National Voluntary Accreditation for Public Health Departments

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

Accredited State Health Departments (39)

• Alabama Department of Public Healthexternal icon (Montgomery)
• Arizona Department of Health Servicesexternal icon (Phoenix)
• Arkansas Department of Healthexternal icon (Little Rock)
• California Department of Public Healthexternal icon (Sacramento)
• Colorado Department of Public Health and Environmentexternal icon (Denver)
• Connecticut Department of Public Healthexternal icon (Hartford)
• Delaware Division of Public Healthexternal icon (Dover)
• District of Columbia Department of Healthexternal icon (Washington, DC; applied for accreditation under state standards)
• Florida Department of Healthexternal icon (Tallahassee) (Reaccredited September 2020)
• Georgia Department of Healthexternal icon (Atlanta)
• Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Division of Public Healthexternal icon (Boise)
• Illinois Department of Public Healthexternal icon (Chicago)
• Indiana Department of Healthexternal icon (Indianapolis)
• Iowa Department of Public Healthexternal icon (Des Moines)
• Kansas Department of Health and Environmentexternal icon (Topeka)
• Louisiana Office of Public Healthexternal icon (Baton Rouge)
• Maine Center for Disease Control and Preventionexternal icon (Augusta)
• Maryland Department of Healthexternal icon (Baltimore)
• Massachusetts Department of Healthexternal icon (Boston)
• Minnesota Department of Healthexternal icon (St. Paul)  (Reaccredited March 2020)
• Mississippi State Department of Healthexternal icon (Jackson)
• Missouri Department of Health and Senior Servicesexternal icon(Jefferson City)
• Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Public Health and Safety Divisionexternal icon (Helena)
• Nebraska Department of Health and Human Servicesexternal icon (Lincoln)
• New Jersey Department of Healthexternal icon (Trenton)
• New Mexico Department of Healthexternal icon (Santa Fe)
• New York State Department of Healthexternal icon (Albany)
• North Dakota Department of Healthexternal icon (Bismarck)
• Ohio Department of Healthexternal icon (Columbus)
• Oklahoma State Department of Healthexternal icon (Oklahoma City) (Reaccredited September 2020)
• Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Divisionexternal icon (Portland)
• Pennsylvania Department of Healthexternal icon (Harrisburg)
• Rhode Island Department of Healthexternal icon (Providence)
• South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Controlexternal icon (Columbia)
• Utah Department of Healthexternal icon (Salt Lake City)
• Vermont Department of Healthexternal icon (Burlington)
• Virginia Department of Healthexternal icon (Richmond)
• Washington State Department of Healthexternal icon (Olympia) (Reaccredited March 2019)
• Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Public Healthexternal icon (Madison)

Accredited Tribal Health Departments (5)

• Cherokee Nation Health Servicesexternal icon (Tahlequah, Oklahoma)
• Forest County Potawatomi Health & Wellness Center Community Health Departmentexternal icon (Crandon, Wisconsin)
• Oneida Nationexternal icon (Oneida, Wisconsin)
• Pascua Yaqui Tribe Health Departmentexternal icon (Tucson, Arizona)
• Yellowhawk Tribal Health Centerexternal icon (Pendleton, Oregon)

Accredited Local Health Departments (283, plus one centralized system in Florida)

Arizona

• Coconino County Health and Human Servicesexternal icon (Flagstaff)
• Maricopa County Department of Public Healthexternal icon (Phoenix)
• Mohave County Department of Public Healthexternal icon (Kingman)
• Pima County Health Departmentexternal icon (Tucson)
• Yavapai County Community Health Servicesexternal icon (Prescott)

