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Notice of Privacy Incident

The Marion County Health Department recently learned about a privacy incident involving one of our vendors. Privacy and security are the utmost priority, so MCPHD is taking action to notify those potentially impacted. Please click here to read more.    Notice of Privacy Incident

Health First Indiana Funding

The Marion County Public Health Department is allocating up to $10 million of its Health First Indiana (HFI) funding in 2025 to award grants to community groups who provide programming that addresses core public health services identified in the HFI statewide initiative. The grant application cycle begins on October 15, 2024. The application deadline for [...] Health First Indiana Funding

Marion County Community Health Assessment Survey

We want to hear from you! On Thursday September 26, 2024, the Marion County Public Health Department in partnership with Market Decisions Research sent out the first round of invitations to complete the Marion County Community Health Assessment Survey. The letter should include a QR code that will send you directly to the survey online. [...] Marion County Community Health Assessment Survey

2024-2025 School Immunization Requirements

Please click here to view the requirements. 2024-2025 School Immunization Requirements

Free Back to School Vaccine Clinics

Free back to school vaccines available for all children entering Kindergarten through 12th grade. Please click here for more information.     Free Back to School Vaccine Clinics

Welcome to the Marion County Public Health Department

Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County’s Division of Public Health is known as the Marion County Public Health Department (MCPHD).  MCPHD has served the residents and visitors of Marion County, Indiana for nearly 100 years.  The area that MCPHD covers includes the City of Indianapolis, Beech Grove, Lawrence, Speedway, and Southport.  The mission of the department is to promote physical, mental, and environmental health, prevent and protect against disease, injury, and disability.  The health department operates two service bureaus: the Bureau of Environmental Health (BEH), the Bureau of Population Health (BPH) and Public Health Administration.  It is enabled through Indiana Code 16-22-8.

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