n\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n\n\n   <td style=\"width: 173px; height: 24px;\">\n\n\n\n\n   <p align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"immunize.html\">Return to Immunization Program Main Page<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n   <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n\n\n <\/tbody>\n\n\n\n\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n\n <li><a class=\"anchors_link\" href=\"\/dph\/contact.html#immunization\">Contact the Immunization Program for additional information<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/programs\/vfc\/default.htm\">You can also follow this link to find out more information from the CDC website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><br>\n\n\n\n\n<a href=\"immunize.html\"><strong>Return to Immunization Program Main Page<\/strong><\/a><br>\n\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n\n<\/p><p class=\"smalltext\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/acrobat\/readstep2.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Download Adobe Acrobat Reader\" height=\"21\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/dhss\/img\/getacro60.gif\" width=\"60\"><\/a> Please note: Some of the files available on this page are in Adobe PDF format which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.  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