Seasonal flu vaccination and testing for farmworkers

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Farmworker seasonal flu vaccine program

The goal of the CDPHE farmworker flu vaccine program is to bring free seasonal flu vaccines directly to Colorado dairy and poultry farms and community-based events to make it as easy as possible for you to get your annual flu vaccine.

You can find a free seasonal flu vaccine event near you listed below. No ID, insurance, or payment is needed to get vaccinated at a CDPHE-sponsored farmworker flu vaccine clinic or event. Community-based vaccine events may also have no or low-cost flu vaccines available for your family members.

Why should I get a seasonal flu vaccine?

Getting a seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to avoid the  flu. The seasonal flu vaccine, commonly called a “flu shot,” can make you less sick if you get the flu and keep you from needing to stay in a hospital or dying of the flu. Being sick with the flu can make you miss work, so getting a flu vaccine can help keep you at work to support yourself and your family.

Getting a seasonal flu vaccine only protects against seasonal flu and will not protect against avian flu. However, people who are around infected or possibly infected birds or other animals, like chickens and dairy cows, should still get a seasonal flu vaccine. Getting the seasonal flu vaccine can help lower the chance of getting seasonal flu and avian flu at the same time. If this happens, it could create a new type of flu virus.

Upcoming clinics

Vaccine providers participating in CDPHE’s farmworker flu vaccine program are now hosting flu vaccine clinics for poultry and dairy farmworkers across Colorado. Click the links in the table below to make an appointment. Walk-ins are also accepted. These flu clinics might offer additional vaccines, such as COVID-19 vaccines. Ask about additional vaccines when you arrive.

Will my personal information be shared with law enforcement or immigration officials?

Vaccine providers that participate in CDPHE’s farmworker flu vaccine program will never share your name and other details about you, including your immigration status, with law enforcement or immigration agencies. Receiving a vaccine through the CDPHE farmworker flu vaccine program will not affect your immigration status. Your privacy and safety is a top priority, and your information will not be used for anything other than vaccine administration and follow-up information about the vaccine. Sharing your identity and some of your medical history with your vaccine provider ensures that the flu vaccine is given safely, effectively, and responsibly.

Testing

As part of CDC's Increasing Community Access to Testing Program, farmworkers in northeastern Colorado and their household members can receive free flu and COVID-19 testing if they have contact with poultry (chickens), cows or pigs — alive or dead — that are confirmed or potentially infected with avian flu. This includes work in:

• Poultry culling operations
• Sick pens
• Milking parlors
• Raw milk processing
• Some slaughterhouse work

Farmworkers and their household members who are sick with flu-like symptoms, including eye redness (conjunctivitis, also called "pink eye"), or other symptoms such as cough, fever, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, and fatigue, can get free testing at the locations and times listed below.