Accredited Health Departments

What to know

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 National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce (PHIC) send a congratulatory letter to each accredited health department.

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Accredited State Health Departments (42)

Alabama Department of Public Health (Montgomery)

Alaska Division of Public Health (Juneau)

Arizona Department of Health Services (Phoenix) (Reaccredited March 2024)

Arkansas Department of Health (Little Rock)

California Department of Public Health (Sacramento) (Reaccredited August 2023)

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (Denver) (Reaccredited August 2022)

Connecticut Department of Public Health (Hartford)

Delaware Division of Public Health (Dover) (Reaccredited August 2022)

District of Columbia Department of Health (Washington, DC; applied for accreditation under state standards) (Reaccredited November 2021)

Florida Department of Health (Tallahassee) (Reaccredited September 2020

Georgia Department of Health (Atlanta)

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Division of Public Health (Boise)

Illinois Department of Public Health (Chicago) (Reaccredited August 2022)

Indiana Department of Health (Indianapolis)

Iowa Department of Public Health (Des Moines)

Kansas Department of Health and Environment (Topeka)

Kentucky Department for Public Health (Frankfort)

Louisiana Office of Public Health (Baton Rouge)

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Augusta)

Maryland Department of Health (Baltimore)

Massachusetts Department of Health (Boston)

Minnesota Department of Health (St. Paul) (Reaccredited March 2020)

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) (Reaccredited March 2024)

New Jersey Department of Health (Trenton)

New Mexico Department of Health (Santa Fe)

New York State Department of Health (Albany) (Reaccredited August 2022)

North Carolina Division of Public Health (Raleigh)

North Dakota Department of Health (Bismarck) (Reaccredited August 2022)

Ohio Department of Health (Columbus)

Oklahoma State Department of Health (Oklahoma City) (Reaccredited September 2020)

Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division (Portland)

Pennsylvania Department of Health (Harrisburg)

Rhode Island Department of Health (Providence) (Reaccredited March 2024)

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (Columbia)

Utah Department of Health (Salt Lake City)

Vermont Department of Health (Burlington) (Reaccredited March 2022)

Virginia Department of Health (Richmond)

Washington State Department of Health (Olympia) (Reaccredited March 2019)

Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health (Madison)

Accredited Tribal Health Departments (6)

Cherokee Nation Health Services (Tahlequah, Oklahoma) (Reaccredited November 2023)

Forest County Potawatomi Health & Wellness Center Community Health Department (Crandon, Wisconsin)

Ho-Chunk Nation Health Department (Black River Falls, Wisconsin)

Oneida Nation (Oneida, Wisconsin)

Pascua Yaqui Tribe Health Department (Tucson, Arizona)

Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center (Pendleton, Oregon)

Accredited Local Health Departments (327, plus one centralized system in Florida)

Arizona

Maricopa County Department of Public Health (Phoenix) (Reaccredited November 2023)

Mohave County Department of Public Health (Kingman)

Pima County Health Department (Tucson) (Reaccredited August 2023)

Yavapai County Community Health Services (Prescott)

California

Alameda County Public Health Department (San Leandro)

Butte County Public Health Department (Oroville) (Reaccredited November 2023)

City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (Long Beach)

County of Riverside Department of Public Health (Riverside)

County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency (San Diego) (Reaccredited August 2023)

El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency, Public Health (Placerville)

Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Public Health (Eureka)

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Los Angeles)

Madera County Department of Public Health (Madera)

Merced County Department of Public Health (Merced)

Monterey County Health Department (Salinas)

Nevada County Public Health Department (Grass Valley)

Orange County Health Care Agency (Santa Ana)

Pasadena Public Health Department (Pasadena)

Plumas County Public Health Agency (Quincy)

San Bernardino County Department of Public Health (San Bernardino)

San Francisco Department of Public Health (San Francisco)

San Joaquin County Public Health Services (Stockton)

Santa Clara County Public Health Department (San Jose)

Solano County Division of Public Health (Fairfield)

Stanislaus County Health Services Agency (Modesto)

Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency-Public Health Branch (Redding)

Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency, Public Health Branch (Visalia)

Ventura County Public Health (Oxnard) (Reaccredited June 2020)

Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency (Woodland)

Colorado

Denver Environmental Health (Denver)

El Paso County Public Health (Colorado Springs) (Reaccredited November 2020)

Jefferson County Public Health (Lakewood)

Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment (Pueblo) (Reaccredited August 2023)

Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment (Greeley) (Reaccredited August 2022)

Connecticut

City of Bridgeport CT Department of Health & Social Services (Bridgeport)

Naugatuck Valley Health District (Seymour)

Norwalk Health Department (Norwalk) (Reaccredited March 2022)

Stratford Health Department (Stratford)

Florida

Florida Integrated Local Public Health Department System (Tallahassee; 67 county components as a centralized system) (Reaccredited March 2022)

Georgia

Cobb & Douglas Public Health (Marietta) (Reaccredited August 2021)

District 4 Public Health, Georgia Department of Health (LaGrange)

Gwinnett, Newton & Rockdale County Health Departments (Lawrenceville)

Idaho

Panhandle Health District (Hayden)

Public Health-Idaho North Central District (Lewiston) (Reaccredited August 2023)

Illinois

Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (Champaign) (Reaccredited August 2021)

Chicago Department of Public Health (Chicago) (Reaccredited June 2019)

Cook County Department of Public Health (Oak Forest) (Reaccredited February 2021)

DuPage County Health Department (Wheaton) (Reaccredited February 2021)

Kane County Health Department (Aurora) (Reaccredited November 2019)

Peoria City/County Health Department (Peoria) (Reaccredited November 2021)

St. Clair County Health Department (Belleville) (Reaccredited March 2022)

Tazewell County Health Department (Tremont) (Reaccredited August 2022)

Winnebago County Health Department (Rockford)

Indiana

Montgomery County Health Department (Crawfordsville)

Vanderburgh County Health Department (Evansville)

Iowa

Black Hawk County Health Department (Waterloo)

Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health (Mason City)

Johnson County Public Health (Iowa City)

Linn County Public Health (Cedar Rapids) (Reaccredited November 2021)

Scott County Health Department (Davenport)

Siouxland District Health Department (Sioux City)

Kansas

Johnson County Department of Health and Environment (Olathe) (Reaccredited May 2021)

Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health (Lawrence) (Reaccredited November 2021)

Reno County Health Department (Hutchinson)

Riley County Health Department (Manhattan)

Sedgwick County Health Department (Wichita)

Shawnee County Health Department (Topeka)

Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City (Kansas City)

Kentucky

Barren River District Health Department (Bowling Green) (Reaccredited May 2021)

Bullitt County Health Department (Shepherdsville)

Christian County Health Department (Hopkinsville) (Reaccredited March 2023)

Franklin County Health Department (Frankfort)

Green River District Health Department (Owensboro) (Reaccredited August 2021)

Jessamine County Health Department (Nicholasville) (Reaccredited August 2022)

Lake Cumberland District Health Department (Somerset) (Reaccredited August 2023)

Laurel County Health Department (London)

Lexington-Fayette County Health Department (Lexington) (Reaccredited February 2021)

Lincoln Trail District Health Department (Elizabethtown)

Louisville Metro Public Health and Wellness (Louisville) (Reaccredited August 2022)

Madison County Health Department (Richmond) (Reaccredited March 2022)

Marshall County Health Department (Benton)

Montgomery County Health Department (Mt. Sterling)

Northern Kentucky Independent District Health Department (Edgewood) (Reaccredited March 2019)

Three Rivers District Health Department (Owenton) (Reaccredited June 2019)

Wedco District Health Department (Cynthiana)

Louisiana

New Orleans Health Department (New Orleans) (Reaccredited May 2021)

Maine

Portland Public Health Division (Portland)

Maryland

Allegany County Health Department (Cumberland) (Reaccredited August 2021)

Baltimore City Health Department (Baltimore)

Baltimore County Department of Health (Baltimore)

Cecil County Health Department (Elkton)

