Arapahoe County Public Health approved for WIC services

Arapahoe County Public Health will be authorized to provide the Colorado Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants & Children (WIC), beginning in Jan. 2023. This authorization ensures a seamless transition for mothers and children who ...

Key staff to join Arapahoe County Public Health

Arapahoe County Public Health (ACPH) has filled six critical leadership positions in anticipation of being fully operational by Jan. 1, 2023:

• Penny Grande as deputy director
• Michele Askenazi as director of environmental health, communicable disease, emergen...

Arapahoe County Public Health Board appoints director

Arapahoe County’s Foundational Board of Health today named Jennifer L. Ludwig the public health director. Ludwig will ensure that Arapahoe County Public Health (ACPH) is operational by Jan. 1, 2023.

Ludwig brings with her more than 25 years of public healt...

New Public Health department telephone town hall

Join us for a telephone town hall on the creation of Arapahoe County’s new public health department. Meet the new members of the Foundational Board of Health, learn what progress has been made so far, and get your questions answered.

Thursday, July 7 at 6:...

Arapahoe County appoints its Foundational Board of Health

Five-member governing body will set up the new public health department by Jan. 1, 2023

On June 14, the new Arapahoe County Public Health Department reached a critical milestone, as the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners appointed five individuals to t...

Funding Arapahoe County Public Health

In just under six months, Arapahoe County will have its own public health department to serve our 650,000 residents. The department will offer many programs and services that are currently provided by Tri-County Health Department. As we transition from th...

Arapahoe County Public Health services to protect medically underserved, community health

As Arapahoe County moves through the complex process of setting up its single-county public health department, one of the primary questions County officials have received is which services will the new health department provide? Arapahoe County’s priority...

Arapahoe County seeking foundational Board of Health candidates

As part of Arapahoe County’s new health department creation process, the County has opened the application process to secure candidates for its foundational board of health. The single-county health department will open by Jan. 1, 2023, replacin...

Arapahoe County enters next phase in public health department planning

On Tuesday, March 29, the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners (Board) launched the next phase of planning for the County’s new public health department. This new department will serve as the County’s public health services provider effective Jan. 1, 20...

Public health is more than you think

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Get the latest updates on the formation of the County public health department

Arapahoe County invites residents to a virtual town hall on Wednesday, March 30 at 6:30 p.m. to hear about our approach to forming a single-county public health department. Arapahoe County commissioners and County staff will provide an overview o...

Arapahoe County Board update on the health department creation process

Since this past fall, the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners has been executing the complex process of creating a single-county public health department. This became necessary after Adams and Douglas counties exited our 55-year partnership with the Tr...

Commissioners hear preliminary data from the community health assessment

A 2021 health assessment of Arapahoe County revealed that income, housing and social connections have a direct impact on the health of residents. The preliminary report describes seven factors that the county will need to address to increase quality of li...

5 things you should know about Arapahoe County’s proposed new health department

In late 2021, Arapahoe County began moving forward with the planning of a new single-county public health department. Since then, the County has begun exploring all options for delivering public health services and developing the necessary transition plan...

Arapahoe County formally begins process for creating single-county health department

The Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners (Board) has taken its latest step toward forming a single-county health department by clarifying its intention to depart the multi-county Tri-County Health Department (TCHD) partnership after Dec. 31, 2022. The B...

County Board to determine next steps after Adams County departure from Tri-County Health partnership

The Adams County decision to leave the Tri-County Health Department on Tuesday, Oct. 20 means that Arapahoe County will likely have to create its own public health department as well. After Adams County announced its intentions, the Arapahoe County Board ...

Arapahoe County Commissioners review public health agency options

On Tuesday, Oct. 12, the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners heard a presentation that will help determine the best path forward for the County’s future public health agency operations. 

Earlier this year, Arapahoe and Adams counties&a...

Arapahoe County commissioners hear consultants’ updates on potential Tri-County Health breakup

This week, the Arapahoe Board of County Commissioners (Board) hosted a study session to view preliminary information about the future of the Tri-County Health Department and the County’s relationship with the public health agency.

After D...

Arapahoe County Board considering next steps with Tri-County Health

On Monday, Aug. 30, the Tri-County Health Department Board of Health (BOH) issued a new public health order (PHO) about mandatory masking in schools that rescinded Arapahoe County’s ability to opt out. 

The Arapahoe County Board ...