California

• Butte County Public Health Departmentexternal icon (Oroville)
• City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Servicesexternal icon (Long Beach)
• County of Riverside Department of Public Healthexternal icon (Riverside)
• County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agencyexternal icon (San Diego)
• Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Public Healthexternal icon (Eureka)
• Los Angeles County Department of Public Healthexternal icon (Los Angeles)
• Merced County Department of Public Healthexternal icon (Merced)
• Monterey County Health Departmentexternal icon (Salinas)
• Nevada County Public Health Departmentexternal icon (Grass Valley)
• Orange County Health Care Agencyexternal icon (Santa Ana)
• Pasadena Public Health Departmentexternal icon (Pasadena)
• Plumas County Public Health Agencyexternal icon (Quincy)
• San Bernardino County Department of Public Healthexternal icon (San Bernardino)
• San Francisco Department of Public Healthexternal icon (San Francisco)
• San Joaquin County Public Health Servicesexternal icon (Stockton)
• Santa Clara County Public Health Departmentexternal icon (San Jose)
• Stanislaus County Health Services Agencyexternal icon (Modesto)
• Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency-Public Health Branchexternal icon (Redding)
• Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency, Public Health Branchexternal icon (Visalia)
• Ventura County Public Healthexternal icon (Oxnard) (Reaccredited June 2020)
• Yolo County Health and Human Services Agencyexternal icon (Woodland)

Colorado

• Denver Environmental Healthexternal icon (Denver)
• El Paso County Public Healthexternal icon (Colorado Springs) (Reaccredited November 2020)
• Jefferson County Public Healthexternal icon (Lakewood)
• Mesa County Health Departmentexternal icon(Grand Junction)
• Pueblo City-County Health Departmentexternal icon (Pueblo)
• Tri-County Health Departmentexternal icon (Greenwood Village)
• Weld County Department of Public Health and Environmentexternal icon (Greeley)

Connecticut

• Naugatuck Valley Health Districtexternal icon (Seymour)
• Norwalk Health Departmentexternal icon (Norwalk)
• Stratford Health Departmentexternal icon (Stratford)

Florida

• Florida Integrated Local Public Health Department Systemexternal icon (Tallahassee; 67 county components as a centralized system)

Georgia

• Cobb & Douglas Public Healthexternal icon (Marietta) (Reaccredited August 2021)
• District 4 Public Healthexternal icon, Georgia Department of Health (LaGrange)
• Gwinnett, Newton & Rockdale County Health Departmentsexternal icon (Lawrenceville)
• North Central Health District 5-2external icon (Macon)

Idaho

• Panhandle Health Districtexternal icon (Hayden)
• Public Health-Idaho North Central Districtexternal icon (Lewiston)

Illinois

• Champaign-Urbana Public Health Districtexternal icon (Champaign) (Reaccredited August 2021)
• Chicago Department of Public Healthexternal icon (Chicago) (Reaccredited June 2019)
• Cook County Department of Public Healthexternal icon (Oak Forest) (Reaccredited February 2021)
• DuPage County Health Departmentexternal icon (Wheaton) (Reaccredited February 2021)
• Kane County Health Departmentexternal icon (Aurora) (Reaccredited November 2019)
• Lake County Health Department and Community Health Centerexternal icon (Waukegan)
• Peoria City/County Health Departmentexternal icon (Peoria)
• St. Clair County Health Departmentexternal icon (Belleville)
• Tazewell County Health Departmentexternal icon (Tremont)
• Winnebago County Health Departmentexternal icon (Rockford)

Indiana

• Montgomery County Health Departmentexternal icon (Crawfordsville)
• Rush County Health Departmentexternal icon (Rushville)
• Vanderburgh County Health Departmentexternal icon (Evansville)

Iowa

• Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Healthexternal icon (Mason City)
• Johnson County Public Healthexternal icon (Iowa City)
• Linn County Public Healthexternal icon (Cedar Rapids)
• Scott County Health Departmentexternal icon (Davenport)
• Siouxland District Health Departmentexternal icon (Sioux City)

Kansas

• Johnson County Department of Health and Environmentexternal icon (Olathe) (Reaccredited May 2021)
• Lawrence-Douglas County Health Departmentexternal icon (Lawrence)
• Reno County Health Departmentexternal icon (Hutchinson)
• Riley County Health Departmentexternal icon (Manhattan)
• Sedgwick County Health Departmentexternal icon (Wichita)
• United Government Public Health Departmentexternal icon (Kansas City)

