Coordinated Assessment Coordinated Assessment staff co-located at the Urban Ministry Center, Salvation Army Center of Hope and the Charlotte Men’s Shelter provide assessment and referral for the adult homeless population.
Homeless Resource Center The Homeless Resource Center is staffed by CSS and partners with local ministries to offer meals several times each week in a safe and secure facility with lavatories. The main use is adults but families and children do also use the program each month.
Homeless Veterans A local collaboration of county and city government, state and federal veterans affairs, and non-profit agencies to accept First Lady Michelle Obama's Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness by the end of 2015
In-Home Aide Provides personal care, home management, and respite services.
MeckFUSE and other services in order to help individuals obtain stable housing and case services.
Moore Place County staff at Moore Place, an Urban Ministry Center program, provide clinical services to residents of the 120 bed facility for formerly chronically homeless adults.
Senior Citizens Nutrition Food in the form of nutritiously balanced meals made available to both homebound clients and mobile seniors.
VA Home Loans Eligibility criteria and application process in obtaining a Certificate of Eligibility (COE) from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Veterans Services - Benefits Qualifying veterans may be entitled to certain local, state, and federal Department of Veterans Affairs Benefits.
Child Support
Collection of Child Support Payments Noncustodial parents and/or their employers can send child support payments to North Carolina Child Support Centralized Collections (NCCSCC), which processes and sends these payments to the appropriate custodial parents/payees.
Enforcement of Child Support Obligation There may be times when the parent makes partial payments, skips payments or never makes a payment. Child Support identifies these cases and utilizes several enforcement tools.
Locating A Non-Custodial Parent The noncustodial parent must be located by obtaining a residential address or employment address before any actions to establish paternity, establish support, or enforce a child support order can take place.
Adult Day Care Provides an organized program of services during the day in a community group setting.
Building with Our Veterans A program focused on recruiting and training military veterans who have building safety experience and construction skills for jobs as code officials. The goal is to meet staffing needs for on-going Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement functions, while providing an opportunity for unemployed and under-employed veterans to find long-term sustainable employment and continue to serve the community.
Community Social Work Provides services and programs for at-risk families, seniors and persons with disabilities who fall outside of protective services and public assistance services.
Domestic Violence Speakers Bureau (DVSB) Domestic Violence Speakers Bureau (DVSB) Violence Prevention Program, in partnership with Safe Alliance, engages, educates and empowers the community to prevent domestic violence.
Kinship Care A support program for grandparents and kinship family caregivers.
Perpetrator Services (NOVA) A 26-week state certified Batterer Intervention Program designed to provide educational information on how to change abusive behaviors toward intimate partners.
Substance Use Services Services are designed to treat consumers with substance abuse as well as co-occurring mental health disorders.
Veterans Services – Benefits Qualifying veterans may be entitled to certain local, state, and federal Department of Veterans Affairs Benefits.
Medical Needs
Birth and Death Certificates Vital Records serves Mecklenburg County residents needing to obtain a certified or uncertified birth or death certificate that was registered in Mecklenburg County.
Communicable Disease Control Investigates reportable foodborne diseases, waterborne diseases, vector-borne diseases, respiratory diseases, sexually transmitted diseases, diseases spread by animals, vaccine-preventable diseases and outbreaks; develops and implements disease control measures; conducts communicable disease surveillance; and provides educational and consultative services to health care providers, child care providers, schools, businesses and the veterinary community.
HIV Case Managementv Assists community members living with HIV in need of resources to connect to care, medication services, and other needs.
HIV/STD EducationProvides information on accessing HIV and STD education for community groups.
HIV/STD Testing in CommunityFind information on HIV and STD screening offered around Mecklenburg County at a variety of locations and alternative hours- no appointment needed.
MedicaidOffers different ways that may help pay for some or all of the cost of health care. Each program helps people and families with certain health needs, and income and resource limits.
Refugee Health
Persons who have been processed through the United States Department of Immigration and Naturalization and granted official status as a Refugee, Parolee or Asylee and are relocating to Mecklenburg County are eligible for certain health exams and screenings.
Routine Immunizations Mecklenburg County Public Health offers a variety of routine immunizations for adults and children.
Shelter Plus Care The Shelter Plus Care Program, supported in part by HUD, provides housing and case services for adults with chronic homelessness and disability.
STD Clinic Offers counseling and treatment services to Mecklenburg County Residents and anyone who suspects they have been exposed to a sexually transmitted disease or wish to be screened for possible exposure may visit one of two Health Department locations and be seen by appointment.
Travel Immunizations The travMECK Foreign Travel Clinic is equipped to provide a number of key services for travelers. Our travel clinic offers pre-travel advice, travel related prescriptions and vaccinations.
This program provides testing for persons suspected of or diagnosed with Tuberculosis Disease or Infection and for persons who request a TB skin test and also provides directly-observed medication therapy (DOT) to all active tuberculosis cases in Mecklenburg County.
VA Healthcare Eligibility criteria and application process for VA Medical Care
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) WIC provides healthy foods, basic nutrition services and breastfeeding support to eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, as well as infants and children up to age 5.
Women’s Health Offers Breast and Colorectal Screenings for women between 50-64 years old and Pap smears for women between 40-64.
Mosquito Control Learn how to protect yourself from mosquitos and how to make your home less mosquito-friendly.