SPOKANE — Students at Spokane Falls Community College could get free wellness checks and vision tests when the Care-A-Van mobile health clinic visited campus today, but one service that drew many people to the program is no longer available.

The mobile clinic stopped offering vaccination services in July after changes to federal funding guidelines forced the program to halt immunizations it had provided since 2021.

"I mean, we still get requests for it. And, you know, we have the same explanation that we're currently unable to," said Rebecca Baron, director of Care-A-Van.

Care-A-Van had offered vaccines since its inception, starting with COVID-19 vaccinations and expanding to include flu shots and all childhood vaccines before federal grant restrictions ended the program.

The mobile cl

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