Kentucky

• Barren River District Health Departmentexternal icon (Bowling Green) (Reaccredited May 2021)
• Bullitt County Health Departmentexternal icon (Shepherdsville)
• Christian County Health Departmentexternal icon (Hopkinsville)
• Franklin County Health Departmentexternal icon (Frankfort) (Reaccredited March 2019)
• Green River District Health Departmentexternal icon (Owensboro) (Reaccredited August 2021)
• Jessamine County Health Departmentexternal icon (Nicholasville)
• Lake Cumberland District Health Departmentexternal icon (Somerset)
• Laurel County Health Departmentexternal icon (London)
• Lexington-Fayette County Health Departmentexternal icon (Lexington) (Reaccredited February 2021)
• Lincoln Trail District Health Departmentexternal icon (Elizabethtown)
• Louisville Metro Public Health and Wellnessexternal icon (Louisville)
• Madison County Health Departmentexternal icon (Richmond)
• Marshall County Health Departmentexternal icon (Benton)
• Montgomery County Health Departmentexternal icon (Mt. Sterling)
• Northern Kentucky Independent District Health Departmentexternal icon (Edgewood) (Reaccredited March 2019)
• Three Rivers District Health Departmentexternal icon (Owenton) (Reaccredited June 2019)
• Wedco District Health Departmentexternal icon (Cynthiana)

Louisiana

• New Orleans Health Departmentexternal icon (New Orleans) (Reaccredited May 2021)

Maine

• Portland Public Health Divisionexternal icon (Portland)

Maryland

• Allegany County Health Departmentexternal icon (Cumberland) (Reaccredited August 2021)
• Cecil County Health Departmentexternal icon (Elkton)
• Frederick County Health Departmentexternal icon (Frederick)
• Garrett County Health Departmentexternal icon (Oakland)
• Harford County Health Departmentexternal icon (Bel Air) (Reaccredited August 2021)
• Howard County Health Departmentexternal icon (Columbia)
• Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Servicesexternal icon (Rockville)
• St. Mary’s County Health Departmentexternal icon (Leonardtown)
• Wicomico County Health Departmentexternal icon (Salisbury)
• Worcester County Health Departmentexternal icon (Snow Hill) (Reaccredited August 2021)

Massachusetts

• Boston Public Health Commissionexternal icon (Boston)
• Cambridge Public Health Departmentexternal icon (Cambridge)
• Worcester Division of Public Health/Central Massachusetts Regional Public Health Allianceexternal icon (Worcester)

Michigan

• Barry-Eaton District Health Departmentexternal icon (Charlotte)
• Central Michigan District Health Departmentexternal icon (Mount Pleasant) (Reaccredited November 2020)
• District Health Department #10external icon (Hart)
• Ingham County Health Departmentexternal icon (Lansing)
• Kent County Health Departmentexternal icon (Grand Rapids) (Reaccredited February 2021)
• Livingston County Health Departmentexternal icon (Howell)
• Macomb County Health Departmentexternal icon (Mount Clemens)
• Mid-Michigan District Health Departmentexternal icon (Stanton)
• Oakland County Health Divisionexternal icon (Pontiac)
• Washtenaw County Public Healthexternal icon (Ypsilanti)

Minnesota

• Bloomington Public Healthexternal icon (Bloomington)
• Dakota County Public Health Departmentexternal icon (West Saint Paul)
• Goodhue County Health and Human Servicesexternal icon (Red Wing)
• Horizon Public Healthexternal icon (Alexandria)
• Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Departmentexternal icon (Minneapolis) (Reaccredited March 2020)
• Meeker-McLeod-Sibley Community Health Servicesexternal icon (Glencoe)
• Minneapolis Health Departmentexternal icon (Minneapolis)
• Olmsted County Public Health Servicesexternal icon (Rochester)
• Saint Paul-Ramsey County Public Healthexternal icon (Saint Paul)
• Washington County Department of Public Health and Environmentexternal icon(Stillwater)

