[Archived] Health Department Plans Move to West End

City Press Release


	City of Alexandria, Virginia Office of the City Manager Alexandria City Hall 301 King Street, Suite 3500 Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3211 www.alexandriava.gov Telephone: 703.838.4300 Fax : 703.838.6343

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 8, 2004
PIO 172-04/rfm

Health Department Plans Move to West End

The Alexandria Health Department (AHD) is scheduled to move to a new home in August, 2004. After 60 years at 517 N. St. Asaph St., the AHD’s main facility will relocate to 4480 King St., west of the Bradlee Shopping Center, to provide better programs and services at a location more convenient for the population which is served the most.

The new building will be home to more than 100 AHD employees and will continue to provide services such as children’s health and immunization, child and adult dental care, environmental health, family planning and well woman care, HIV/STD counseling and testing, and TB control and screening. It will also continue to operate the Women, Infants and Children nutrition program and the Parent-Infant Education Program that teaches parents about child development.

Also moving to the King Street location will be the Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Clubhouse program, which offers day support and vocational training for City residents with psychiatric disabilities, and the Parent-Infant Education program that teaches parents about child development.

The new building will include additional patient parking as well as transportation by DASH and Metro buses, a shuttle bus from Braddock Road Metro Station, and the Health Department van.

For more information about the Health Department Move, or about services offered by the AHD, call 703.838.4400, or visit www.alexhealth.com .

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