Schools and childcare facilities are required to submit a weekly communicable disease report. Van Buren Cass District Health Department Communicable Disease (CD) staff will review the data weekly to monitor trends in our community.
If a school or childcare facility suspects any serious disease, condition, or unusual cluster, contact our CD staff as soon as possible. In each school or childcare building, one person should be assigned to collect the required communicable disease information daily and submit through the links below.
Report Communicable Disease Online
Reporting Communicable Disease Instructions
NEW for September 2023: An updated version of the Managing Communicable Diseases in Schools has just been posted to www.mi.gov/cdinfo.
Changes include:
- Removed COVID-19 from immediate call list (middle of page 9)
- Clarified COVID-19 reporting requirements for schools (page 8)
- Updated monkeypox to mpox
For Information, Assistance, or to Report
a Serious Disease, Condition, or Unusual Cluster,
Contact Our Team
Diana Baker, RN
Public Health NurseCommunicable Disease
Cass County
P 269.782.0064 ext 2015
F 269.782.0121
dbaker@vbcassdhd.org
Julie Beeching, RN,BSN
Director of NursingCommunicable Disease
Van Buren County
P 269.539.5501
F 269.621.2725
jbeeching@vbcassdhd.org
Resources
- 5/3/2023 NEWS RELEASE: MDHHS advises schools and childcare providers about free air purifiers available through MI Safe School Indoor Air Ventilation program
- MDHHS Managing Communicable Diseases in Schools (Version 6 September 2023)
- LARA/MDHHS Managing Communicable Diseases in Child Care Settings
- Updated 01/24/2022: LARA Guidelines for Safe Childcare Operations During COVID-19
- www.cdc.gov
- MDHHS Bed Bugs: What Schools Need to Know
- MDHHS Communicable Diseases A-Z
- MDHHS Head Lice Manual
- MDHHS Influenza information for Schools and Childcare Settings
- CDC MRSA Information for School & Daycare
- MDHHS Scabies Prevention and Control Manual
- www.michigan.gov/CORONAVIRUS
- www.michigan.gov/MONKEYPOX
