• Provides information and assistance to older adults, and/or their caregivers, regarding community resources. Call 373-5173.
• Plans, monitors, and evaluates older adult programs.
• Administers the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program serving Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, and St. Joseph counties, 373-5157.
• Care Management Program
• Southwest Michigan Long-Term Care Connection

• Provides basic layette clothing for newborn infants (under 1 month of age, unless infant has been in NICU) of low-income families. Referral from hospital required.

• Coordinates low cost breast and cervical cancer screening for women age forty to sixty-four in a eight-county region in southwest Michigan
• Coordinates multiple sources of supplemental funding to serve women under age 40 for breast & cervical cancer screening, and selected BCCCP patients age 40 up for cardiovascular screening.
• Ensures adequate medical provider availability through contractual relationships
• Collects data to ensure the provision of proper follow-up services and annual re-screening
• Toll free number: 1-888-AGE-40UP (1-888-243-4087)

• Cardiovascular Disease/Policy & Environmental Change is a community collaborative that begins to address policy and environmental barriers to physical activity and healthy eating in Kalamazoo County, but specifically focused in the City of Kalamazoo and Kalamazoo Township.
• Coordinates collaboration between representatives from the City of Kalamazoo, community agencies/organizations and the health care community to work on policy and environmental change issues at the local level to support physical activity, healthy eating and tobacco reduction among Michigan's residents.
• Coordinates the assessment and planning phases for each of the geographic areas utilizing tools from Michigan Health Tools.
• Coordinates the implementation of specific actions aimed at removing barriers to physical activity and healthy eating.
• Serves as Kalamazoo County's liaison to the Michigan Steps Up Program.

• Eligibility: Determined by severity and chronicity of a medical diagnosis.
• Age: Children from birth to age 21. Service to people of any age with cystic fibrosis or blood clotting disorders like hemophilia.
• Income: All income levels are eligible; families with income above certain limits must share in the cost of their child's specialty care (a payment agreement is signed by the parent).
• Services: Payment for medical care and treatment, including advocacy, respite nursing and support services for families. Referral for a Diagnostic Evaluation to a medical specialist to determine suspected medical conditions. Referrals to other community services.

• Health information, resources, and consultation for Kalamazoo County schools and preschools.
  • Health education presentations
  • Communicable disease consultation/intervention
  • Routine school visits/contacts
  • Referrals to community health resources
  • Training/support services for immunization reporting

• Investigates cases of reportable communicable diseases including tuberculosis
• Investigates communicable disease outbreaks
• Collects communicable disease data and conducts ongoing disease surveillance
• Provides follow-up to communicable disease cases and contacts including education, testing, prophylaxis and immunization.
• Conducts OSHA blood borne pathogen training for county employees
• Provides consultation and education related to communicable diseases
• Provides community education

Programs coordinated through the Community Action Agency (CAA) are meant to assist people to become self-sufficient. Major service areas include Head Start, Weatherization Services, Tax Preparation Services, and Emergency Needs Assistance.

The Emergency Needs program helps individuals and families address utility and housing related concerns. Eligibility in CAA programs is based on participants meeting income eligibility requirements.

Volunteer opportunities include participating on the Community Action Agency Advisory Board and the Walk for Warmth Committee.

The CAA office is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday - Friday.

• Dedicated to serving Kalamazoo County Residents with quality family dental care. Providing preventative, restorative, and extraction services. Priority given to uninsured and Medicaid/Medicare recipients.
  • Medicaid Accepted
  • Sliding Fee Scale available

• Collects and analyzes communicable and chronic disease data
• Works with local, state, and national data
• Provides consultation and education related to epidemiologic issues
• Reports on County health status to the community.

Head Start provides comprehensive child development services, including education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services, to economically disadvantaged children of all abilities and their families. The program has a special focus on helping preschoolers develop the early reading and math skills they need to be successful in school.

Children must be three (3) or four (4) years old before December 1st, live within the County of Kalamazoo and whose family has an income at or below the Federal Poverty Guidelines or who are receiving public assistance (TANF or Supplemental Security Income.) Children are 'categorically eligible' for Head Start irrespective of the child's family's income if they are receiving public assistance, are in foster care, kinship care or homeless (per McKinney Vento). There are limited slots available for families who are over the Federal Poverty Guidelines, however the Kalamazoo County Head Start program reserves these slots for children with identified disabilities.

