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Hennepin County helps residents stay healthy by offering low-cost medical and mental health services.

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We are a multilingual, multicultural clinic that provides screening and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, HIV testing, tuberculosis control services, refugee health screening, immigration exams and family planning services.

Location

Health Services Building, 4th floor – 525 Portland Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55415

Clinic hours

  • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Thursday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Appointments

Call the clinic at 612-543-5555.

  • Limited walk-ins available for STD and HIV screening during regular clinic hours, except during lunch (11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.). Walk-ins end at 3:30 p.m. 
  • The tuberculosis control program accepts clients by referral. The clinic does not provide routine screening for work or school.

COVID-19 vaccinations available

Vaccine type

  • Moderna (age 18+)
  • Pfizer (ages 5-11)
  • Pfizer (age 12+)
  • Pfizer booster (age 12+)

Accepting

  • Minnesotans ages 5-11; parental consent needed for ages 5-11
  • Minnesotans ages 12+
  • Minnesotans ages 18+

Call 612-543-5555 to schedule an appointment or for more information.

Walk-ins are available during regular clinic hours, until 3 p.m. There may be a wait, depending on walk-in demand.

To learn more about your booster shot options, including what types are available, who is eligible, and when you should get your booster shot, click here.

More clinic information

Parking and transportation

Payment

The clinic accepts most forms of insurance; we also accept self-pay and will apply a sliding fee scale for services. No one will be turned away due to inability to pay.

Access portions of your electronic medical record online.

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Learn about the Red Door Clinic, which provides testing and treatment for sexual health at the Public Health Clinic.

NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center offers medical care, dental care, behavioral health, and community-based services, all in one north Minneapolis location. We also provide many supportive services including health education classes, transportation assistance, interpreters, health advocates, cancer screenings, pharmacy and pregnancy support.

Clinic hours

  • Monday and Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Tuesday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Saturday, 8 a.m. to noon

Appointments

Call 612-543-2500.

For care when the clinic is closed, call 612-873-3000.

Location

1313 Penn Avenue North, Minneapolis 55411

Payment

NorthPoint accepts many forms of insurance. Patients without insurance may be eligible for one of our reduced fee programs. No one will be turned away due to inability to pay.

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Visit NorthPoint online.

This clinic provide a variety of health and wellness services to people who are homeless. It operates at 8 different shelters and drop-in centers in Minneapolis, to address health concerns, provide treatment including medications, coordinate health care services, provide substance use disorder and mental health services, provide health education, and coordinate access to health and social services in the community. Any homeless adult or child is eligible. This includes those living outside or on the street, in shelter or transitional housing, with friends or relatives or who have been homeless within the past year.

Clinic hours

Hours vary by location. See listings below.

Appointments

Appointments aren't required, but we recommend calling to confirm the clinic is open. You can call the individual clinic (see list below) or the main phone number: 612-348-5553. If you know a homeless person who needs medical care, have them call 612-348-5553 or direct them to a Health Care for the Homeless clinic site listed below.

Drop-in center for adults only

Adult Opportunity Center Catholic Charities Branch III

Contact

Clinic hours

  • Thursday, 8 a.m. to noon

Drop-in center for youth

Youth Opportunity Center (YouthLink)

Contact

Clinic hours

  • Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Family shelters

People Serving People

Contact

Clinic hours

  • Monday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Tuesday, 8 a.m. to noon
  • Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Friday, 8 a.m. to noon

Adult shelters

Salvation Army – Harbor Light

Contact

Clinic hours

  • Monday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Tuesday, 1 to 4 p.m.
  • Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Friday, 8 a.m. to noon

Higher Ground

Contact

Clinic hours

  • Monday, 1 to 8 p.m.
  • Tuesday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Wednesday, 1 to 8 p.m.
  • Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

If you are not homeless, but do not have insurance

Read more 

Read the Health Care for the Homeless Program bulletin (PDF)

The clinic has moved

The new location is at the South Minneapolis Human Service Center, 2215 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, 55407.

The clinic's scheduler or your therapist will help determine if an in-person visit is needed and possible.

Contact the clinic at 612-596-9438.

Who we serve

The clinic serves adults, children, adolescents and families who live in or receive services from the county.

We’re a DHS Rule 29 safety-net community mental health center.

Read more in the Mental Health Center client handbook (PDF).

Make an appointment or referral

Call 612-596-9438.

Clinic hours

  • Monday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Hennepin County Mental Health Center is closed on holidays.

General information

  • 612-596-9438
  • Fax: 612-329-4500

The Hennepin County Mental Health Center provides ongoing, comprehensive, client-centered treatment that promotes whole-person wellness and recovery, self-efficacy and life enhancement.

Our experienced team of professionals understands that recovery is a personal process and tailors treatment to individual needs. We work with each client to develop a plan of care that builds on strengths, focuses on person-specific goals and invites the participation of the client’s support system and other service providers.

