County’s public health clinic announces some evening and weekend hours
The Archuleta County Public Health is offering services every Thursday 10am to 7pm, Friday from 10am to 5pm and one Saturday a month. The services that you can access at the clinic are: sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment, pregnancy testing, HIV testing, as well as child and adult immunizations.
The clinic is open for walk-ins, or you can make an appointment by calling (970) 264-2409 and dialing zero. We are hoping that by offering some evening and weekend hours we can better serve the community in these areas.
There are other services available at the health department Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm such as WIC — the Women, Infants, and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program — for qualifying families with a child under 5; SafeC- are, an in-home parenting support program; birth and death records; retail food licensing and inspection; and health insurance assistance and navigation.
Karen, our health insurance assistor, can support you with Medicaid/CHP applications or health insurance through Connect for Health Colorado. The open enrollment period ended January 15; however, there are some other options to meet your insurance needs. Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid Program) and CHP+ for children and pregnant woman are income-based and you may apply anytime. When you file your state taxes before the tax filing deadline, there is a section on form DR 0104 that will ask if you would like to see if you qualify for free or low-cost health insurance. You may check the box, giving your permission to have your information shared with Connect for Health Colorado to see if you qualify for free or low-cost health insurance. You will then receive a letter or email regard- ing this special enrollment period.
If you are a member of a federally recognized tribe, you may enroll in health insurance year-round.
Other qualifying life events may open up a special enrollment period of 60 days, such as other health insurance coverage ending, having a baby or getting married.
If you have any questions on what you might qualify for, please feel free to reach out to the Archuleta County Public Health Department at (970) 264-2409.