• Health care insurance enrollments for pregnant women and children who are income eligible through MIChild, Healthy Kids, Plan First!, and MOMS programs
• Outreach, advocacy and care coordination
• Assistance accessing other needed community resources
• Volunteer opportunities
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) staff
• Walk-in assistance, appointments and home visits available

• Healthy Start is a community collaboration reducing fetal and infant mortality in Kalamazoo County, but specifically focused in the 49007, 49001, and a section of the 49048 zip codes.
• Outreach and Recruitment efforts, contact 569-3585
• Case Management Services, contact 373-5162
• Educational Events: 388-4200. Developmental Assessments and Activity Groups 488-7600, House-2-House Educational Programs 372-1205. Neighborhood Advisory Council: 388-4200

• Identify vision and hearing losses in children as early as possible.
• Children are seen at school, preschool clinics, migrant clinics, in-house clinics, head start, and daycare centers.
• Free to children 3 - 18 years of age. Appointments are needed.

• Free anonymous or confidential HIV Counseling & Testing (Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and Thursdays, 2:00 - 6:00 p.m.), educational programs, and outreach services..
  Pre-and post-test counseling and prevention plans. No charge for service.

• Educate the community on importance of immunization
• Coordinate a collaboration between health care professionals and community agencies to improve Immunization rates in Kalamazoo County
• Coordinates vaccine for Childrens Program

• Infant, Children, and Adult Immunizations: Call for pricing information.
• Outreach Clinics:
  • Portage Community Outreach Center, 9:00 - 11:30 a.m., 3rd Tuesday of each month.

• Medical research project examines incidents of infant death in Kalamazoo County
• Identifies trends, reviews findings, and makes recommendations to reduce infant mortality

• Environmental and clinical testing for clinics and agencies

• Statewide Immunization Registry
• Region 2 encompasses 15 counties in Southwest Michigan including Kalamazoo.
• Region 2 website - www.mcir.org/region-2/
• Regional Help Desk (888) 217-3901

• Confidential clinic for ages 12 yrs. and older
• Complete screening for STD's
• Pre- and Post-counseling for HIV testing
• Counseling for STD Risk Reduction

The Emergency Needs program helps individuals and families address utility and housing related concerns. Community Service Representatives coordinate services with other providers in addressing concerns over utility, fuel oil bills, assistance with foreclosures, and making referrals to other providers in the areas of food, shelter, and legal issues.

Information and Referral (I&R) services are provided at no charge, while those seeking financial assistance must meet income eligibility requirements.

Contact a Community Service Representative to discuss general questions and/or to set up an appointment time.

• TB medications available to county residents with no physician or health insurance
• TB Clinic - available to persons without a health care provider
• TB Clinic - once a month, by appointment, for Kalamazoo County residents only

The Emergency Needs Assistance program helps individuals and families address utility emergencies. This could include assistance paying utility bills, refueling propane fuel tanks, acquiring other deliverable fuel items (i.e. wood, coal, pellets, etc), and placing temporary holds on shut-offs.

Customers will need to apply first to the Department of Human Services (DHS) by calling 373-4900, and then apply at the Salvation Army (344-6119). From there a referral may be made to the Community Action Agency.

Information and referral services are provided at no charge while those seeking financial assistance must meet income eligibility requirements.

Contact a Community Service Representative to discuss general questions and/or to set up an appointment time.

• Identify vision and hearing losses in children as early as possible.
• Children are seen at school, preschool clinics, migrant clinics, in-house clinics, head start, and daycare centers.
• Free to children 3 - 18 years of age. Appointments are needed.

Walk for Warmth is an annual event held in February sponsored by the Community Action Agency Advisory Board and other community sponsors where funds raised by this 3-mile walk are used to assist people needing utility assistance.

Volunteers, donors, and sponsors are welcome to help in the organizing the event by being a part of the Committee in addition to donating to the event.

Services such as adding insulation, weather-stripping windows, checking the condition of the furnace and/or water heater and other energy conservation measures are performed on homes to ultimately reduce energy costs that could be used for other more immediate needs.

Any low-income homeowner or renter may be eligible for services provided income eligibility guidelines are met. Those receiving FIP, SSI, ort SDA are automatically eligible for services.

• Available to children (0 - 18) who do not qualify for Medicaid, but are on a limited income (at or below 200% of poverty level). Cost is free to those who qualify.
• Head-to-toe exam
• Measure height/weight
• Urine and Iron Test (if needed)
• Needed immunizations (or shots)

• Supplemental food for pregnant women, infants, and children up to 5 years. (Postpartum and breast feeding women also eligible.)
• Nutrition Education, Nutrition Counseling
• Available to families with a limited income. Medical/nutritional risk factors assessed.
• Apply in person or by telephone.