Yuma County expands public health building to improve access and privacy
Yuma County’s health building got a 20,000-square-foot expansion, with new clinic rooms, privacy screens and a larger WIC area aimed at faster, less crowded visits.
Yuma County’s Public Health Services building gained a 20,000-square-foot expansion to move residents through care with less crowding and more privacy. The roughly $20 million project left about 80% of the interior renovated, adding clinical rooms, expanded public education space, privacy screens and a larger WIC area at 2200 W. 28th Street, near Yuma Catholic High School and the corner of West 28th Street and 23rd Avenue.
The building is more than 20 years old. The pandemic showed how much the Health District had outgrown the space. The building handles vital statistics, environmental health, immunizations, WIC, STD services, tuberculosis control and health promotion.
The project moved from planning to construction over more than a year. In late 2023, Yuma County put the health department work in a broader county building program with a total budget of $27 million. In January 2024, the county selected a design-build team for the remodel, and construction began on April 16, 2025. The Board of Supervisors approved a design pre-construction phase contract for just over $2 million.
State statute requires Yuma County to provide office space for University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, and that program will be moved out of the health building during the work. Yuma County’s FY2026 budget says the major health district remodel is being funded without raising taxes.
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