CHILD Profile
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ALL medical provider offices that use state-supplied vaccine: private clinics and public clinics (including federally qualified health centers, community and migrant health centers, local health department clinics, hospitals, schools, juvenile facilities, etc.).
Benchmarking is an activity that assists the state in documenting the percentage of children who are eligible for federal funding of vaccine under the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program.
The federal CDC, National Immunization Program now requires the state to provide actual data to assist in documenting the percentage of children who are eligible to receive vaccine provided by the VFC Program. The amount of VFC-funded vaccine received is linked to the number of children meeting VFC eligibility criteria. (In 1999, the state received approximately $9 million of vaccine from the Federal VFC Program.)
A benchmarking form must be completed for every child being vaccinated at any clinic or medical provider site that uses state-supplied vaccine. This includes public health clinics, private physician's offices, immunization clinics, health fairs, hospitals, mobile units, juvenile facilities - anywhere immunizations are given.
Benchmarking occurs each year during a specific designated month. In 1999 and 2000, August was the designated month. In 2001and 2002, May was the designated month.
Last Update: 05/21/2009 06:18 PM