The Muskegon County Health Department assesses the public health status, prevents epidemics and the spread of disease, protects against environmental hazards, guards against the occurrence of injury-causing situations and responds to disasters. The department is a governmental public health agency that assures the quality and accessibility of health services and provides family planning and pediatric care services. It also supports the Breast and Cervical Cancer Program, which reduces the impact of breast and cervical cancer through education, early detection and treatment. The department administers the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program, which is a federal health, nutrition and prevention program for infants, pregnant women and children under the age of 5. The Muskegon County Health Department offers anger management, dental health promotion, substance abuse prevention consultation and food service licensing services. In addition, the department supports beach water monitoring and childhood lead poisoning prevention programs. It maintains a location in Muskegon, Mich.