Contact Us

If you are in a health emergency after business hours, please contact your medical provider or dial 9-1-1. To contact the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department On-Call Duty Officer to report a health emergency, please dial (253) 798-6500 and follow the instructions given there to page the Duty Officer. If you are not in a health emergency and want to leave a message for a health department program, please dial the appropriate number from the list below and leave a message.

General Information

3629 South D Street
Tacoma 98418
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Email Contact (forwarded to appropriate staff): info@tpchd.org

Main Phone Number: (253) 798-6500
Toll Free: 800 992-2456 (within WA State)
TDD: 253 798-6050

Office Hours
Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Media Contact

Bridget Vandeventer, Communications and Community Relations Manager
News@tpchd.org
Phone:  (253) 798-2853
Fax:   (253) 798-7627


Health Department Program Phone Numbers:
  • Abandoned Commercial Tank Project: (Project ACT) (253) 798-4784
  • Access to Baby and Child Dentistry (ABCD) (253) 798-4720
  • Access to Health Care: (253) 798-6451 or (800) 798-6451 toll free
  • AIDS Prevention: (253) 798-6410
  • Alcohol, Tobacco and Violence Prevention: (253) 798-7321
  • Apple Health for Kids: (253) 798-6451 or (800) 798-6451 toll free
  • Arsenic Project: (253) 798-3503
  • Asbuilt Request Line: (253) 798-6577
  • Basic Food/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance or Food Stamps (253) 798-6451
  • Birth and Death Certificates/Vital Records:  (253) 798-6418
    Monday - Friday, 9 AM – 4 PM
    After hours/holidays Recording: (253) 798-6413
  • Breast and Cervical Health: (253) 798-6410
  • Brownfields Assessment Project:  (253) 798-4784
  • Business Office: (253) 798-6500
  • Clean Air for Kids Asthma Prevention:  (253) 798-2954
  • Communicable Disease Control: (253) 798-6410
  • Community Assessment: (253) 798-7695
  • Coordinated School Health Program: (253) 798-3811
  • Dental Health Referral: (253) 798-6044
  • Director of Health: (253) 798-2899
  • Family Support Centers:
    - Public Health Home Visiting Nurse Referrals: (253) 798-6403
    - Family Support Centers General Information: (253) 798-6543
  • Food and Community Safety: (253) 798-6460
  • Food Worker Card Information: (253) 798-6475
  • Hazardous Waste Disposal: (253) 798-6047
  • Hazardous Waste Around the Home: (253) 798-3512
  • Hepatitis Referral: (253) 798-6410
  • Human Resources: (253) 798-6486
  • Immunization Referral: (253) 798-6410
  • Job Information: (253) 798-6554
  • Maternal and Child Health Referral:  (253) 798-6403
  • Meth Lab Cleanup:  (253) 798-7692
  • New Born Referral:  (253) 798-7669
  • Notifiable Conditions (Medical providers report lab-confirmed illness):
    • Workday Reporting Line: (M-F, 8:00 - 4:30): (253) 798-6410 (Press "0" to speak to someone).
    • 24 hour Reporting Line: (253) 798-6534.
    • Confidential Fax Line: (253) 798-7666
  • On-site sewage compliance: (253) 798-6440
  • Physical Activity and Nutrition: (253) 798-2887
  • Pools/Spas: (253) 798-6460
  • Public Health Prevention Priorities: (253) 798-7321
  • Purchasing: (253) 798-6483
  • Refugee Screening Referral: (253) 798-6410
  • Rodents-Garbage-Illegal Dumping Reporting: (253) 798-6440
  • School Safety: (253) 798-6460
  • Sexually Transmitted Disease Referral:  (253) 798-6410
  • Septic Systems: (253) 798-6470
  • Stub Outs/Finals: (253) 798-6479
  • Substance Abuse--MOMS/Women's Recovery: (253) 798-6655
  • Tuberculosis Referral: (253) 798-6410
  • Treatment Services Units 1&2: (253) 798-6576
  • Waste Management: (253) 798-6047
  • Water Resources: (253) 798-6470
  • West Nile Virus: (253) 798-6578
  • Zoonotics (Animal Bites): (253) 798-7694
Health Department Fax Numbers

Strengthening Families
  • Strengthening Families Administrative Staff:  (253) 798-6589
  • Treatment Services:  (253)  798-2935
  • Family Support Partnership:  (253) 798-3522
  • Intake for FCS/MSS Referrals:  (253) 798-6403
  • Community Health:  (253) 798-3598
  • Central Intake:  (253) 798-2872
  • MOMS Program:  (253) 798-2972
Communicable Disease
  • Communicable Disease Main Fax:  (253) 798-6027
  • Confidential Fax:  (253) 798-7666
  • Vaccine Distribution:  (253) 798-6136
  • Public Health Emergency Preparedness:  (253) 798-7627
Environmental Health
  • Environmental Health:  (253) 798-7663
  • Physical Activity & Nutrition and Tobacco:  (253) 798-6450
  • Food & Community Safety:  (253) 798-6539
Administration
  • Birth & Death Certificates:  (253) 798-6560
  • Human Resources:  (253) 798-6296
  • Purchasing:  (253) 798-4776
  • Business Support Services:  (253) 798-6019
  • Office of Community Assessment:  (253) 798-2947
  • Office of the Director/Communications:  (253) 798-7627
  • Information Technology:  (253) 798-7948

Additional Resources for Public Health Information: Click on the following links for additional information about public health.

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