Accessible Health & Wellness

Department of Health – Marion County’s dental program serves patients at the College of Central Florida Hampton Center. The partnership allows the department to help serve the dental needs of Marion County’s underserved children and adults while also giving students studying dental assisting important training to perform as efficient dental professionals. DOH-Marion also sees children at the Marion County Head Start campus in Ocala and provides preventive services in area schools. DOH-Marion also works with fourth year dental students from the University of Florida which provides them the opportunity to meet and learn from our dentists and to help serve our clients.

Additionally, DOH-Marion provides services to and accommodates the needs of children and adults with specials needs and intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Everyone deserves access to affordable, quality health care coverage and services. Find information about health insurance, health services, access to health care (including mental health services), preventive care, and other supportive services.

Healthy 55 is a free program designed to offer wellness, fitness, social and educational programs to better your health for adults 55+.

Marion County’s solution to providing healthcare for ALL

Heart of Florida Health Center has been dedicated to providing accessible, high-quality healthcare to our community for over a decade. Originally known as Community Health Services, we became a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in 2009, expanding to include dental and behavioral health services.

For more than 18 years, Munroe Regional Medical Center (MRMC) and Ocala Regional Medical Center (ORMC) generously provided financial support, ensuring healthcare access for many through CHS. In 2007, the Marion County Commissioners and the Florida Department of Health Marion County joined in funding our mission, allowing us to expand our services even further.

Today, we proudly care for over 110,000 patients each year, continuing to grow and serve as a cornerstone of community healthcare in Marion County.

At Heart of Florida Health Center, our goal is to provide quality, patient-centered, professional oral health care to the culturally and economically diverse people of Marion county. Good oral and dental hygiene can help prevent bad breath, tooth decay and gum disease. Keeping your mouth healthy could lower your risk of serious health problems.

Hope Clinic provides those in need with the healthcare they require, aides in navigating the healthcare system, and provides the necessary safety net to get them back on their feet.

Hope Clinic does this by providing timely and efficient access to free, compassionate, Patient-Centered Health care services, counseling, Wellness promotion, and disease-prevention education. Hope Clinic works in collaboration with many volunteers and healthcare professionals to provide healthcare, disease prevention, health education, access to medication (no class 3 narcotics), case management services, and specialty care coordination.

Langley Health Services (LHS), a Federally Qualified Community Health Center, serving the health care needs of patients in central Florida and beyond. As an accredited Patient-Centered Medical Home, our actions and services will be driven by the needs of our patients and will meet these needs wherever and whenever we can deliver appropriate services reliably, efficiently, and effecively.

“Marion County Parks & Recreation proudly maintains more than 50 unique sites, including everything from boating & swimming access, sports fields, hiking trails, memorials & one-of-a kind play areas for children of all abilities.

Discover the crystal-clear waters of the Rainbow River on a kayak or paddleboard. Gather the family for a night to remember under the stars. Retreat from the daily grind with a trek on a hiking trail. There is so much to discover right here in Marion County!”

The Mobile Health Unit (MHU) brings health department services to your neighborhood, including WIC, family planning, immunizations, STI services, and health screenings. Services are free or low cost.

For more information or opportunities to partner with us, email MarionMHU@FLHealth.gov or call 352-644-2627.