Routt County Public Health

Routt County Public Health provides a wide range of Public Health services to Routt County residents and, in some programs, the region.

Economic, geographic, and social circumstances all impact our long-term health outcomes, and achieving health equity is a public health priority.

Public Health Services Include:

1. Upcoming Cooking Matters Classes:

Location: CSU Extension Kitchen in the Routt County Courthouse Annex (1st Floor, 6th Street, Steamboat Springs)

When: Tuesday evenings from 5:30-7:30 pm from April 1st until May 13

What: Join CSU Extension Routt County and Routt County Public Health for a fun, interactive cooking class. This will be a six-week course where you can learn to prepare kid-approved, nutritious meals on a budget.

Grand, Jackson, Moffat, Rio Blanco, and Routt County's Public Health agencies have partnered up to offer CredibleMind to our Northwest Colorado communities. This is a FREE, confidential platform with vetted resources like podcasts, apps, videos, and articles to support your wellbeing.

Testing is currently available to those younger than 18 years of age, and the fee for testing is $10.

Please call us if you have any questions or if you would like to schedule an appointment.

Harm Reduction Kits:

Available at no cost to community members for pick up at the Routt County Public Health office. Harm Reduction Kits include nasal naloxone, fentanyl test strips, and information about how to use them.

OpiRescue: A free smartphone app that helps first responders recognize overdoses, reverse them with naloxone, and report them.

Routt County Public Health has a limited supply of short-term radon test kits available at no cost to community members who would like to test their home for radon. Come visit us at 6th Street in Steamboat Springs to pick up a test kit today.

Emergency Preparedness for Health and Medical Services

Child Fatality Reviews

Maternal Child Health Programming

Community Health Assessment Planning System

The Routt County Public Health Department serves to promote and protect optimal community health through leadership, prevention, response, and partnerships.

Strategies include:

1. Creatively enhancing knowledge and cultivating behavior which contributes to a healthy community
2. Providing services to prevent and treat communicable diseases
3. Planning and coordinating public health services in emergencies
4. Assessing the community's health status and making continuous proactive improvement to assure that health needs are met in the most effective and efficient way
5. Acting as an expert resource on communicable disease, prevention education, and population health
6. Supporting policies that make the places we live, learn, work, and play healthy, safe, and vibrant