HCMHC is a county-supported facility designed to serve residents of Hennepin County or people for whom Hennepin County has financial responsibility.

As a safety net provider, we primarily serve people who do not have commercial insurance or who may be uninsured or underinsured. In addition, we welcome those who may benefit from our flexible service model. We offer scheduled appointments as well as walk-in visits and strive to be accessible and responsive to our clients’ needs.

HCMHC approaches mental health care using a multidisciplinary approach, offering a range of services, including:

Assessments and evaluations

  • Diagnostic assessments
  • Psychiatric evaluations
  • Psychological evaluations
  • Combined (psychological & parenting) evaluations

Therapy and education

  • Individual and group therapy
  • Psycho-education
  • Wellness and general health education
  • Consultation

Medication services

  • Medication management
  • Genomic testing
  • Nurse line
  • On-site pharmacist

Whole-person care

  • Primary health care to adult clients
  • Treatment for co-occurring disorders
  • Outreach to people experiencing homelessness
  • Creating Access employment program with Rise
  • Care coordination and resource assistance
  • Collaboration with community partners and service providers

Hennepin County immunization services: 612-348-2884

Immunizations prevent diseases at all ages. Immunizing is the best way to prevent the spread of many infectious diseases - and protect lives. Immunizations can also slow down, or even stop, some disease outbreaks before they become widespread - seasonal flu, for example. Making sure young children are immunized is especially important. A child who is not immunized is more susceptible to dangerous and sometimes deadly diseases than a child who is immunized.

Get low-cost shots for families and singles who do not have adequate insurance, at regularly scheduled Hennepin County Immunization Clinics. We offer all routine immunizations for children, plus vaccines for the flu and shingles. For adults 19 and older, we have all recommended immunizations except for travel vaccines.

Get immunizations

Call 612-543-5555 to schedule an appointment.

All immunizations will be provided at the Hennepin County Public Health Clinic in the Health Services Building – 525 Portland Avenue, Minneapolis.

Prepare for your visit

  • If you are younger than 18, you must come with a parent or legal guardian.
  • Bring your immunization records with you to the clinic.

Travel vaccinations

The Public Health Clinic does not offer all travel vaccinations.

People who are seeking travel vaccinations should visit an international/travel clinic.

Childhood immunizations

Find childhood immunizations information.

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The Minnesota Immunization Information Connection (MIIC) is Minnesota's statewide immunization registry. Immunization registries are confidential databases that contain immunization information and records.

ImmuLink supports the MIIC program for the seven-county (Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington) metro region and for the municipal health departments of Minneapolis, Bloomington, Edina and Richfield.

Immunization records for a newborn child are entered into the MIIC registry at birth or at his or her first well-baby check-up. MIIC works hard to make sure Minnesotans have complete immunization records and get the right vaccine at the right time. To learn more, visit the Minnesota immunization registry online.

Only groups covered under the Minnesota Immunization Data Sharing Law can view this immunization data. This includes physicians, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, school nurses, child care facilities, boards of health, community action agencies, and the commissioner of health. All organizations requesting access to MIIC must sign a security and confidentiality agreement.

MIIC Immunization Records Request

To request an individual record for yourself or your child please complete the MIIC Immunization Record Requests. For further questions please contact the MIIC Records Request Line at 651-201-3980, you may also email the request line at health.immrecords@state.mn.us.

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Opt out of the registry

If you would like to limit your or your child's participation in MIIC complete the MIIC Privacy Setting Change Request or call the MIIC Help Desk at 651-201-5207. 

ImmuLink partners and enrollment information

Learn how to enroll and become a MIIC Participant.

The no-cost Coast2Coast Rx card could provide savings of up to 75 percent on tens of thousands of prescriptions with additional savings available on health care services including diabetes supplies, services such as lab and imaging, and vision, dental and hearing care. The program also offers discounts on pet prescriptions and some veterinary care.

Each time the card is used to fill a prescription, $1.25 will be generated for public programs in Hennepin County.

Residents can pick up a card from more than 69,000 participating pharmacies nationwide or print one from the Coast2Coast website, www.coast2coastrx.com/counties/mn/hennepin.

Participation has no restrictions on eligibility, so all residents are immediately qualified to use the card, regardless of their age, income or health status.

The program, provided through Financial Marketing Concepts, Inc., of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., can provide medical access to those with or without health insurance. For those who are uninsured or underinsured, it could provide access to the prescriptions and health care services that their families need. Even those with insurance can use the card to help offset the cost of high deductibles. In other cases the card could help relieve the out-of-pocket costs of the Medicare Part D ‘donut hole.’

The partnership creates no additional cost to the county and does not require additional work by county personnel to distribute or market the card. Nonprofit organizations and social service agencies are encouraged to e-mail lforsythe@alarus.biz to request free supplies of cards to distribute to their customers.

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