Service and Program Directory

Expanding education to increase community support for breastfeeding families.

Focuses on reducing perinatal health disparities. A healthy pregnancy is one of the best ways to promote healthy families in Mecklenburg County.

Offers free and low-cost breast screenings, pap tests and follow up for qualified residents. 

Provides care management to support families with children ages zero to five, who need access to health care and social supports. 

Provides care management services for high risk pregnant women. 

Offers many services, including Children’s Developmental Services Agency and Women, Infants & Children (WIC). 

Assists licensed child care centers to establish policies and procedures to promote and improve the health and safety of children ages zero to five. 

Program establishes partnership between police officers and mental health clinicians to ensure coordinated, expert response for children impacted by trauma and their families.

Provides early childhood intervention in our community as part of the statewide NC Infant-Toddler Program.  

Offers reproductive life planning; screening for sexually transmitted infections and breast and cervical cancers; immunizations; refugee health; tuberculosis control; and pediatric dental care.

Investigates, reports and controls the spread of reportable general category communicable diseases and outbreaks, provides consultation services to medical providers, childcare providers, schools, veterinarians, & businesses; investigates human animal bites and animal exposure to rabies, and monitors health services in adult day health facilities. 

Provides case management of in-home services that assist eligible disabled adults to live safely in their homes with a support system and avoid placement in an institution.

Supports priority communities to address health inequities through public health education and culturally relevant resources. 

Cultivates a collaborative environment to better align community health worker program initiatives in Mecklenburg County through the assembly of stakeholders that are deeply invested in the profession.

Locations in the community that offer STI Testing.

Our mission is to prepare law enforcement and other first responders to safely and effectively respond to people experiencing a mental health crisis, and advocate for a crisis system that offers the most effective and least intrusive care for those struggling with mental illness.

A community effort founded to slow the spread of HIV in Mecklenburg and the surrounding counties.

Preventing the spread of disease and promoting personal safety through proper sanitation, safe food, clean water, the management of disease-carrying pests and proper disposal of waste.

Provides permitting and evaluation of tattoo artists and assists with control of mosquitos and rodents.

Provides comprehensive family planning and reproductive health services.

Provides plan review, permitting and evaluation of restaurants, temporary food services, meat markets, hotels, hospitals, nursing homes, child care centers, and schools and investigates child led poisoning cases. 

Increasing and improving healthy food environments and strengthening healthy food access.

Provides plan review, permitting and evaluation of onsite wastewater (septic) systems and private wells and reduces exposure to contaminated groundwater.  

Provides grassroots, community, and faith-based organizations with funding, capacity-building resources, and technical support to implement chronic disease prevention programs or initiatives.

Linking you to healthcare and psychosocial services to ensure timely and appropriate level of care.

Providing education programs focusing on reducing risk factors for HIV infection and STIs and testing and counseling in clinic and community settings.

Providing prevention education, testing, and treatment services for Mecklenburg County.

Free on-site screening and treatment for sexually transmitted infections at Public Health clinics.

Integrates behavioral health services into public health settings to holistically identify and address an individual's physical, nutritional, and behavioral health needs.

Improving birth outcomes, reducing infant mortality and improving health among children aged zero to 5.

Provides routinely recommended vaccines for all age groups as well as specific vaccines for high-risk groups. 

Public Health provides comprehensive assessment and short term (10-16 weeks) evidence-based services for children ages birth to 3.

Provides quality-assured laboratory procedures in support of all Public Health clinical services and Communicable Disease Control. 

Works to advance health equity and address health disparities impacting Mecklenburg County’s Latino/Hispanic population through Communications, Partnerships, Engagement & Outreach, and Departmental Collaboration.

Provides plan review, permitting, and evaluation of child care and adult day service centers, family child care homes, lodging establishments, public and private school buildings, care institutions (nursing homes, hospitals, assisted-living facilities), residential care and local confinement facilities, and mental health, disability, and substance abuse facilities.  

Providing early and regular prenatal and postpartum care to protect the health of mothers and children.

Measles spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes and others breathe that air.

Creates smiles by promoting proper brushing and flossing and comprehensive dental treatment for uninsured and underinsured children ages 1-17.

Assures accuracy and integrity of patient record information and responds to request for copies of patient records. 

An innovative program that uses two mobile clinical units and one mobile dental unit to advance our community health initiatives.

Aims to reduce violence in Mecklenburg County by collaborating with County, City, partners, and community to increase opportunity and build healthier, more resilient communities.

Serves Mecklenburg County residents needing to obtain a certified or uncertified birth or death certificate that was registered in Mecklenburg County.

Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) is a 5-year cooperative agreement designed to provide local jurisdictions with resources to improve surveillance efforts to inform prevention activities and ultimately reduce the opioid burden.

Provides plan review, permitting and evaluation of public and residential swimming pools. 

Ensures readiness among staff as we prepare for, respond to, and recover from public health emergencies through coordinated training, planning, and exercises.

Investigates animal-inflicted injuries to humans and/or their pets (e.g., bites, scratches), provides consultative services to the public and medical community regarding zoonotic diseases and rabies exposures, and works closely with Animal Care and Control of Charlotte, Huntersville, Cornelius, and Matthews. Rabies Surveillance.

Resiliency in Communities After Stress and Trauma II (ReCAST II) is a 4 year grant funded program through Mecklenburg County Public Health. This grant funding is provided by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, also known as SAMHSA, and will be active from December of 2022 - December of 2026.

Provides communicable disease screening and referral for follow-up medical care for refugees.

Funds services available to HIV-positive residents that meet eligibility requirements.

Supports communities in creating opportunities for children to increase their daily physical activity by safely walking, biking, and rolling to, from, or at school!

Helping nurses and nutritionists provide preventive, consultative, and direct health services during the school day for students attending Charlotte- Mecklenburg Schools (CMS). 

Provides investigation, sexually transmitted infections in order to control major epidemic threats to the community.

Increasing and improving the number of tobacco-free environments and preventing youth tobacco use.

Trauma & Justice Partnerships is comprised of 4 distinct programs with one shared mission: Health and Safety for All. Our TJP programs maximize our public health impact by leveraging partnerships to broaden our reach, provide a critical safety net for vulnerable populations, and increase our ability to serve the community when they need it, where they need it.

Gives parents the practical skills they need to build strong family relationships, manage and prevent misbehavior problems.

Provides services to persons suspected of or diagnosed with TB or to those who request a TB skin test or need screening.

Engaging and training members of faith-based organizations, small businesses, and community partners in strategies to prevent chronic disease through a faith-based community engagement initiative. 

Provides basic nutrition services to eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants and children up to age 5.