From food service licensing and inspection to guest speaking and prevention programming, Missoula Public Health is here to support our community’s schools and childcare facilities.
What we can help with
Immunizations for schools
Immunizations are an important tool to help prevent the spread of disease in children especially in congregate settings such as schools and childcares. Documentation of required immunizations must be provided for children to attend school or to access a licensed childcare facility. Additionally, childcare staff are also required to have a current Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis), as well as a completed MMR series.
Montana DPHHS has for more information about school and childcare immunization requirements. School immunizations are regulated at the state level, not by MPH.
Immunizations for daycare providers
Childcare providers, if you have questions about immunization review for your annual child care licensing site review, please contact us. For all other questions, please visit DPHHS’s Childcare Licensing Information.
Immunization records
Parents and guardians can click here to request vaccination records for their dependent child.
Safety Materials and Guest Speakers
Missoula Public Health is home to several prevention programs that work to promote the physical, mental, and behavioral health of Missoulians. Program staff are subject matter experts on a variety of topics covered in Health Enhancement classes including suicide, substance use, STIs, healthy relationships, tobacco, and more.
Prevention staff stay up to date on the latest research and evidence-based practices. We would be happy to assist you with selecting learning materials, vetting curriculum for accuracy and best practices, supporting your Professional Learning Community, or providing staff training. Contact us to get started!
We can also provide a variety of safety materials and guest speakers for free to Missoula County schools.
Our Drive Safe Missoula program can help promote drive safety at your school with the Impact Teen Driverhttps://www.impactteendrivers.org/ program and guest speaking.
Our Healthy Relationships program can guest speak in your classroom about:
- Birth Control
- Consent
- Healthy Relationships and Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention
We can also offer support about implementing Power Up, Speak Out and other curriculum at your school.
Our Disease Intervention Specialists can guest speak about sexually transmitted infections as well as how public health responds to infectious disease cases and outbreaks.
Our Substance Use Prevention program can provide safety materials for your school, including:
- Medication Disposal Bags
- Medication Lock Boxes
- Narcan
They can also guest speak in your classroom about substance use prevention.
Click here to get safety materials or schedule a guest speaker.
Our Suicide Prevention Program can provide free gun locks to your school and can guest speak about suicide prevention.
Our staff are also knowledable about suicide prevention curriculum, such as SOS Signs of Suicide as well as suicide prevention trainings including QPR, safeTALK, and ASIST.
Click here to contact us to get gun locks or schedule a guest speaker.
Our Tobacco Education Specialist can guest speak about about tobacco and vaping prevention. We also provide free No Smoking signage.
Click here to contact us to get free signs or schedule a guest speaker.
Missoula Public Health staff also have experience guest speaking in college classes. Have an idea for a guest lecture? We’d love to hear it! Contact us.