The HPV Initiative is possible because of grants provided by the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City and the Reach Healthcare Foundation. This Initiative will provide the vaccine free of charge to females who are unable to receive the vaccine at a reasonable cost through their own health insurance.

Eligibility

Girls and women from 9 to 26 years old are eligible for the free vaccine if:

1. They have no health insurance or
2. Their health insurance does not cover Gardasil, the HPV vaccine or
3. They are unable to pay the copay or deductable to receive the HPV vaccine through their health insurance.

Please bring your immunization record with you (if you have one) when you get your vaccine. If you are under 18 years old, you must have a parent or guardian with you.

Participating clinics and hours

Kansas City Health Department

• Immunization Clinic is open 8 a.m. to noon and 1-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday (except Thursday afternoons- closed at 2 p.m.)
• Females 18 and under do not need an appointment
• Females 19 and older call (816) 513-6206

Jackson County Health Department

• 313 South Liberty St., Independence, MO; 2 blocks south of the Independence Square
• Immunization clinic is open Monday through Thursday 9-11 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m., and Friday 9-11 a.m.
• No appointment is necessary.

Cass County Health Department

• 300 South Main St. in Harrisonville, Mo.
• Call (816) 380-8433 for more information on times vaccine can be given

Lafayette County Health Department

• 547 South 13 Hwy, Lexington, MO
• Clinic hours are 1-4 p.m. on Monday; 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. the first Thursday of the month; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. the second, fourth and fifth Wednesday of the month; and 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the  month.
• No appointment necessary
• For questions, call (660) 259-4371

Children’s Mercy Teen Clinic

• 4605 Paseo Blvd., Kansas City, MO
• Available by appointment only
• Call (816) 234-3050 for an appointment

Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill

• 2301 Holmes, sixth Floor Women’s Health and Wellness Center, Kansas City, MO
• Available by appointment only
• Call (816) 404-4100 for an appointment

Swope Health Services Northland

• 4709 N.W. Gateway in Riverside, Mo.
• Available by appointment only
• Call (816) 627-2060 for an appointment

Planned Parenthood Brous Center

• 1001 Emmanuel Cleaver II Blvd, Kansas City, MO
• Available by appointment only
• Call (816) 756-2277 for an appointment

Planned Parenthood- Independence

• 815 N. Noland Road, Suite #6, Independence, MO
• Available by appointment only
• Call (816) 252-3800 for an appointment

Planned Parenthood- North

• 412 NE Vivion Road, Kansas City, MO
• Available by appointment only
• Call (816) 453-6000 for an appointment

Planned Parenthood- South

• 11902 Blue Ridge Blvd., Suite T, Grandview, MO
• Available by appointment only
• Call (816) 763-2125 for an appointment

The following clinics are offering the HPV vaccine to their current patients only.  On your next appointment, ask for the vaccine.  If you want the vaccine before your next appointment, please visit one of the local health departments listed.

1. Swope Health Services on Blue Parkway
2. Swope Health Services- Wyandotte
3. Swope Health Services- Independence
4. Sam Rodgers Community Health Center
5. Rodgers Lafayette Dental and Health Center
6. the Kansas City Free Health Clinic
7. West Central Missouri Community Action Agency (Belton and Harrisonville)
8. Truman Medical Center-Lakewood Family Medicine Clinic

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