Healthy Homes Program

About the program

If you live in Orange County and want to make your home healthier and safer, the Orange County Health Department’s Healthy Homes program can help.

Healthy Homes is free and teaches families how to reduce health and safety risks at home. A Healthy Homes Environmental Health Specialist can help you find and fix common problems like:

  • Poor air quality (including asthma triggers)

  • Fire safety risks

  • Fall hazards

  • Household poisoning risks

  • Safer gun storage

  • Private well/onsite water safety

  • Childhood lead exposure

What to expect

A Healthy Homes Environmental Health Specialist will schedule a home assessment. During the visit, they look for environmental issues that could be making people sick or causing injuries.

After the visit, you’ll get a report with steps to make your home safer and healthier.

During the home assessment, we will:

  • Identify possible health and safety hazards in the home

  • Share practical tips for home safety and environmental health

  • Provide education on green cleaning and safer cleaning choices

  • Connect you with affordable housing resources when available

  • Offer follow-up support when needed

Healthy Homes serves people who:

  • Live in Orange County

Scheduling an assessment


Self-referral

Contact Healthy Homes staff:

Self-assessment tool

You may be able to start with a self-assessment tool (ask staff for details).

Medical provider referrals

Medical providers can refer a child who lives in Orange County and has poorly controlled asthma using the provider referral form upon request.


Language Assistance

Interpretation and translation services are available upon request.
Servicios de interpretación y traducción son ofrecidos con su solicitud.

What's new in Healthy Homes?

Preventing accidental poisonings in your home. To children, lots of medicines look just like candy. Store medicines safely: up, away, and locked. Find a spot in your home that is too high for kids to reach or see. Every home is different—pick the safest place for yours.

Walk around your home and choose the best spot to store:

  • Medicines (prescription and over-the-counter)

  • Vitamins

  • Supplements

  • Gummy products, including CBD gummies

Keep these items up and away—every time, even between doses.

Don’t forget what you carry with you

Medicines and supplements that travel with you should also be out of sight and out of reach, including items in:

  • Purses and bags

  • Pockets

  • Backpacks

  • Pill organizers

Need help?

Contact Orange County Health Department (OCHD) if you:

  • Need help finding a safe storage spot, or

  • Need a locking box for medicines and supplements.




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