Prince George's County Offers Free Immunizations, Mobile Vaccines for Homebound Residents

Prince George's County Health Department runs immunization clinics at two fixed locations, sends mobile vaccination teams to homebound residents who cannot travel, and deploys school-day vaccination operations in community schools and high-need areas across the county.

The county's Immunizations Program serves children and young adults from two months through age 18 who have limited or no health insurance, with fees set on a sliding scale. Eligible clients include residents enrolled in Medicaid or medical assistance programs, those who are uninsured or under-insured, Native American and Alaskan Native clients, and those whose health insurance does not cover vaccines. Beyond childhood vaccinations, the program offers COVID-19 immunizations and flu shots to all county residents ages 6 months and older.

Appointments are available Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at two locations: the Cheverly Health Center at 3003 Hospital Drive, Cheverly, MD 20785, and the Laurel Clinic at 14207 Park Center Drive, Laurel, MD 20707. Both sites offer walk-in appointment scheduling through the county's website. Community health nurses, administrative support staff, and a program manager staff the clinics.

The county's immunization work extends well beyond those two buildings. The Health Department has been running daily immunization clinics and ongoing mobile, school-day vaccination operations in community schools, alongside community-based and weekend clinics with at least one planned in each school district.

That expanded footprint has produced measurable results in Prince George's County Public Schools. The number of non-compliant students, excluding Pre-K, fell from 4,087 in September 2024 to 561 in September 2025, which PGCPS described as "an unprecedented decrease of over 85% in one year." The decline continued a years-long trend: non-compliant counts stood at 4,418 in September 2022 and 4,176 in September 2023 before the steeper drop.

PGCPS requested a temporary extension from the Maryland Department of Health to bring the remaining 561 students into compliance without triggering school exclusions that would interrupt their instruction. Under the terms of that extension, which expired November 30, 2025, PGCPS was required to submit a detailed vaccination plan to MDH by November 13, 2025, and to provide MDH with weekly updated vaccination numbers throughout the extension period. No further extensions were granted.

PGCPS also committed to partnering with the Prince George's County Health Department to deliver to MDH by March 1, 2026 a long-term plan for sustaining vaccine compliance in subsequent school years. The school system stated it was "fully committed to meeting and maintaining the Maryland Department of Health and the Maryland State Department of Education's immunization requirements."

The students who remained out of compliance faced what PGCPS characterized as structural obstacles: "complex barriers to care, language challenges, transportation limitations, or repeated unsuccessful contact attempts." To reach those families, PGCPS used repeated multilingual parent contact and home-school outreach through staff it identified as PPWs, continued its partnership with the county Health Department, and maintained the mobile school-day vaccination operations.

Families seeking immunizations through the county program can schedule appointments at either the Cheverly or Laurel clinic through the Prince George's County government website. The Health Department also provides immunization outreach and education specifically to families with children under age four who are not current on required vaccinations.