Lifestyle October 1, 2026

Moved to Bekasi Utara with a Toddler: Posyandu, Puskesmas and the Free Health Check

Your child's health records don't move with the boxes. Four jobs for the first month: your local puskesmas, the RW posyandu, the free health check you can now schedule yourself, and any missed vaccinations.

Residential street at Kingspoint Private Residences on Jl. Raya Perjuangan, Bekasi Utara, near Puskesmas Teluk Pucung and Marga Mulya

Moving house with a toddler comes with one job that rarely makes the moving checklist: working out who now holds your child's health records. At the old place, the posyandu midwife knew the vaccination schedule by heart and the volunteers knew last month's weight. Once the moving truck leaves, all of that stays behind, except for one book you carry yourself.

That book is the KIA book (Buku Kesehatan Ibu dan Anak, the maternal and child health book). It holds the vaccination history, the growth chart and every check-up since birth. Staff at the new posyandu and puskesmas will read it first, so keep it in the bag you're holding, not buried in moving box number 14.

After that, there are four things to sort out in the first few weeks.

1. Find Out Which Puskesmas Covers You

Every puskesmas (community health centre) serves a set catchment area, usually one or more kelurahan. Bekasi Utara district has six kelurahan: Harapan Jaya, Harapan Baru, Kaliabang Tengah, Perwira, Marga Mulya and Teluk Pucung. Health facility data held by the Ministry of Health lists puskesmas in the district including:

Puskesmas	Listed address
Teluk Pucung	Jl. Perjuangan No. 57, Kel. Teluk Pucung
Marga Mulya	Jl. Perjuangan No. 1, Kel. Marga Mulya
Harapan Baru	Perumahan Telaga Mas, Kel. Harapan Baru
Perwira	Jl. KH. Muchtar Tabrani No. 1, Kel. Perwira
Seroja	Komp. Wisma Seroja, Kel. Harapan Jaya

All five are listed as outpatient-only. A high fever at midnight still means a hospital emergency room. The puskesmas is where vaccinations, routine check-ups and referrals happen.

If you live along Jl. Raya Perjuangan, the first two are probably the closest. Distance doesn't decide the catchment, though; the kelurahan on your home address does. Ask the head of your RT (neighbourhood unit) when you register as a new resident. The RT usually knows the posyandu schedule for the RW as well.

2. Go to the RW Posyandu Yourself

The posyandu doesn't automatically know a new family has arrived. In a cluster that has only just been handed over, a posyandu may not exist yet, and residents' children join the one in a neighbouring RW.

The posyandu's own status changed under Minister of Home Affairs Regulation No. 13 of 2024 on Integrated Service Posts. Posyandu are now part of the village/kelurahan community institutions, and their remit widened to six Minimum Service Standard areas: health, education, public works, public housing, public order and community protection, and social affairs. For parents of young children the core service hasn't changed: weighing, height measurement, vaccinations and nutrition advice, once a month on the day the volunteers set.

Bring the KIA book and a copy of your family card (KK) on the first visit. Posyandu volunteers generally accept children living in their area even when the parents' ID cards still show another city. As a newcomer you can also ask whether the posyandu needs more volunteers. New clusters are often short of them.

3. Use the Free Health Check, Which No Longer Has to Be on Your Birthday

The Cek Kesehatan Gratis (CKG) programme started in February 2025 as a "birthday present": the check was tied to each participant's date of birth. That changed this year. Minister of Health Decree No. HK.01.07/MENKES/84/2026 on the Technical Guidelines for the Free Health Check, issued on 9 February 2026, replaced the birthday version of the guidelines.

Under the new guidelines, CKG for toddlers and preschoolers (ages 1–6), adults and the elderly takes place once a year "on a schedule that the participant can set". It runs at puskesmas and other primary care facilities, and a puskesmas may delegate the checks to a sub-clinic or a service unit in the kelurahan. Newborns are checked at two days old, where they were born.

For a family that has just moved, the timing works well. One visit to the new puskesmas gives you a baseline for the whole household and puts your family on the puskesmas's records. Registration is through the SATUSEHAT Mobile app.

The 2026 CKG guidelines ask health offices to set targets using ID-card addresses plus an estimate of people living in the area on ID cards from elsewhere. New residents who haven't changed their KTP yet are already part of the planning count.

The same guidelines ask participants who aren't registered with JKN (the national health insurance), or whose membership has lapsed, to register or reactivate it. The reason is practical: if the check finds a problem, follow-up treatment runs through JKN.

4. Catch Up on Missed Vaccinations

Moving often collides with the vaccination schedule. One month slips because of packing, the next because you don't know where the posyandu is yet. That's no reason to panic. The follow-up table in the CKG guidelines says a child with incomplete vaccinations is checked against the KIA book and given catch-up doses as required, at the posyandu or puskesmas.

That's why the KIA book matters so much. Without it, staff have to guess which doses your child has already had.

Your BPJS Kesehatan clinic

If your family's first-level BPJS Kesehatan facility is still a puskesmas or clinic in your old city, routine care and referrals still point there. You can request a change of facility in the Mobile JKN app. It's easiest to do this together with moving your KTP address to the new house, so every service has the same address.

A First-Month Order of Work

As a sequence, it looks roughly like this: in week one, register with the RT and ask about your kelurahan, the puskesmas that covers you and the posyandu schedule. In week two, take the KIA book to the posyandu. After that, book the family's CKG in SATUSEHAT Mobile and switch your BPJS facility if needed.

For young families where both parents work, a nanny or grandparents can handle part of this, apart from app registration that needs the parents' details. Childcare options around Bekasi Utara are covered in our article on daycare near Bekasi Utara clusters. The rainy season is close too, so the 3M Plus routine in our dengue article is worth a second read.

Frequently asked questions

Can a toddler join the posyandu if the parents' ID cards are still from outside Bekasi?
Usually, yes. A posyandu serves children living in its area. Bring the KIA book and a copy of the family card, and check with the local volunteers.

Does the 2026 free health check still have to be in your birthday month?
No. Decree HK.01.07/MENKES/84/2026 sets CKG as once a year on a schedule the participant chooses, at a puskesmas or another primary care facility.

Which puskesmas serves homes on Jl. Raya Perjuangan?
It depends on the kelurahan in your address. Puskesmas Teluk Pucung (No. 57) and Puskesmas Marga Mulya (No. 1) are both listed on this road. Confirm the catchment with your RT or the kelurahan office.

Sources: Minister of Health Decree No. HK.01.07/MENKES/84/2026 on Technical Guidelines for the Free Health Check (9 February 2026); Minister of Home Affairs Regulation No. 13 of 2024 on Integrated Service Posts; Ministry of Health facility data for Kota Bekasi.

Looking for a family home in Bekasi Utara?

The Kingspoint team can tell you the kelurahan, the nearest health facilities and the floor plan of Rumah Emerald 70 on Jl. Raya Perjuangan, North Bekasi, before you decide.

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