{"id":112537,"date":"2021-07-14T15:29:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T20:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=112537"},"modified":"2021-07-14T15:30:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T20:30:02","slug":"mississippi-health-department-hosts-one-stop-shop-event-for-back-to-school-forms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/mississippi-health-department-hosts-one-stop-shop-event-for-back-to-school-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi Health Department Hosts One-Stop Shop Event for Back-to-School Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>JACKSON, Miss.<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; In order to accommodate busy parents gearing up for the new school year, the <strong>Mississippi State Department of Health<\/strong> (MSDH) will host a one-stop shop for required school entry\/registration forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This special two-week event will allow parents to get a copy of their child\u2019s Form 121 (shot record) if the child is up-to-date on immunization requirements, as well as their birth certificate, at the same time and same place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8 am to 4 pm<br>Monday, July 19 &#8211; Monday, August 2, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MSDH Office of Vital Records<br>222 Marketridge Drive<\/strong><br><strong>Ridgeland, Mississippi<br>(Off Highland Colony Parkway)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3368.352833516211!2d-90.17736798524018!3d32.40970568108443!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x8629cda4556bc853%3A0x735cdb5338e8efa9!2s222%20Marketridge%20Dr%2C%20Ridgeland%2C%20MS%2039157!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1626294475705!5m2!1sen!2sus\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>During this event, the child&#8217;s Form 121 will be available for free if the child is up-to-date on immunization requirements. Birth certificates will be available the same day for $17; each additional certified copy is $6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mississippi <\/strong>state law requires children to be immunized against childhood diseases to enter public or private school, Head Start or daycare. There are also required immunizations for first-time school entry in Mississippi as well as a requirement for 7th grade entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parents must provide the school with a Certificate of Immunization Compliance (Form 121) from their immunization provider prior to school entry. The child\u2019s birth certificate is also required for school registration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Immunizations are available at county health departments by appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSON, Miss.\u00a0&#8211; In order to accommodate busy parents gearing up for the new school year, the Mississippi State<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":90529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1717],"tags":[16144,16356],"class_list":["post-112537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-mississippi-state-department-of-health","tag-msdh"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mississippi-State-Department-of-Health.jpg?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}