Immunization and Vaccines for Children

Background
The National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) announces the availability of funds for 19-1901 Immunization and Vaccines for Children recipients to enhance their jurisdiction-based immunization information system (IIS) with a new VTrckS application programming interface (VTrckS API). The API enables jurisdictional programs to submit vaccine order files and support data directly from their jurisdiction-based immunization information systems. This automation increases the efficiency of vaccine order submission and reduces the burden on jurisdictional program staff.

Grant Details
The purpose of this competitive funding is to allow jurisdictional programs using awardee-developed platforms to compete for funding needed to enhance their jurisdiction-based immunization information systems to utilize the new VTrckS API. Recipients are required to enhance their jurisdiction-based immunization information system to utilize the VTrckS API designed to send and receive information to/from VTrckS.

Phased activities include pre-planning for transactional and master data interfaces followed by design, development, testing, and implementation. Recipients must complete various activities such as security requirements, participation in CDC-led orientation/training, sign security documentation, complete VTrckS Interface API request forms, recipient onboarding to the System for Award Management (SAMS), verify the receipt of secure data elements and system access, finalize project plan, design plans for IIS development needed for API connection and dashboard, complete development in the IIS for the API connection and dashboard, establish and test API connection to VTrckS API, send/receive transactional and master data from the VTrckS API, conduct unit testing and integration testing with CDC, implement an error-handling process.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants include 19-1901 Immunization and Vaccines for Children recipients who currently use the VTrckS External Information System (ExIS) interface to upload vaccine orders (and other transactions) to VTrckS; recipients who have developed an awardee-developed immunization information system (IIS) platform with or without CDC-funded technology partner support; recipients that are not planning to transition to a CDC-funded technology partner platform within the next two years; recipients who have previously been funded to complete application programming interface (API) Phases 1 and 2 can only apply for Phase 3 activities.

Period of Performance
The anticipated award date is August 01, 2024. The budget period length is 12 months with a period of performance length of 1 year.

Grant Value
The approximate total supplemental funding is $2,800,000 with approximately 7 awards anticipated. The approximate average award is $300,000.