Carter County Health Department

Special Notes/Funding

Provided by Primary Plus APRN

Description

Provides clinical breast exams.

Hours

First and third Monday of every month

Required Documents

Please bring with you: • Picture ID • Medicaid card (if applicable) • Medicare card (if applicable) • Private health insurance card (if insured)

Eligibility

Must be a resident of Carter county

Fees

Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance and private payment accepted

Intake Procedure

Appointment required, please call

Geography Served

Telephone Numbers

Description

Provides information, support groups and clinics for persons with diabetes.

Hours

Mon-Fri 8:00 am-4:00 pm (EST)

Required Documents

Please bring picture ID with you

Eligibility

Must be resident of Carter County

Fees

Free

Intake Procedure

Call for more information

Geography Served

Telephone Numbers

Special Notes/Funding

Provided by Primary Plus APRN

Description

Provides assistance for people who want to control the size of their families and the spacing of their children. Services include physical exams, lab testing, pregnancy tests, contraceptive supplies and health counseling.

Hours

First and third Monday of every month

Required Documents

Please bring with you: • Picture ID • Medicaid card (if applicable) • Medicare card (if applicable) • Private health insurance card (if insured)

Eligibility

Must be a resident of Carter county

Fees

Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance and private payment accepted

Intake Procedure

Appointment required, please call

Geography Served

Telephone Numbers

Description

Provides vaccination for Hepatitis A.

Hours

Thursdays 4:00 pm-6:00 pm (EST)

Required Documents

Please bring with you: • Picture ID • Medicaid card (if applicable)

Eligibility

Must be uninsured or under insured

Fees

Free

Intake Procedure

Walk-in

Geography Served

Telephone Numbers

Description

Provides all childhood immunization and some adult vaccines.

Hours

Mon-Fri 8:00 am-4:30 pm (EST)

Required Documents

Please bring with you: • Picture ID • Medicaid card (if applicable) • Medicare card (if applicable) • Private health insurance card (if insured)

Eligibility

Must be resident of Carter County

Fees

Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance and private payment accepted

Intake Procedure

Please call

Geography Served

Telephone Numbers

Description

Provides new, sterile syringes and other sterile injection supplies to needle users in exchange for used ones to help prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other blood borne infectious diseases.

Hours

Mon-Fri 8:00 am-3:00 pm (EST)

Required Documents

No documentation required

Eligibility

Must be resident of Carter County

Fees

Free

Intake Procedure

Walk-in or call

Geography Served

Telephone Numbers

Special Notes/Funding

Provided by Primary Plus APRN

Description

Provides cervical cancer screenings (pap smear). Provides referrals for any abnormal findings. Offers follow-up and tracking of all abnormal findings

Hours

First and third Monday of every month

Required Documents

Please bring with you: • Picture ID • Medicaid card (if applicable) • Medicare card (if applicable) • Private health insurance card (if insured)

Eligibility

Must be a resident of Carter county

Fees

Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance and private payment accepted

Intake Procedure

Appointment required, please call

Geography Served

Telephone Numbers

Description

Provides Health Access Nurturing Development Services (HANDS), a voluntary home visitation program for moms, dads and families. Services can begin during pregnancy and last up to 2 years post delivering. HANDS promotes healthy pregnancies, births, healthy child growth and development, healthy and safe homes and self-sufficient families.

Hours

Mon-Fri 8:00 am-4:30 pm (EST)

Required Documents

Please bring with you: • Picture ID • Medicaid card (if applicable)

Eligibility

Must have/meet: • Resident of Carter County • First-time or expectant parents • Families must be enrolled prenatally or before a child is 90 days old

Fees

Free

Intake Procedure

Appointment required, please call

Geography Served

Telephone Numbers

Description

Issues permits for approved sewage systems. Conducts evaluations of potential building sites. Approves onsite sewage disposal systems for public buildings, businesses and private homes. Conducts inspections of existing septic systems.

Hours

Mon-Fri 8:00 am-4:00 pm (EST)

Required Documents

Documents as requested by agency

Eligibility

Must be a resident or business in Carter County

Fees

Varies based on service

Intake Procedure

Appointment required, please call

Geography Served

Contact

Telephone Numbers

Special Notes/Funding

Provided by Primary Plus APRN

Description

Provides confidential testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases.

Hours

First and third Monday of every month

Required Documents

Please bring with you: • Picture ID • Medicaid card (if applicable) • Medicare card (if applicable) • Private health insurance card (if insured)

Eligibility

Must be a resident of Carter county

Fees

Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance and private payment accepted

Intake Procedure

Appointment required, please call

Geography Served

Telephone Numbers

Special Notes/Funding

Provided by Primary Plus APRN

Description

Provides confidential testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases.

Hours

First and third Monday of every month

Required Documents

Please bring with you: • Picture ID • Medicaid card (if applicable) • Medicare card (if applicable) • Private health insurance card (if insured)

Eligibility

Must be a resident of Carter county

Fees

Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance and private payment accepted

Intake Procedure

Appointment required, please call

Geography Served

Telephone Numbers

Special Notes/Funding

Classes start April 4 at 10:30 am (EST) to accommodate people who work during the evenings.

Description

Provides assistance to help people control their dependence on nicotine and give up cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff or other substances containing nicotine.

Hours

Irregular - call for details

Required Documents

Call for more information

Eligibility

Must be resident of Carter county

Fees

Free

Intake Procedure

Call to enroll for classes

Geography Served

Contact

Telephone Numbers

Description

Provides nutrition education and food vouchers for pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children younger than 5 years of age who cannot afford an adequate diet and those who have a condition which shows a need for better nutrition.

Hours

Mon-Fri 8:00 am-4:30 pm (EST)

Required Documents

Please bring with you: • Picture ID • Proof of income • Medicaid card (if applicable)

Eligibility

Must have/meet: • Resident of Carter County • Pregnant, breast feeding or given birth in the last 6 months • Receives KTAP, Food Stamps or Medicaid

Fees

Free

Intake Procedure

Walk-in or call

Geography Served

Contact

Telephone Numbers

Special Notes/Funding

Provided by Primary Plus APRN

Description

Provides clinical breast exams.

Hours

First and third Monday of every month

Required Documents

Please bring with you: • Picture ID • Medicaid card (if applicable) • Medicare card (if applicable) • Private health insurance card (if insured)

Eligibility

Must be a resident of Carter county

Fees

Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance and private payment accepted

Intake Procedure

Appointment required, please call

Geography Served

Telephone Numbers