Mission
To ensure all Rhode Island students have a chance to be fully immunized against vaccine-preventable diseases before high school graduation. VBYG was developed in 2001 as a catch-up program for 12th grade students who either missed or did not complete the Hepatitis B vaccination series. In 2010, the program expanded to include high school students, in both public and private schools statewide and offers all routinely-recommended ACIP adolescent immunizations (see list below). In September 2015, the program expanded again to include middle school students attending public schools.
What we do
- Offer vaccinations for students at school clinics at no out-of-pocket cost through a contract with The Wellness Company. The Wellness Company is a mass immunizer and licensed wholesale drug distributor contracted with the Office of Immunization to facilitate the VBYG Program. The Company is enrolled in the State-Supplied Vaccine program and maintains a large inventory of adult and children’s vaccines. It has many experienced staff that can be called into service quickly if needed to hold a vaccine clinic anywhere in the state.
- Offer the following 12 vaccines:
- COVID-19
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Human Papillomavirus (9vHPV)
- Influenza
- Measles, Mumps, & Rubella (MMR)
- Meningococcal Meningitis (MCV4)
- Meningococcal Serogroup B (MenB)
- Polio
- Tetanus and Diphtheria, & Acellular Pertussis (Tdap)
- Tetanus and Diphtheria (Td)
- Varicella (Chickenpox)
- Enroll in the program MORE
- View the current VBYG calendar MORE