Missouri

• City of St. Louis Department of Healthexternal icon (St. Louis)
• Clay County Public Health Centerexternal icon (Liberty)
• Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Servicesexternal icon (Columbia)
• Kansas City Missouri Health Departmentexternal icon (Kansas City) (Reaccredited August 2019)
• Saint Louis County Department of Healthexternal icon (St. Louis)
• Springfield-Greene County Health Departmentexternal icon (Springfield)
• Taney County Health Departmentexternal icon (Forsyth)

Montana

• Cascade City-County Health Departmentexternal icon (Great Falls)
• Flathead City-County Health Departmentexternal icon (Kalispell)
• Gallatin City-County Health Departmentexternal icon (Bozeman)
• Lewis and Clark Public Healthexternal icon (Helena)
• Missoula City-County Health Departmentexternal icon (Missoula) (Reaccredited March 2020)
• Richland County Health Departmentexternal icon (Sidney)
• RiverStone Healthexternal icon (Billings) (Reaccredited February 2021)

Nebraska

• East Central District Health Departmentexternal icon (Columbus)
• Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Departmentexternal icon (Wisner)
• Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Departmentexternal icon (Lincoln)
• Panhandle Public Health Districtexternal icon (Hemingford)
• South Heartland District Health Departmentexternal icon (Hastings)
• West Central District Health Departmentexternal icon (North Platte)

Nevada

• Carson City Health and Human Servicesexternal icon (Carson City)
• Washoe County Health Districtexternal icon (Reno)

New Hampshire

• City of Nashua Division of Public Health and Community Servicesexternal icon (Nashua)

New Jersey

• Camden County Health Departmentexternal icon (Blackwood)
• Montgomery Township Health Departmentexternal icon (Belle Mead)
• Princeton Health Departmentexternal icon (Princeton)
• Township of Bloomfield Department of Health & Human Servicesexternal icon (Bloomfield)

New York

• Albany County Department of Healthexternal icon (Albany)
• Cattaraugus County Health Departmentexternal icon (Olean)
• Clinton County Health Departmentexternal icon (Plattsburgh) (Reaccredited August 2021)
• Livingston County Department of Healthexternal icon (Mt. Morris) (Reaccredited August 2019)
• Nassau County Department of Healthexternal icon (Mineola)
• Onondaga County Health Departmentexternal icon (Syracuse)
• Ontario County Public Healthexternal icon (Canandaigua)
• Putnam County Department of Healthexternal icon (Brewster)
• Rockland County Department of Healthexternal icon (Pomona)
• Schuyler County Health Servicesexternal icon (Watkins Glen)
• Seneca County Health Departmentexternal icon (Waterloo)
• Steuben County Public Healthexternal icon (Steuben)
• Wayne County Public Healthexternal icon (Lyon)
• Yates County Public Healthexternal icon (Penn Yan)

North Carolina

• Burke County Health Departmentexternal icon (Morganton)
• Cabarrus Health Alliance/Public Health Authority of Cabarrus Countyexternal icon (Kannapolis) (Reaccredited June 2019)

