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Table 5-1 | Calling the Shots: Immunization Finance Policies and Practices | Committee on Immunization Finance Policies and Practices | Division of Health Care Services and Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention | Institute of Medicine

TABLE 5-1
Main Uses of Section 317 Infrastructure Grant Funds in High-Funding Years (1994–1996) a

 
State Outreach and Education b Assessment WIC Linkagec Registry d Addition of State Staff Local Service- Delivery Expansione Expanded Vaccination Campaigns f
AL *   *   * *
AK *         *
AZ           * *
AR No specific information; used for activities focused on meeting immunization goals for 2-year-olds
CA *         *
CO *         *
CT * * * *   *
DE         *
DC * * *     *
FL * *       *
GA           *
HI             *
ID * * *
IL *         *
IN *   *   * *
IA           *
KS *     *   *
KY       *
LA *   *     *
ME No information
MD * * * *   *
MA * *       *
MI *   *     *
MN           *
MS *     * * * *
MO           *
MT *           *
NE *   *     *
NV *     * * *
NH *         *
NJ *   * *   *
NM No information
NY No information
NC *   *     * *
ND *     *   *
OH *       * *
OK *
OR No specific information; passed on to LHDs and CMHCs for immunization activities
PA *
RI No information
SC *     *
SD *   * * * *
TN * *   *   *
TX *   * *   *
UT *
VT   *     *
VA *     *   *
WA           *
WV *   * *   *
WI *     *   *
WY       *
 

    a Not a comprehensive (or mutually exclusive) list of state activities, but rather the activities they chose to highlight.

    b Outreach and education includes such activities as work with coalitions, media campaigns, and provider education.

    c WIC = Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

    d Registry activities include software development and purchase of hardware and other equipment.

    e Local service-delivery expansion includes contracts with local health departments (LHDs), community and migrant health centers (CMHCs), and other partners to extend clinic hours, offer weekend clinics, add nursing staff, and so on.

    f Expanded vaccination campaigns include adult and adolescent campaigns, as well as campaigns focused on specific vaccines (e.g., hepatitis B).

    SOURCE: Freed et al., 1999.