Environmental and Health Services

Thank you for visiting the City of Dallas, Environmental and Health Services Department (EHS) website.  Please note that as of October 1, 2009, the EHS department no longer exists. However, the City of Dallas continues to offer many of the same great services.

Look at the menu below  – these services have been placed in other city departments.

These former EHS services are now provided by
Housing and Community Services:

Child Care Services
Information is available by calling program staff at 214-670-8258.

Contracts and Grants
For general information, call 214-670-5228.

Homeless Services
For general information, call 214-670-4838

Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center
For general information, call 214-670-8367.

Project Reconnect – Offender Reentry Initiative
For general information, call 214-670-0184.

Senior Services
For general information, call 214-670-7883.

West Dallas Multipurpose Center
For general information, call 214-670-6340.

WIC
Call 214-670-7200 for clinic locations and appointment information.

Other former EHS services are provided by the departments
specified below:

Air Pollution (Air Compliance and Air Monitoring)
Air Pollution is now managed by Public Works and Transportation. 
Their office location has not changed.
For general information, call 214-948-4435 office

Crisis Intervention Unitis now managed by the Dallas Police Department. Their office location has not changed.
For general information, call 214-670-4225

Environmental Assessment is now managed by Code Compliance.
Their office location has not changed.
For general information, call 214-948-4429

Restaurant/Bar Inspections District
(formerly Food Protection and Education) is now managed by Code Compliance. Their office location has not changed.
For general information, call 214-670-8083

Public Health
The City of Dallas no longer has a Public Health Division. If you need services, please contact Dallas County Health and Human Services located at 2377 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75207-2710. They can be reached at 214-819-1903.

Vital Statistics is now managed by Dallas Water Utilities.
Their office location has not changed.
For general information, call 214-670-3092 or 214-670-3248.