Frederick County Health Department (Frederick) (Reaccredited November 2021)

Garrett County Health Department (Oakland)

Harford County Health Department (Bel Air) (Reaccredited August 2021)

Howard County Health Department (Columbia)

Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (Rockville)

St. Mary’s County Health Department (Leonardtown)

Wicomico County Health Department (Salisbury) (Reaccredited August 2023)

Worcester County Health Department (Snow Hill) (Reaccredited August 2021)

Massachusetts

Boston Public Health Commission (Boston)

Cambridge Public Health Department (Cambridge)

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) (Reaccredited November 2020)

District Health Department #10 (Hart) (Reaccredited November 2023)

Ingham County Health Department (Lansing)

Kent County Health Department (Grand Rapids) (Reaccredited February 2021)

Livingston County Health Department (Howell)

Macomb County Health Department (Mount Clemens)

Oakland County Health Division (Pontiac)

Minnesota

Bloomington Public Health (Bloomington)

Dakota County Public Health Department (West Saint Paul)

Goodhue County Health and Human Services (Red Wing)

Horizon Public Health (Alexandria)

Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department (Minneapolis) (Reaccredited March 2020)

Meeker-McLeod-Sibley Community Health Services (Glencoe)

Minneapolis Health Department (Minneapolis)

Olmsted County Public Health Services (Rochester) (Reaccredited August 2023)

Saint Paul-Ramsey County Public Health (Saint Paul) (Reaccredited November 2023)

Washington County Department of Public Health and Environment (Stillwater)

Missouri

City of St. Louis Department of Health (St. Louis)

Clay County Public Health Center (Liberty)

Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services (Columbia)

Kansas City Missouri Health Department (Kansas City) (Reaccredited August 2019)

Saint Louis County Department of Health (St. Louis)

Springfield-Greene County Health Department (Springfield)

Taney County Health Department (Forsyth)

Montana

Cascade City-County Health Department (Great Falls)

Flathead City-County Health Department (Kalispell)

Gallatin City-County Health Department (Bozeman) (Reaccredited August 2022)

Lewis and Clark Public Health (Helena)

Missoula City-County Health Department (Missoula) (Reaccredited March 2020)

Richland County Health Department (Sidney)

RiverStone Health (Billings) (Reaccredited February 2021)

Nebraska

East Central District Health Department (Columbus)

Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Department (Wisner)

Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (Lincoln) (Reaccredited August 2023)

North Central District Health Department (O’Neill)

Panhandle Public Health District (Hemingford) (Reaccredited August 2023)

South Heartland District Health Department (Hastings)

Two Rivers Public Health Department (Kearney)

West Central District Health Department (North Platte)

Nevada

Carson City Health and Human Services (Carson City)

Southern Nevada Health District (Las Vegas)

Washoe County Health District (Reno)

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

Camden County Health Department (Blackwood)

Clifton Health Department (Clifton)

Montgomery Township Health Department (Belle Mead)

Princeton Health Department (Princeton)

Township of Bloomfield Department of Health & Human Services (Bloomfield) (Reaccredited May 2023)

New York

Albany County Department of Health (Albany)

Cattaraugus County Health Department (Olean)

Clinton County Health Department (Plattsburgh) (Reaccredited August 2021)

Cortland County Health Department (Cortland)

Livingston County Department of Health (Mt. Morris) (Reaccredited August 2019)

Nassau County Department of Health (Mineola)

Onondaga County Health Department (Syracuse)

Ontario County Public Health (Canandaigua)

Putnam County Department of Health (Brewster)

Rockland County Department of Health (Pomona)

Schenectady County Public Health Services (Schenectady)

Schuyler County Health Services (Watkins Glen)

Seneca County Health Department (Waterloo)

Steuben County Public Health (Steuben)

Wayne County Public Health (Lyon)

Yates County Public Health (Penn Yan)

North Carolina

Burke County Health Department (Morganton)

Cabarrus Health Alliance/Public Health Authority of Cabarrus County (Kannapolis) (Reaccredited June 2019)

Ohio

Allen County Public Health (Lima)

