ALACHUA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

What ALACHUA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT does

The Florida Department of Health in Alachua County (DOH-Alachua), legally a county health department under the Florida Department of Health, is a state government public health agency headquartered at 224 SE 24th St., Gainesville, Florida, with two satellite clinics in Alachua and southwest Gainesville. Established as county health unit #43 in July 1944 and tracing institutional lineage to the 1889 Florida State Board of Health, DOH-Alachua delivers clinical care, disease prevention, environmental health regulation, vital statistics, and emergency preparedness services to county residents. The department operates approximately 62 employees and serves as the designated regional hub for Tuberculosis, Sexually Transmitted Disease, and Environmental Health programs across 16 North Central Florida counties, extending its operational reach well beyond Alachua County proper.

Service delivery is organized across six program areas: Clinical and Nutrition Services (adult/child health, immunizations, WIC, dental, family planning); Wellness Programs (mental health, chronic disease prevention, family planning education); Infectious Disease Services (HIV/AIDS, TB, STD/STI, epidemiology surveillance of 90+ reportable conditions); Environmental Public Health (water testing, food hygiene permits, pool/spa permits, tattoo and body piercing regulation, biomedical waste, radon testing, mosquito control); Emergency Preparedness and Response (including the Special Medical Needs Program for disaster evacuation); and Community Health Planning and Statistics (Florida CHARTS data). Vital statistics services (birth, death, marriage, divorce certificates) are issued through the Bureau of Vital Statistics with online ordering via VitalChek.

DOH-Alachua's business model is government-funded rather than market-revenue: it is financed primarily through state and county appropriations and federal grants (WIC, CDC, Ryan White), supplemented by sliding-scale clinical fees, vital records fees ($15 birth certificates, $10 death certificates), and environmental health permit fees ($50-$600 depending on permit type). Services are explicitly not denied due to inability to pay. The department distributes services through direct delivery at its three clinic locations (including extended weekday-evening and Saturday hours at the main campus), online platforms for vital records, and an extensive community partnership network including University of Florida Health/Shands, the Alachua County Medical Society We Care Physician Referral Network, HealthStreet, the Gainesville Area AIDS Project, and March of Dimes. Technology is limited to standard government healthcare information systems — WIC EBT card distribution, a patient portal, and disease surveillance tracking — with no proprietary platforms or AI/ML capabilities disclosed.

Name

ALACHUA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Legal name

Florida Department of Health

Website

https://alachua.floridahealth.gov

Company type

Private

Founded year

1944

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Florida Department of Health in Alachua County (DOH-Alachua) is a state government county health department in Gainesville, Florida, delivering clinical care, infectious disease control, environmental health regulation, vital statistics, and emergency preparedness to county residents while serving as the regional hub for TB, STD, and environmental health programs across 16 North Central Florida counties.

Ownership category

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Product category

Public Health Services

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Administration of Public Health Programs (923120), Health Care and Social Assistance (62)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Sanitary Services (4950)

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County/District/Local Health Departments

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Public Health Agencies & Health Departments

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Maternal, Child & Family Health Departments

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State/Provincial/Regional Health Departments

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Public Health Agencies & Health Departments

Keywords

• Public health services
• Clinical health programs
• Vital records certificates
• Environmental health permits
• Infectious disease control

Headquarters

HQ city

Gainesville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Clinical Service Fees: The department provides healthcare services on a sliding scale fee basis based on Federal Poverty Guidelines. Discounted rates are offered for uninsured and underinsured patients who meet eligibility requirements. Services include adult health, child health, dental, immunizations, women's health, and WIC nutrition services.
2. Vital Statistics Certificates: Revenue generated from issuing birth certificates ($15 per certificate, $7 for additional copies), death certificates ($10 per certificate). Orders processed through VitalChek online system, by mail, or in-person at clinic locations.
3. Environmental Health Permits and Fees: Fees collected for environmental health regulatory services including food hygiene permits, tanning facility licenses, pool/spa permits, tattoo and body piercing permits, biomedical waste permits, migrant labor camp permits, mobile home/RV park permits, and onsite sewage disposal permits. Fee schedules vary by permit type and facility size.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

DOH-Alachua is a government public health department that delivers clinical care (adult/child health, immunizations, WIC nutrition, dental, women's health), infectious disease services (HIV/AIDS, TB, STDs), environmental health permitting and inspections, vital records issuance, and emergency preparedness programs to Alachua County residents. It operates three clinic locations and also serves as a regional hub for tuberculosis, STD, and environmental health programs across 16 North Central Florida counties.

