Children - Birth through 18 years of age
AND one of the following:
• American Indian or Alaska Native
• Medicaid enrolled
• Uninsured (have no health insurance)
• Underinsured*:
- Children who have commercial (private) health insurance, but the coverage does not include vaccines.
- Children whose insurance covers only selected vaccines (VFC eligible for non-covered vaccines only).
- Children whose insurance caps vaccine coverage to a certain amount (once that coverage amount is reached, these children are then categorized as underinsured).
*Children whose insurance has a very high deductible (catastrophic insurance) are NOT considered underinsured.
**Underinsured children are eligible to receive VFC vaccine only through a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), Rural Health Center (RHC) or a deputized public immunization clinic.