Purdue team assists with K-12 immunization efforts in Montgomery County Note to journalists: Journalists visiting campus should follow visitor health guidelines. A community paramedic from Crawfordsville Fire Department gives a Montgomery County school employee a COVID-19 vaccine. The community paramedicine program recently received a grant from Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau to expand vaccinations to K-12 students. (Photo provided by Crawfordsville Fire Department) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A nationally acclaimed community paramedicine program in western Indiana will continue to expand services, thanks to assistance from Purdue University faculty and a student. The Mobile Integrated Health Program – commonly known as community paramedicine – operated by the Crawfordsville Fire Department will expand on-site vaccine clinics to students in kindergarten through 12th grade in Montgomery County. The department was one of 50 Phase 1 winners of the Promoting Pediatric Primary Prevention (P4) Challenge sponsored by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Winners will receive $10,000 to launch their project within six months.