COVID-19 Updates

Current Mask Status for Facilities

Face coverings/masks are optional for staff, volunteers, and visitors at low-risk OYA facilities. Low-risk is defined by how many people currently have COVID in the facility and in the community around the facility. 

There are three exceptions for OYA staff:

• Masks are still required in all healthcare settings, including OYA's facility clinics.
  
• Masks are required in quarantine and medical isolation areas.
  
• Masks are required for OYA employees who are transporting youth in a state vehicle.
  

OYA will check the risk levels weekly. If there's a COVID outbreak in a facility or the number of cases increases in the community, facilities will require masks or other precautions again. 

Mask Requirements as of Jan. 27, 2023

COVID-19 Vaccines: Info for OYA Youth

The vaccine is not mandatory for our youth.

COVID-19 vaccines are available through our facility clinics for youth in OYA facilities who want them. 

For our youth in the community, we are encouraging them to talk with their health care provider or their juvenile parole/probation officer if they want the vaccine.

Find a vaccine site near you

Information for youth: Flu shots and COVID boosters, October 2022 (English and Spanish | inglés y español)