Family Planning


The Shelby County Health Department's Family Planning Program offers low to no-cost birth control through a Title X funded grant. The services, open to male, female and the LGBTQ community, include the following:

  • Well woman/man exam
  • Pap smear with STD/STI exam
  • Pregnancy testing
  • Preconception counseling
  • Contraceptive counseling
  • Breast exam with referral if needed
  • Blood pressure, height, weight
  • Urinalysis
  • Hemoglobin test if needed
Services are provided at 7 clinic locations around Shelby County including:
  • Cawthon Public Health Clinic - 1000 Haynes Street, Memphis, TN 38114
  • Health Department Headquarters  - 814 Jefferson Avenue, Memphis, TN 38105
  • Hickory Hill Public Health Clinic - 6590 Kirby Center Cove, Memphis, TN 38115
  • Millington Public Health Clinic - 8225 US-51, Millington, TN 38053
  • Shelby Crossing Public Health Clinic - 1826 Sycamore View, Memphis, TN 38134
  • Southland Mall Public Health Clinic - 1278 Southland Mall, Memphis, TN 38116
  • University of Memphis Student Health Center (For University of Memphis Students Only)
To make an appointment, call the Shelby County Health Department Public Health Clinic Information and Appointment line at (901) 222-9527 to make family planning appointments per clinic site. 

The different contraceptives available include various types of oral birth control pills, male and female condoms, Depo-Provera injection, implants, intrauterine devices (IUD) as well as a prescription for the birth control patch and ring.