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As your student prepares to head off to college, following the steps below can help! Take a look and feel free to share this checklist directly with your student.

• Find local mental health providers, if needed.
• Find local health care providers, if needed.
• Will prescriptions need to be changed if they are out of state?
• Contacts/glasses prescriptions.
• Complete any health care forms.
• Check about opting out of college health insurance by providing proof of family’s health insurance (missing this opt out can mean unnecessary insurance costs).
• Health and dental insurance documents.
• Check that all vaccines are up-to-date.
• Have physical and dental exams before leaving home.
• Locate the closest ER and urgent care facility and put phone numbers into phone.
• Create an Uber/Lyft account in case they need a ride to a doctor.
• Create a complete First Aid kit.

​​Like what you see? You can download the full Off to College Checklist from Grown and Flown here.