Douglas County hosts low-cost vaccine clinic in Highlands Ranch
A July 13 clinic at Backpack Society gave Highlands Ranch families low- or no-cost shots, including school and adult vaccines, with walk-ins welcome.
Douglas County Health Department brought routine vaccines to Highlands Ranch on July 13, setting up a low- or no-cost clinic at Backpack Society, 213 W. County Line Road, from 3 to 6 p.m. The clinic was open to people of all ages and served clients with or without insurance, giving families a local place to catch up on immunizations without making a separate trip.
The county said the clinic covered required school vaccines and routine adult vaccines, a detail that makes the timing especially important as families prepare for the school year. Colorado law requires students in public, private and parochial kindergarten through 12th grade to be vaccinated against certain diseases unless an exemption is on file at the school, and schools must directly distribute the Annual Parent Letter to parents or guardians by April 15 each year.
Douglas County told residents to bring an ID, a vaccination record if available and an insurance card if they have one. Walk-ins were welcome, and preregistration through a QR code was recommended but not required. The clinic was offered in partnership with ColoVAX, and county public health staff say they host vaccine clinics throughout the year and can help residents locate vaccines by phone or email.
The setting mattered. Backpack Society is a 100% community-supported nonprofit food pantry that says its mission is to feed kids on weekends when they are away from school, and it serves students in Douglas County, Littleton and Englewood school districts. Its Highlands Ranch location at 213 W. County Line Road is already a familiar access point for families, which made it a practical site for a county vaccine clinic aimed at the same households that move through school and pantry systems.
Douglas County had 357,978 residents at the 2020 census, and Highlands Ranch remains the county’s largest community. That makes neighborhood-level access important, especially for residents in places such as Lone Tree and parts of Parker who may face longer trips to routine care if services are only clustered farther south in Castle Rock, the county seat. County health staff can be reached at CH@douglasco.gov, and urgent public health concerns can go to the department’s 24/7 on-call line at 720-643-2400.
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