The Cleveland County Health Department Health Education Program provides education, promotion and prevention services to residents of Cleveland County. Following are many of the services that the Health Educators provide:

  • Provides education to patients in Maternity Clinic
  • Provides Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs
  • Prepared Child Birth Classes
  • Assist Community Groups to assess problems such as traffic safety, teen pregnancy, violence prevention and cardiovascular disease
  • Provides the Wellness for Individuals Now (WIN) program, a comprehensive Health Promotion Program
  • Available for Community Health Programs and School Health Programs
  • Cardiovascular Disease Prevention/ Temple Initiative (contact us)
  • Provide educational support to all units in the Health Department
  • Coordinates the Fit Together, Teen Tobacco Initiative and Health Disparities (contact us) grants funded by the Health and Wellness Trust Fund
  • Roots and Wings program

The Community Organization for Drug Abuse Prevention (CODAP) services is a department within the Health Education/Health Promotion Unit of the Cleveland County Health Department dedicated to prevention and intervention of substance abuse prevention programs in a school setting.
Resources
- Parents - The Anti-Drug
- National Center of Addiction & Drug Abuse
- Office of National Drug Control Policy
- Monitoring the Future
- The Partnership for a Drug Free America
- Health.org


Substance abuse prevention services are contracted by the Cleveland County School System through funding from a Safe and Drug Free Schools Grant and are supported by funds from the Cleveland County United Way.

If you have questions or concerns about these programs or would like more information regarding these programs in your child's classroom, contact Jimmy Hines, Director of CODAP Services by
E-mail or at 704-484-5241.
CODAP SERVICES
- Project Alert
- Project TNT
- Project Northland
- SOBIR
- Health Smart

 
The Temple Initiative Health Disparities Roots and Wings Program

 
Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Please come visit us or contact us directly to make an appointment:
315 East Grover Street, Shelby NC 28150

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