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Alameda County Health’s departments and programs focus on services and supports that provide care for the whole person.
The Public Health Department focuses on community and population-level health, preventing and addressing root causes of health inequity across a range of communicable and chronic diseases.
The Behavioral Health Department provides mental health and substance use services for people with Medi-Cal and without insurance.
The Environmental Health Department works to keep our air, water, and food safe; it regulates, protects, and promotes the health of everyone in Alameda County by enforcing environmental health codes to reduce exposure to toxins and diseases.
Housing and Homelessness Services implements expanded homeless services and supports to address homelessness.
Acute Communicable Diseases works to promptly identify, prevent, and control infectious diseases that pose a threat to Alameda County’s public health, including emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, vaccine-preventable agents, bacterial toxins, bioterrorism, and pandemics.
Local health departments are required to report some 80 communicable diseases to the California Department of Public Health as part of the disease surveillance and investigation efforts.