Mission
To protect Rhode Island children, and all Rhode Islanders, from vaccine-preventable diseases.
What we do
- Eliminate cost as a barrier to immunization by providing free vaccines to healthcare providers for children from birth through 18 years of age.
- Help ensure that all kids are vaccinated according to the recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule.
- Adopt a universal vaccine policy, strong partnerships, and sophisticated immunization registry to improve and maintain high immunization coverage rates among children.
- Maintain an immunization registry in collaboration with the department's KIDSNET program.
- Alert providers to immunizations that are due, missing, or invalid for individual children using KIDSNET.
- Produce quality assurance reports and assessment of vaccination coverage rates by physicians.