Ohio

• Allen County Public Healthexternal icon (Lima)
• Athens City-County Health Departmentexternal icon (Athens)
• Butler County General Health Districtexternal icon (Hamilton)
• Canton City Public Healthexternal icon (Canton)
• Champaign Health Districtexternal icon (Urbana)
• Cincinnati Health Departmentexternal icon (Cincinnati)
• Clark County Combined Health Districtexternal icon (Springfield)
• Clermont County Public Healthexternal icon (Batavia)
• Cleveland Department of Public Healthexternal icon (Cleveland)
• Columbus Public Healthexternal icon (Columbus) (Reaccredited November 2019)
• Cuyahoga County Board of Healthexternal icon (Parma)
• Darke County General Health Districtexternal icon (Greenville)
• Defiance County General Health Districtexternal icon (Defiance)
• Delaware General Health Districtexternal icon (Delaware) (Reaccredited March 2020)
• Erie County Health Departmentexternal icon (Sandusky)
• Fairfield Department of Healthexternal icon (Lancaster)
• Franklin County Public Healthexternal icon (Columbus)
• Fulton County General Health Districtexternal icon (Wauseon)
• Gallia County Health Departmentexternal icon (Gallipolis)
• Geauga Public Healthexternal icon (Chardon)
• Greene County Public Healthexternal icon (Xenia)
• Hamilton County Public Healthexternal icon (Cincinnati)
• Hancock Public Healthexternal icon (Findlay)
• Henry County Health Departmentexternal icon (Napoleon)
• Hocking County Health Departmentexternal icon (Logan)
• Huron County Public Healthexternal icon (Norwalk)
• Knox County Health Departmentexternal icon (Mount Vernon)
• Lake County General Health Districtexternal icon (Mentor)
• Licking County Health Departmentexternal icon (Newark) (Reaccredited November 2019)
• Logan County Health Districtexternal icon (Bellefontaine)
• Lorain County General Health Districtexternal icon (Elyria)
• Mahoning County District Board of Healthexternal icon (Youngstown)
• Marion Public Healthexternal icon (Marion)
• Medina County Health Departmentexternal icon (Medina)
• Miami County Public Healthexternal icon (Troy)
• Perry County Health Departmentexternal icon (New Lexington)
• Portage County Combined General Health Districtexternal icon (Ravenna)
• Portsmouth City Health Departmentexternal icon (Portsmouth)
• Preble County General Health Districtexternal icon (Eaton)
• Public Health – Dayton and Montgomery Countyexternal icon (Dayton)
• Putnam County Health Departmentexternal icon (Ottawa)
• Richland Public Healthexternal icon (Mansfield)
• Ross County Health Districtexternal icon (Chillicothe)
• Sandusky County Health Departmentexternal icon (Fremont)
• Seneca County General Health Districtexternal icon (Tiffin)
• Stark County Health Departmentexternal icon (Canton)
• Summit County Combined General Health Districtexternal icon (Akron) (Reaccredited June 2019)
• Toledo-Lucas County Health Departmentexternal icon (Toledo)
• Trumbull County Combined Health Districtexternal icon (Warren)
• Tuscarawas County Health Departmentexternal icon (Dover)
• Union County General Health Districtexternal icon (Marysville)
• Vinton County Health Departmentexternal icon (McArthur)
• Warren County Health Districtexternal icon (Lebanon)
• Williams County Combined Health Districtexternal icon (Montpelier)
• Wood County Health Districtexternal icon (Bowling Green)

Oklahoma

• Cleveland County Health Departmentexternal icon (Norman)
• Comanche County Health Departmentexternal icon (Lawton) (Reaccredited February 2021)
• Delaware County Health Departmentexternal icon (Jay)
• Logan County Health Departmentexternal icon (Guthrie)
• Oklahoma City-County Health Departmentexternal icon (Oklahoma City)
• Tulsa Health Departmentexternal icon (Tulsa) (Reaccredited November 2019)
• Washington County Health Departmentexternal icon (Bartlesville)

Oregon

• Benton County Health Departmentexternal icon (Corvallis)
• Center for Human Development, Inc.external icon (La Grande)
• Clackamas County Public Healthexternal icon (Oregon City) (Reaccredited February 2021)
• Coos Health & Wellnessexternal icon (Coos Bay)
• Crook County Health Departmentexternal icon (Prineville) (Reaccredited June 2020)
• Deschutes County Health Servicesexternal icon (Bend) (Reaccredited March 2020)
• Jackson County Public Healthexternal icon (Medford)
• Klamath County Public Healthexternal icon (Klamath Falls)
• Lane County Public Healthexternal icon (Eugene)
• Lincoln County Health and Human Servicesexternal icon (Newport)
• Linn County Department of Health Servicesexternal icon (Albany)
• Marion County Health Departmentexternal icon (Salem) (Reaccredited March 2020)
• North Central Public Health Districtexternal icon (The Dalles)
• Washington County Public Health Divisionexternal icon (Hillsboro)
• Yamhill County Public Healthexternal icon (McMinnville)