Product overview

The Florida Department of Health in Alachua County operates as a county health department providing integrated public health services through a multi-service platform. The organization offers six primary service categories: Clinical & Nutrition Services (adult/child health, dental, immunizations, WIC, women's health), Wellness Programs (mental health, HIV/AIDS, community resources), Infectious Disease Services (TB, HIV/AIDS, STDs, epidemiology), Environmental Public Health (water safety, food hygiene, mosquito control, radon, tattoo/body piercing regulation), Emergency Preparedness & Response, and Community Health Planning & Statistics. These services are delivered through three physical locations (East Gainesville Clinic main headquarters, Alachua Clinic, and Southwest Clinic) and various satellite and mobile outreach programs. Certificate services for births, deaths, marriages, and divorces are provided through VitalChek integration for online orders.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Clinical and Nutrition Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 125 years of continuous public health service delivery since 1889
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• Florida Department of Children and FamiliesmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 February 2025Partnership between Florida Department of Health and Department of Children and Families to launch Strong Florida Moms initiative, providing wraparound support for women from pregnancy through motherhood, and Father First program for fathers. Both programs aim to provide information and resources on pregnancy, child development, and parenting through various stages.
• Alachua County Medical Society (ACMS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEstablished partnership for the We Care Physician Referral Network program providing access to volunteer medical and dental services for uninsured county residents with low income. DOH-Alachua partners with ACMS, Alachua County Board of Commissioners, Alachua County Dental Association, and other community programs.
• Alachua County Board of CommissionerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners in We Care Physician Referral Network, supported by the Community Health Offering Innovative Care & Educational Services (CHOICES) Program.
• University of Florida Health (Shands)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership providing HIV specialty care clinics including Shands ID, Shands Clinic, and Shands Pediatric clinics serving North Central Florida region for HIV/AIDS care and treatment.
• HealthStreet (University of Florida)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partnership offering free and confidential HIV tests through the OraSure swab test at HealthStreet location (2401 SW Archer Road, Gainesville).
• Gainesville Area AIDS Project (GAAP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner providing weekly no-cost lunch, food distribution, and TREE (Replacement of Everyday Essentials) program for HIV/AIDS patients in Alachua County.
• Various Community OrganizationsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExtensive referral network including La Leche League of Gainesville, Healthy Families, Healthy Start of NCF, March of Dimes, Early Steps, Early Learning Coalition of Alachua County, United Way of NCF, and numerous other local health and social service organizations.
• 211BigBend (Florida HIV/AIDS Hotline)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorStatewide HIV/AIDS hotline providing anonymous and confidential telephone counseling, online chat, and community referrals. Hotline numbers: 1-800-FLA-AIDS (English), 1-800-545-SIDA (Spanish), 1-800-AIDS-101 (Haitian Creole), 888-503-7118 (TTY).

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Florida Department of Health in Orange County: Florida county health department offering comparable clinical, environmental health, and infectious disease services under the same state DOH structure; directly comparable in regulatory and operational model.
• Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County: Florida county health department operating under the same state framework with comparable clinical, WIC, environmental health, and vital statistics service offerings across a mid-sized urban county.
• Philadelphia Department of Public Health: Municipal health department providing clinical preventive care, environmental health, vital records, and infectious disease services; comparable urban-scale public health operating model.
• Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County: Larger Florida county health department within the same DOH system, offering an overlapping portfolio of clinical, environmental, and infectious disease services; useful larger-scale comparable for service breadth and operating model.
• Cook County Department of Public Health (Illinois): County-level public health department providing clinical services, environmental health regulation, and communicable disease control across suburban Cook County; directly comparable in scope.
• Los Angeles County Department of Public Health: Large county-level public health agency delivering clinical preventive services, environmental health, infectious disease programs, and vital records; comparable function at much larger scale.
• New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: Large municipal health department providing comparable public health functions (clinical services, environmental health regulation, vital statistics, infectious disease control); broader urban comparable for a county-level peer.
• Harris County Public Health (Texas): Texas county public health department operating clinics, environmental health, and infectious disease programs; comparable county-level government public health operating model.
• Maricopa County Department of Public Health (Arizona): Large county public health agency offering clinical, environmental, and infectious disease services under a county government structure; comparable in operating model to DOH-Alachua.
• Florida Department of Health in Duval County: Another Florida county health department operating under the same Florida Department of Health structure, providing clinical, environmental health, and infectious disease services within the same regulatory framework and funding model as DOH-Alachua.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HealthyFla
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/fldoh
• Facebookfacebook.com/FLDepartmentofHealth
• Instagraminstagram.com/florida.health
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/alachua-county-health-department

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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