More information about our coalition can be found here.

Injury Prevention Tool Kits

Child Passenger Safety Fit Site

The Safe Kids Benton Franklin Coalition has injury prevention toolkits available to be checked out to the public. These kits have everything you need to help you provide injury prevention education or presentations. Check one out today!

Certified child passenger safety technicians do free child car seat inspections and education on the 2^nd Wednesday of every month at the Washington State Patrol in Kennewick.  Call 734-7029 to make an appointment.

Life Jacket Loaner Boards

Helmet Fit Sites

Our community has many public water areas that provide many popular recreational activities.  Please make sure everyone on your watercraft has an approved life jacket on.  Don’t have the appropriate one aboard, check out our loaner sites.

The single most effective safety device available to reduce head injury and death from bicycle crashes is a helmet.  Does your helmet fit properly? Find out at one of our helmet fits sites.

Food Worker Cards

Handwashing Trailer

Properly trained food workers help protect the health, safety, and well-being of the residents and visitors of Benton and Franklin Counties.

In 2002, the Environmental Health Program designed and specially equipped a trailer to be used for handwashing in the community.

Food Safety

Access links to help you protect yourself and your family from the most common causes of foodborne illness.

Communicable Disease Education

Bloodborne Pathogens

We provide our community partners with education regarding symptoms and prevention of communicable diseases. If you would like more information regarding an educational class please contact Heather Hill at 460-4232.

The course content of this workshop has followed the core curriculum guidelines of the University of Washington AIDS Education and Training Center as approved by the state of Washington's Department of Health and Department of Professional Licensing.

HIV/AIDS Education

Animal Born Diseases

We provide different group level educational classes, interventions and outreach for high risk individuals and also our drug treatment facilities and community partners. If you would like more information on this please contact Melissa Baughman, Health Leslie Rivera, RN, BSN . We also provide education to our HIV positive clients to prevent further infections. 

Environmental Health staff provides information regarding the symptoms and prevention of animal-borne diseases such as Hantavirus, West Nile, and Rabies.

Drinking & Ground Water

Sewage Disposal

The primary focus of this program is to provide information to well users on appropriate testing and the importance of water quality. Additionally, we provide review and approval service for those wells serving 2 homes.

Anyone who installs, alters or repairs an on-site sewage system is required to first obtain a permit from the Benton-Franklin Health District.

Solid Waste

We are responsible for review, permitting, and inspection of all solid waste disposal sites.

Medicaid Outreach

Oral Health

The outreach worker provides education regarding Medicaid eligibility through participation at area schools, health fairs and presentations. For more information, contact Romy at 460-4216.

We offer information, materials and presentations on oral health and provide dental referrals.