Tri-County Health Department formally dissolved December 31, 2022, which resulted in Adams County, Arapahoe County and Douglas County to operate individual public health departments beginning January 1, 2023. To serve the Town of Bennett, Adams and Arapahoe County Health Departments are now in place for health department services and guidelines. Below is an overview of each County’s information, areas of priorities and how they will serve the Town of Bennett. Adams and Arapahoe County have kept the same locations and most of the same staff that Tri-County Health had.
What is the difference between public health services and individual healthcare service? Public Health services focus on protection and promoting the health of entire populations, while healthcare services focus on diagnosing and treating individual patients. Public Health Departments seek to improve lives and the health of communities through the prevention and treatment of disease and the promotion of healthy behaviors.
Uses of public health departments include:
- Treating disease before it can spread into the community
- Coordinating & conducting inspections
- Track communicable diseases
- Access to adequate nutrition
- Immunizations availability
CHANGES/SERVICES/LOCATIONS
Adams County Public Health Department focus is increased staffing for unique public health needs in Adams County for community engagement efforts, environmental health, mental health, health equity, etc., and increase collaboration with County Departments for community safety and wellbeing, community and economic development and human services.
Arapahoe County Public Health Department focus over the next 15 months is to conduct a community health assessment and engage communities throughout the county to learn more about health concerns, needs and strengths. Bennett will be an area of focus since there is no good data about food security, housing, access to health care and the aging population.
Residents can receive public health services at either Adams or Arapahoe County Public Health Departments for most services such as WIC, Family Planning, Immunizations, Sexual Health and Harm Reduction. Services for businesses that are county specific based on the business address are health inspections and septic systems. Adams & Arapahoe Public Health Departments have retained the locations that Tri-County Health Department had in both counties and the client services that were provided by Tri-County Health Department.
Services provided by both Adams and Arapahoe County Public Health Departments include:
Environmental Health
- Retail food and licensing
- Pools, spas & water features
- Onsite wastewater & treatment systems (septic systems)
- Water quality
- Body art facilities
- Child care center resources
- Industrial hygiene
- Vector borne disease (disease that results from infection transmitted to humans/animals by mosquitoes, ticks, fleas). Diseases include west nile virus, lyme disease, malaria, etc.
Vital Records
- Birth certificates
- Death Certificates
Community Services
- Access to Care Health Enrollment Team
- Diabetes Education Programs
- Food Access & Food Systems
- Infectious Disease
- Maternal, Family & Adolescent Health
- Mental Health Promotion
- Nurse Family Partnership/Support Program
- Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response
- Substance Use Prevention
- WIC Program (Women, Infants & Children)
Health Care Services
- Breast & Cervical Cancer
- Immunizations
- Sexual Health
- Harm Reduction (drug use)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Adams County Public Health Department
Dr. Kelly Weidenbach, Director of Public Health
Main Telephone Number: 303-220-9200 Email: publichealth@adcogov.org
Adams County - Building Locations & Services
Adams County Government Center – Administrative Offices - 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Brighton, CO
Telephone: 303-220-9200 Email: publichealth@adcogov.org
Brighton – 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Brighton, CO 80601
Telephone: 303-220-9200 Services: Health Equity, Strategic Planning
Brighton – 30 S. 20th Ave., Suites F & G, Brighton, CO 80601
Telephone: 303-659-2335 Services: WIC/Nutrition
Commerce City – 7190 Colorado Blvd., Commerce City, CO 80022
Telephone: 303-288-6816 Services: Vital Records, Environmental Health, WIC/Nutrition, Harm Reduction
North Broadway – 7000 Broadway, Suite 400, Denver, CO 80221
Telephone: 303-426-5232 Services: Sexual Health, WIC/Nutrition
Westminster – 1401 W. 122nd Ave., #200, Westminster, CO 80234
Telephone: 303-452-9547 Services: Immunizations, Sexual Health, WIC/Nutrition
Arapahoe County Public Health Department
Jennifer Ludwig, Director of Public Health
Main Telephone Number: 303-795-4584 Email: health@arapahoegov.com
Arapahoe County - Building Locations & Services
Willow Building – 6162 S. Willow Dr., Suite 100, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Main Telephone: 303-795-4584
Services:
Birth & Death certificates
Disease Control/Epidemiology
Emergency Preparedness/Response
Environmental Health Services, Prenatal/Parenting Case Management
Altura Plaza – 15400 E. 14th Place, Suite 115, Aurora, CO 80011
Main Telephone: 303-795-4584
Services:
Environmental Health Services
Family Planning/Birth Control
Harm Reduction
HIV/STI Clinic
Immunizations for Children & Adults
Prenatal/Parenting Case Management
WIC Program
Aurora South – 15192 E. Hampden Ave., Aurora, CO 80014
Telephone: 303-795-4594 Services: Prenatal/Parenting Case Management, WIC Program
Englewood – 4857 S. Broadway, Englewood, CO 80113
Telephone: 303-795-4584
Services:
Family Planning/Birth Control
HIV/STI Clinic
Immunizations for Children & Adults
Prenatal/Parenting Case Management
WIC Program