This manual is a resource for contracted LHDs who implement required activities under the immunization contract. The manual also describes contract monitoring activities conducted during the contract period.

• FY2025 Contractor's Guide - PDF (rev. 06/2025) Feedback survey
• FY2024 Contractor's Guide - PDF (rev.10/2023)
• FY2023 Contractor's Guide - PDF (rev. 09/2022)

The Contract Review Tool is used by Public Health Region managers to evaluate Local Health Department program activities.

• FY2025 Contract Review Tool - PDF (rev. 2/2025) Feedback survey
• FY2024 Contract Review Tool - PDF (rev. 11/2023)

This document provides instructions on how to fill out the evaluation report. 

• FY2024 Contract Review Tool Instructions (PDF) (rev. 11/2023)

As Immunization Ambassadors, we’re viewed as community partners supporting public health through vaccinations.

Through support and promotion of programs and services to their specific audiences, our Immunization Ambassadors serve critically important roles as local coordinators, partners, facilitators and leaders. For DSHS Immunization Unit, our primary goal is to eliminate the spread of vaccine preventable diseases by increasing vaccine coverage for Texans, raise awareness of the diseases that vaccines prevent, and educate the public about vaccine safety.

We seek Immunization Ambassadors who work in these areas.

Becoming an Immunization Ambassador has the following benefits: 

• Support public health programs in your area; 
• Receive immunization news and requirement updates; 
• Expand your program’s reach through community partnerships. 

To learn more about the Immunization Ambassadors program, contact us. We will put you in contact with a program organizer in your community. 

Educational Tools 

• Responsible Entities’ Communications and Partnerships Reference Guide 
• DSHS Immunization Ambassador Toolkit 

For more information about Observances and Partnerships, please see the Contractors Guide on Contract Management.

Resources

• National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW)

• FY2025 LHD Quarterly Report (Alchemer)
  Local Health Departments utilize this report to document activities completed each quarter. PHR and DSHS central office review and provide feedback.
• FY2025 PHR Quarterly Report (Alchemer)
  Public Health Regions utilize this report to document activities completed each quarter. DSHS central office reviews and provides feedback.