The Merced County Health Department provides numerous programs to promote, protect and preserve healthy lifestyles, and a healthy environment in the multicultural community of Merced County, through effective health education and professional health services.

Children's Health Services:                                                                                                                 
 California Children's Services
 Child Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP)
 Maternal Child Health (MCH)
 First 5 Merced County
 Child Immunizations
 Medical Therapy Program (MTP)

Case Management:
AIDS Programs and STD
California Children Services (CCS)
Maternal Child Health: Perinatal Outreach/First Steps
Teen and Young Parents Program 
Public Health Field Visiting Services

Communicable Disease:
AIDS / HIV and STD Programs
Communicable Disease Surveillance 
Immunizations 
Tuberculosis (TB) Control
Epidemiology