A new law this year is changing some of the immunization requirements for students in Grand Island Public Schools. And a grant from United Way is helping one local organization provide those services to low-income families.

The Third City Community Clinic is offering free physicals to students starting Saturday. Executive Director Susan Aguilar said they're calling it a "one stop shop."

"This health exam will include a vision exam, we have an ophthalmologist that will be here to do the vision examination and a dental exam; we'll have a dental hygienist to do the dental exam. We'll also have a nutritionist here," Aguilar said.

Nebraska students entering kindergarten and 7th grade are required to have a general physical. Students wishing to participate in school athletics must also have a physical prior to beginning practice.

Grand Island Public Schools nurse Jill Foltz said those are the ages when kids are reaching developmental milestones.

"Their bodies are changing a lot and it's just important for a physician to have laid their eyes on that child's body and make sure that they're meeting those milestones and making sure that they're healthy," Foltz said.

And this July, new legislation passed requiring all students in Nebraska to have a second chicken pox vaccine.

"The first vaccine, just one vaccine, was not conferring lifetime immunity, so we were having breakthrough chicken pox cases," Foltz said.

Aguilar said for low-income families, the cost of those immunizations can really add up.

"I think there is a big need in Grand Island, for one thing, there's a lot of children that fall through the cracks. Their parents can't afford insurance, but yet they've been denied by Medicaid for instance because they just make even $50 more than their allowable amount," Aguilar said.

The clinic is working with the health department to make sure kids get the immunizations they need.