Athens City-County Health Department (Athens)

Auglaize County Health Department (Wapakoneta)

Butler County General Health District (Hamilton)

Canton City Public Health (Canton)

Carroll County General Health District (Carrollton)

Champaign Health District (Urbana)

Cincinnati Health Department (Cincinnati)

City of Hamilton Health Department (Hamilton)

City of Springdale Health Department (Springdale)

Clark County Combined Health District (Springfield)

Clermont County Public Health (Batavia)

Cleveland Department of Public Health (Cleveland)

Clinton County Health District (Wilmington)

Columbus Public Health (Columbus) (Reaccredited November 2019)

Cuyahoga County Board of Health (Parma)

Darke County General Health District (Greenville)

Defiance County General Health District (Defiance)

Delaware General Health District (Delaware) (Reaccredited March 2020)

Erie County Health Department (Sandusky)

Fairfield Department of Health (Lancaster)

Franklin County Public Health (Columbus)

Fulton County General Health District (Wauseon)

Gallia County Health Department (Gallipolis)

Galion City Health Department (Galion)

Geauga Public Health (Chardon)

Greene County Public Health (Xenia)

Hamilton County Public Health (Cincinnati) (Reaccredited August 2023)

Hancock Public Health (Findlay)

Harrison County General Health District (Cadiz)

Henry County Health Department (Napoleon) (Reaccredited August 2022)

Highland County General Health District (Hillsboro)

Hocking County Health Department (Logan)

Holmes County General Health District (Millersburg)

Huron County Public Health (Norwalk)

Jackson County Health Department (Jackson)

Kent City Health Department (Kent)

Kenton-Hardin Health Department (Kenton)

Knox County Health Department (Mount Vernon)

Lake County General Health District (Mentor)

Licking County Health Department (Newark) (Reaccredited November 2019)

Logan County Health District (Bellefontaine)

Lorain County Public Health (Elyria) (Reaccredited August 2022)

Mahoning County Public Health (Youngstown) (Reaccredited November 2021)

Marion Public Health (Marion)

Massillon City Health Department (Massillon)

Medina County Health Department (Medina) (Reaccredited March 2022)

Meigs County Health Department (Pomeroy)

Mercer County Health District (Celina)

Miami County Public Health (Troy)

Perry County Health Department (New Lexington)

Pickaway County Public Health (Circleville)

Pike County General Health District (Waverly)

Portage County Combined General Health District (Ravenna)

Portsmouth City Health Department (Portsmouth)

Preble County General Health District (Eaton)

Public Health – Dayton and Montgomery County (Dayton)

Putnam County Health Department (Ottawa)

Richland Public Health (Mansfield)

Ross County Health District (Chillicothe)

Salem City Health District (Salem)

Shelby City Health Department (Shelby)

Sandusky County Health Department (Fremont)

Seneca County General Health District (Tiffin)

Sidney-Shelby County Health Department (Sidney)

Stark County Health Department (Canton)

Summit County Combined General Health District (Akron) (Reaccredited June 2019)

Toledo-Lucas County Health Department (Toledo)

Trumbull County Combined Health District (Warren)

Tuscarawas County Health Department (Dover)

Union County General Health District (Marysville) (Reaccredited November 2023)

Van Wert County General Health District (Van Wert)

Vinton County Health Department (McArthur)

Warren County Health District (Lebanon)

Wayne County Health Department (Wooster)

Williams County Combined Health District (Montpelier)

Youngstown City Health District (Youngstown)

Wood County Health District (Bowling Green) (Reaccredited August 2023)

Wyandot County General Health District (Upper Sandusky)

Zanesville-Muskingum County Health Department (Zanesville)

Oklahoma

Comanche County Health Department (Lawton) (Reaccredited February 2021)

Delaware County Health Department (Jay)

Logan County Health Department (Guthrie)

Oklahoma City-County Health Department (Oklahoma City)

Tulsa Health Department (Tulsa) (Reaccredited November 2019)

Washington County Health Department (Bartlesville)

Oregon

Benton County Health Department (Corvallis)

