Marion County Public Health Department

HEALTH & HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF MARION COUNTY is committed to promoting good health throughout the community. We believe that every citizen of Marion County should receive medical treatment and other public health services in a friendly environment, free from access barriers resulting from race, gender, age, sexual orientation or other cultural and social aspects.

OUR MISSION: To promote and protect the health of everyone in the community and provide healthcare to those who are underserved.

OUR VISION: Indianapolis will be the healthiest large city in the United States by the year 2030.

Department Directory

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

ACTION HEALTH CENTER/ADOLESCENT HEALTH
Medical - 317-221-3400
Education - 317-221-8960
Social Services - 317-221-8950

B.A.B.E. (Beds and Britches, Etc.)
317-221- 3050
Incentive program that provides new and gently used clothing and supplies for pregnant women and children up to age 5.

BED BUG EDUCATION & PREVENTION
317-221- 2155

BELL FLOWER CLINIC
317-221- 8300

BIRTH AND DEATH CERTIFICATES
317-221-240
Maintains records of births and deaths in Marion County only.
TTY for Hearing Impaired - 317-221- 2410
Voluntary Paternity Establishment and Legal Corrections to Certificates of Birth - 317-221- 2397

CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION
317-221-2101

CHRONIC DISEASE PROGRAMS
317-221-2094

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL
317-221-2117

COMMUNITY-BASED CARE (C-BC)
317-221-2367
Provides prenatal and postpartum home visits to ensure healthy pregnancies and healthy babies, walk-in services for immunizations, health screenings, counseling, referrals, assessments and monitoring of communicable diseases. Collaborates with a variety of departments to promote and encourage healthy people and healthy families living in healthy neighborhoods.

DENTAL HEALTH
317-221-2329

DIABETES EDUCATION
317-221-2094

DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICES
Northeast District Health Office
6042 E. 21st St.
317-221-7300
Northwest District Health Office/Pecar
6940 Michigan Rd.
317-221-7500
South District Health Office
317-221-5700

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Coordinates with Department of Public Safety, Division of Homeland Security, emergency management supporting agencies, healthcare organizations (private and community-based), mental/behavioral health providers, community and faith-based partners, state, local, and territorial resources

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SAFETY & MANAGEMENT
317-221-7588
Surveys and eliminates hazardous community sanitation conditions through clean-up services.
Submit a complaint

FETAL INFANT MORTALITY REVIEW (F.I.M.R.)
317-221-2013
Gives mothers a chance to share their stories about the loss of their babies either with a nurse at a home visit, through a phone call, or by completion of a survey. The information gathered helps a team of health care experts find ways to make services and resources better for mothers and babies.

FOOD & CONSUMER SAFETY
317-221-2222
Submit a complaint

FOREIGN-BORN PROGRAM
317-221-2133
Provides acute and chronic disease screenings for refugees.

GET SMART – KNOW WHEN ANTIBIOTICS WORK
317-221-3022
A community-based program to increase the awareness of antibiotic resistance.

HEALTH EDUCATION, PROMOTION & TRAINING
317-221-2092 
Provides educational programs and additional information that will help people make informed choices.

HEALTHY FAMILIES SITE IV
317-221-2349
Provides home visitation to promote healthy childhood growth and development; promotes positive parent-child interaction; enhances family functioning by building trusting relationships, teaching problem solving skills and improving the family’s support system.

HOUSING & NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH
317-221-2150
Submit a complaint

IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM
317-221-2122

INDIANAPOLIS HEALTHY BABIES CONSORTIUM
317-221-2312 
A community-based effort dedicated to improving birth outcomes and reducing the number of babies who die before their first birthday. Solutions are sought through advocacy, innovative initiatives and policy development.

INDIANAPOLIS HEALTHY START
317-221-2317
A community-based initiative that provides case management through home visitation, free health education classes to the community and outreach to pregnant women and families in an effort to eliminate the disparities in birth outcomes and improve infact survival rates.

INJURY PREVENTION
317-221- 3145

Car Seat Hotline
317-221- 2045

LABORATORY (PUBLIC HEALTH)
317-221- 4670

LEAD SAFE & HEALTHY HOMES
317-221- 2155
Provides lead inspections and risk assessments, healthy homes screens and blood lead testing.
Request a referral

MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH
317-221- 2312

MOSQUITO CONTROL
317-221- 7440
Investigates areas of standing water and treats those that are breeding mosquito larvae. Also fogs neighborhoods to reduce the adult mosquito population.
Request services

NEWBORN SCREENING
317-221- 2367

NUTRITION SERVICES
317-221- 7401

Life's Best Beginning-High School Breastfeeding Curriculum • 317-221-5707

• • Download Curriculum
  • Download Lesson Activities
    -pre/post test
    -quiz
    -lesson 1 cards
    -lesson2 cards
    -lesson 5 cards
    -myth or fact
    -thank yous
    -dear mommy letter

OLDER ADULT HEALTH
317-221- 2087

PRESCHOOL FACILITIES COMPLAINTS
317-221- 2270

PRESCHOOL LICENSES
317-221- 2270

RODENT CONTROL
317-221- 7588
Investigates and baits potential rodent habitats.
Request services

RYAN WHITE/HIV SERVICES PROGRAM
317-221-3101 or 317-221-3554
Funds community partners to provide HIV services to enrolled clients living with HIV who reside in Boone, Brown, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Putnam and Shelby counties of Indiana.

SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS

Arlington Community HS - 226- 2991
Crispus Attucks Medical Magnet HS - 226- 2791
John Marshall Community HS - 226- 4622
Emmerich Manual HS - 226- 2000

SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES
317-221- 2367
Provides vision and hearing screenings; acts as a consultant for follow-up on communicable disease outbreaks; provides assessments on referrals on students and families in the school and in the home; acts as a consultant for in-service trainings and health education programs.

SOCIAL SERVICES
317-221- 2364
Provides assessments and counseling services to individuals, families and groups. Conducts home visits to assess needs. Provides adolescent and school-based counseling services; anger management, parenting and safe-sitter classes. Conducts depression and substance abuse screenings. Provides referral and information services.

STD TESTING & PREVENTION
317-221-8300

SUBSTANCE USE OUTREACH SERVICES
317-221-4618 

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