National Voluntary Accreditation for Public Health Departments

Accredited Health Departments

CDC commends the following health departments for achieving national accreditation from the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB). In addition to the recognition that each receives from PHAB, the directors of CDC and of CDC’s Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support send a congratulatory letter to each accredited health department.

State Health Departments (28)

• Alabama Department of Public Health (Montgomery)
• Arizona Department of Health Services (Phoenix)
• Arkansas Department of Health  (Little Rock)
• California Department of Public Health (Sacramento)
• Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (Denver)
• Connecticut Department of Public Health (Hartford)
• Delaware Division of Public Health (Dover)
• District of Columbia Department of Health (Washington, DC)*
• Florida Department of Health (Tallahassee)
• Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Division of Public Health (Boise)
• Illinois Department of Public Health (Chicago)
• Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention  (Augusta)
• Maryland Department of Health (Baltimore)
• Minnesota Department of Health (St. Paul)
• Mississippi State Department of Health (Jackson)
• Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services(Jefferson City)
• Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Public Health and Safety Division (Helena)
• Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (Lincoln)
• New Jersey Department of Health (Trenton)
• New Mexico Department of Health (Santa Fe)
• New York State Department of Health (Albany)
• North Dakota Department of Health (Bismarck)
• Ohio Department of Health (Columbus)
• Oklahoma State Department of Health (Oklahoma City)
• Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division (Portland)
• Rhode Island Department of Health (Providence)
• Vermont Department of Health (Burlington)
• Washington State Department of Health (Olympia)

* The District of Columbia applied for accreditation under state standards.

Tribal Health Departments

• Cherokee Nation Health Services (Tahlequah, Oklahoma)

Local Health Departments (169, plus one centralized system*)

Alabama

• Jefferson County Department of Health (Birmingham)

Arizona

• Maricopa County Department of Public Health (Phoenix)
• Mohave County Department of Public Health (Kingman)
• Pima County Health Department  (Tucson)
• Yavapai County Community Health Services (Prescott)

California

• Butte County Public Health Department (Oroville)
• City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (Long Beach)
• County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency  (San Diego)
• Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Public Health (Eureka)
• Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Los Angeles)
• Pasadena Public Health Department (Pasadena)
• Orange County Health Care Agency (Santa Ana)
• San Francisco Department of Public Health (San Francisco)
• Santa Clara County Public Health Department (San Jose)
• Ventura County Public Health (Oxnard)

Colorado

• Denver Environmental Health (Denver)
• El Paso County Public Health (Colorado Springs)
• Mesa County Health Department(Grand Junction)
• Pueblo City-County Health Department (Pueblo)
• Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment (Greeley)

Connecticut

• Naugatuck Valley Health District (Seymour)
• Norwalk Health Department (Norwalk)
• Stratford Health Department (Stratford)

Florida

• Florida Integrated Local Public Health Department System * (Tallahassee; 67 county components)

Georgia

• Cobb & Douglas Public Health (Marietta)
• DeKalb County Board of Health (Decatur)
• Gwinnett, Newton & Rockdale County Health Departments (Lawrenceville)

Idaho

• Public Health-Idaho North Central District (Lewiston)

Illinois

• Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (Champaign)
• Chicago Department of Public Health (Chicago)
• Cook County Department of Public Health (Oak Forest)
• DuPage County Health Department (Wheaton)
• Kane County Health Department (Aurora)
• Kendall County Health Department (Yorkville)
• Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center (Waukegan)
• Peoria City/County Health Department (Peoria)
• St. Clair County Health Department (Belleville)
• Tazewell County Health Department (Tremont)

Indiana

• Rush County Health Department (Rushville)

Iowa

• Linn County Public Health (Cedar Rapids)

Kansas

• Johnson County Department of Health and Environment (Olathe)
• Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department (Lawrence)
• Sedgwick County Health Department (Wichita)

Kentucky

• Barren River District Health Department (Bowling Green)
• Bullitt County Health Department (Shepherdsville)
• Christian County Health Department (Hopkinsville)
• Franklin County Health Department (Frankfort)
• Green River District Health Department (Owensboro)
• Jessamine County Health Department (Nicholasville)
• Lake Cumberland District Health Department (Somerset)
• Lexington-Fayette County Health Department (Lexington)
• Louisville Metro Public Health and Wellness (Louisville)
• Madison County Health Department (Richmond)
• Northern Kentucky Independent District Health Department (Edgewood)
• Three Rivers District Health Department (Owenton)

Louisiana

• New Orleans Health Department (New Orleans)

Maine

• Portland Public Health Division (Portland)

Maryland

• Allegany County Health Department (Cumberland)
• Cecil County Health Department (Elkton)
• Frederick County Health Department (Frederick)
• Garrett County Health Department (Oakland)
• Harford County Health Department (Bel Air)
• Wicomico County Health Department (Salisbury)
• Worcester County Health Department (Snow Hill)

Massachusetts

• Worcester Division of Public Health/Central Massachusetts Regional Public Health Alliance (Worcester)