Center for Human Development, Inc. (La Grande)

Clackamas County Public Health (Oregon City) (Reaccredited February 2021)

Crook County Health Department (Prineville) (Reaccredited June 2020)

Deschutes County Health Services (Bend) (Reaccredited March 2020)

Jefferson County Public Health (Madras)

Klamath County Public Health (Klamath Falls)

Lane County Public Health (Eugene)

Lincoln County Health and Human Services (Newport)

Marion County Health Department (Salem) (Reaccredited March 2020)

Washington County Public Health Division (Hillsboro) (Reaccredited August 2023)

Yamhill County Public Health (McMinnville) (Reaccredited August 2023)

Pennsylvania

Allegheny County Health Department (Pittsburgh)

Bethlehem Health Bureau (Bethlehem)

Chester County Health Department (West Chester)

Erie County Department of Health (Erie) (Reaccredited February 2021)

Philadelphia Department of Public Health (Philadelphia) (Reaccredited March 2022)

Tennessee

Knox County Health Department (Knoxville)

Metro Public Health Department (Nashville)

Texas

Austin Public Health (Austin) (Reaccredited August 2023)

Dallas County Health and Human Services (Dallas)

Denton County Public Health (Denton)

Harris County Public Health (Houston)

Houston Department of Health and Human Services (Houston)(Reaccredited May 2021)

San Antonio Metropolitan District (San Antonio)

Tarrant County Public Health (Fort Worth)

Williamson County and Cities Health District (Round Rock) (Reaccredited August 2022)

Utah

Bear River Health Department (Logan)

Davis County Health Department (Farmington) (Reaccredited March 2022)

Salt Lake County Health Department (Salt Lake City) (Reaccredited November 2023)

Tooele County Health Department (Tooele) (Reaccredited June 2020)

Virginia

Fairfax County Health Department (Fairfax) (Reaccredited November 2023)

Portsmouth Health District (Portsmouth)

Prince William Health District (Manassas)

Washington

Benton-Franklin Health District (Kennewick)

Kitsap Public Health District (Bremerton)

Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (Tacoma)

Whatcom County Health Department (Bellingham)

West Virginia

Cabell-Huntington Health Department (Huntington)

Kanawha-Charleston Health Department (Charleston)

Wisconsin

Central Racine County Health Department (Franksville)

Chippewa County Department of Public Health (Chippewa Falls)

Cudahy Health Department (Cudahy)

Eau Claire City-County Health Department (Eau Claire)

Florence County Health Department (Florence)

La Crosse County Health Department (La Crosse)

Lincoln County Health Department (Merrill)

Oneida County Health Department (Rhinelander) (Reaccredited March 2020)

Outagamie County Division of Public Health (Appleton)

Pierce County Public Health Department (Ellsworth) (Reaccredited November 2021)

Polk County Health Department (Balsam Lake) (Reaccredited June 2019)

Portage County Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health (Stevens Point)

Shawano-Menominee Counties Health Department (Shawano)

St. Croix County DHHS-Public Health (New Richmond)

West Allis Health Department (West Allis) (Reaccredited March 2019)

Wood County Health Department (Wisconsin Rapids) (Reaccredited August 2019)

Accredited US Army Installation Departments of Health (5)

USA MEDDAC Fort Riley Department of Public Health (Fort Riley)

Fort Liberty Department of Public Health (North Carolina)

Fort Carson Department of Public Health (Colorado)

Fort Wainwright Department of Public Health (Alaska)

JBLE-EUSTIS Department of Public Health (Virginia)

Accredited Vital Records and Health Statistics (VRHS) Units (4)

Learn more about the VRHS accreditation program and standards.

Arizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Vital Records (Phoenix)

Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics (Jacksonville)

Iowa Department of Public Health, Bureau of Health Statistics (Des Moines)

South Dakota Department of Health Office of Vital Records and Office of Health Statistics (Pierre)

Wyoming Department of Health, Vital Statistics Services

Accredited International Health Departments (1)

Ministry of Public Health, Qatar (Doha)

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