Pennsylvania

• Allegheny County Health Departmentexternal icon (Pittsburgh)
• Bethlehem Health Bureauexternal icon (Bethlehem)
• Chester County Health Departmentexternal icon (West Chester)
• Erie County Department of Healthexternal icon (Erie) (Reaccredited February 2021)
• Philadelphia Department of Public Healthexternal icon (Philadelphia)

Tennessee

• Knox County Health Departmentexternal icon (Knoxville)

Texas

• Austin Public Healthexternal icon (Austin)
• Dallas County Health and Human Servicesexternal icon (Dallas)
• Denton County Public Healthexternal icon (Denton)
• Harris County Public Healthexternal icon (Houston)
• Houston Department of Health and Human Servicesexternal icon (Houston)(Reaccredited May 2021)
• San Antonio Metropolitan Districtexternal icon (San Antonio)
• Tarrant County Public Healthexternal icon (Fort Worth)
• Williamson County and Cities Health Districtexternal icon (Georgetown)

Utah

• Davis County Health Departmentexternal icon (Farmington)
• Salt Lake County Health Departmentexternal icon (Salt Lake City)
• Tooele County Health Departmentexternal icon (Tooele) (Reaccredited June 2020)

Virginia

• Fairfax County Health Departmentexternal icon (Fairfax)
• Portsmouth Health Districtexternal icon (Portsmouth)
• Prince William Health Districtexternal icon (Manassas)

Washington

• Benton-Franklin Health Districtexternal icon (Kennewick)
• Kitsap Public Health Districtexternal icon (Bremerton)
• Spokane Regional Health Districtexternal icon (Spokane) (Reaccredited June 2019)
• Tacoma-Pierce County Health Departmentexternal icon (Tacoma)
• Whatcom County Health Departmentexternal icon (Bellingham)

West Virginia

• Cabell-Huntington Health Departmentexternal icon (Huntington)
• Kanawha-Charleston Health Departmentexternal icon (Charleston)

Wisconsin

• Central Racine County Health Departmentexternal icon (Franksville)
• Chippewa County Department of Public Healthexternal icon (Chippewa Falls)
• Cudahy Health Departmentexternal icon (Cudahy)
• Eau Claire City-County Health Departmentexternal icon (Eau Claire)
• Florence County Health Departmentexternal icon (Florence)
• La Crosse County Health Departmentexternal icon (La Crosse)
• Lincoln County Health Departmentexternal icon (Merrill)
• Oneida County Health Departmentexternal icon (Rhinelander) (Reaccredited March 2020)
• Pierce County Public Health Departmentexternal icon (Ellsworth)
• Polk County Health Departmentexternal icon (Balsam Lake) (Reaccredited June 2019)
• Portage County Health and Human Services, Division of Public Healthexternal icon (Stevens Point)
• Sauk County Health Departmentexternal icon (Baraboo)
• Shawano-Menominee Counties Health Departmentexternal icon (Shawano)
• St. Croix County DHHS-Public Healthexternal icon (New Richmond)
• Waushara County Health Departmentexternal icon (Wautoma)
• West Allis Health Departmentexternal icon (West Allis) (Reaccredited March 2019)
• Wood County Health Departmentexternal icon (Wisconsin Rapids) (Reaccredited August 2019)

Accredited US Army Installation Departments of Health (2)

• USA MEDDAC Fort Riley Department of Public Healthexternal icon (Fort Riley)
• Fort Bragg Department of Public Healthexternal icon (Fort Bragg)

Accredited Vital Records and Health Statistics (VRHS) Units (2)

Learn more about the VRHS accreditation program and standardsexternal icon.

• Florida Bureau of Vital Statisticsexternal icon (Jacksonville)
• South Dakota Department of Health Office of Vital Records and Office of Health Statisticsexternal icon (Pierre)