Michigan

• Barry-Eaton District Health Department (Charlotte)
• Central Michigan District Health Department (Mount Pleasant)
• District Health Department #10 (Hart)
• Kent County Health Department (Grand Rapids)
• Mid-Michigan District Health Department (Stanton)
• Washtenaw County Public Health (Ypsilanti)

Minnesota

• Bloomington Public Health (Bloomington)
• Dakota County Public Health Department (West Saint Paul)
• Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department (Minneapolis)
• Minneapolis Health Department (Minneapolis)
• Olmsted County Public Health Services (Rochester)
• Saint Paul-Ramsey County Public Health (Saint Paul)
• Washington County Department of Public Health and Environment(Stillwater)

Missouri

• Clay County Public Health Center (Liberty)
• Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services (Columbia)
• Kansas City Missouri Health Department (Kansas City)
• Taney County Health Department (Forsyth)

Montana

• Flathead City-County Health Department (Kalispell)
• Gallatin City-County Health Department (Bozeman)
• Lewis and Clark Public Health (Helena)
• Missoula City-County Health Department (Missoula)
• RiverStone Health (Billings)

Nebraska

• East Central District Health Department (Columbus)
• Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (Lincoln)
• Panhandle Public Health District (Hemingford)

Nevada

• Carson City Health and Human Services (Carson City)

New Hampshire

• City of Nashua Division of Public Health and Community Services (Nashua)

New Jersey

• Camden County Health Department (Blackwood)
• Township of Bloomfield Department of Health & Human Services (Bloomfield)

New York

• Clinton County Health Department (Plattsburgh)
• Livingston County Department of Health (Mt. Morris)
• Nassau County Department of Health (Mineola)
• Putnam County Department of Health (Brewster)

North Carolina

• Burke County Health Department (Morganton)
• Cabarrus Health Alliance/Public Health Authority of Cabarrus County (Kannapolis)

North Dakota

• Central Valley Health District (Jamestown)

Ohio

• Columbus Public Health (Columbus)
• Delaware General Health District (Delaware)
• Erie County Health Department (Sandusky)
• Franklin County Public Health (Columbus)
• Hamilton County Public Health (Cincinnati)
• Henry County Health Department (Napoleon)
• Huron County Public Health (Norwalk)
• Lake County General Health District (Mentor)
• Licking County Health Department (Newark)
• Lorain County General Health District (Elyria)
• Mahoning County District Board of Health (Youngstown)
• Medina County Health Department (Medina)
• Preble County General Health District (Eaton)
• Stark County Health Department (Canton)
• Summit County Combined General Health District (Akron)
• Union County General Health District (Marysville)
• Wood County Health District (Bowling Green)

Oklahoma

• Cleveland County Health Department (Norman)
• Comanche County Health Department (Lawton)
• Oklahoma City-County Health Department (Oklahoma City)
• Tulsa Health Department (Tulsa)

Oregon

• Benton County Health Department (Corvallis)
• Center for Human Development, Inc. (La Grande)
• Clackamas County Public Health (Oregon City)
• Crook County Health Department (Prineville)
• Deschutes County Health Services (Bend)
• Jackson County Public Health (Medford)
• Linn County Department of Health Services (Albany)
• Marion County Health Department (Salem)
• North Central Public Health District (The Dalles)
• Washington County Public Health Division (Hillsboro)
• Yamhill County Public Health (McMinnville)

Pennsylvania

• Allegheny County Health Department (Pittsburgh)
• Bethlehem Health Bureau (Bethlehem)
• Erie County Department of Health (Erie)
• Philadelphia Department of Public Health (Philadelphia)

Tennessee

• Knox County Health Department (Knoxville)

Texas

• Austin Public Health (Austin)
• Dallas County Health and Human Services (Dallas)
• Houston Department of Health and Human Services (Houston)
• Tarrant County Public Health (Fort Worth)
• Williamson County and Cities Health District (Georgetown)

Utah

• Davis County Health Department (Farmington)
• Salt Lake County Health Department (Salt Lake City)
• Tooele County Health Department (Tooele)

Virginia

• Fairfax County Health Department (Fairfax)
• Loudoun Health District (Leesburg)
• Portsmouth Health District (Portsmouth)
• Prince William Health District (Manassas)
• Thomas Jefferson Health District (Charlottesville)

Washington

• Benton-Franklin Health District (Kennewick)
• Kitsap Public Health District (Bremerton)
• Spokane Regional Health District (Spokane)
• Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (Tacoma)
• Whatcom County Health Department (Bellingham)

West Virginia

• Kanawha-Charleston Health Department (Charleston)

Wisconsin

• City of Wauwatosa Health Department (Wauwatosa)
• Kenosha County Division of Health (Kenosha)
• La Crosse County Health Department (La Crosse)
• Lincoln County Health Department (Merrill)
• Oneida County Health Department (Rhinelander)
• Pierce County Public Health Department (Ellsworth)
• Polk County Health Department (Balsam Lake)
• Sauk County Health Department (Baraboo)
• Shawano-Menominee Counties Health Department (Shawano)
• St. Croix County DHHS-Public Health (New Richmond)
• Waushara County Health Department (Wautoma)
• West Allis Health Department (West Allis)
• Wood County Health Department (Wisconsin Rapids)