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. 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.

State Health Departments (36)

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

Tribal Health Departments (3)

• Cherokee Nation Health ServicesExternal (Tahlequah, Oklahoma)
• Forest County Potawatomi Health & Wellness Center Community Health DepartmentExternal (Crandon, Wisconsin)
• Oneida NationExternal (Oneida, Wisconsin)

Local Health Departments (218, plus one centralized system in Florida)

Alabama

• Jefferson County Department of HealthExternal (Birmingham)

Arizona

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

California

• Butte County Public Health DepartmentExternal (Oroville)
• City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human ServicesExternal (Long Beach)
• County of San Diego Health and Human Services AgencyExternal  (San Diego)
• Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Public HealthExternal (Eureka)
• Los Angeles County Department of Public HealthExternal (Los Angeles)
• Monterey County Health DepartmentExternal (Salinas)
• Orange County Health Care AgencyExternal (Santa Ana)
• Pasadena Public Health DepartmentExternal (Pasadena)
• Plumas County Public Health AgencyExternal (Quincy)
• San Bernardino County Department of Public HealthExternal (San Bernardino)
• San Francisco Department of Public HealthExternal (San Francisco)
• Santa Clara County Public Health DepartmentExternal (San Jose)
• Ventura County Public HealthExternal (Oxnard)
• Yolo County Health and Human Services AgencyExternal (Woodland)

Colorado

• Denver Environmental HealthExternal (Denver)
• El Paso County Public HealthExternal (Colorado Springs)
• Jefferson County Public HealthExternal (Lakewood)
• Mesa County Health DepartmentExternal(Grand Junction)
• Pueblo City-County Health DepartmentExternal (Pueblo)
• Tri-County Health DepartmentExternal (Greenwood Village)
• Weld County Department of Public Health and EnvironmentExternal (Greeley)

Connecticut

• Naugatuck Valley Health DistrictExternal (Seymour)
• Norwalk Health DepartmentExternal (Norwalk)
• Stratford Health DepartmentExternal (Stratford)

Florida

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

Georgia

• Cobb & Douglas Public HealthExternal (Marietta)
• DeKalb County Board of HealthExternal (Decatur)
• Gwinnett, Newton & Rockdale County Health DepartmentsExternal (Lawrenceville)
• North Central Health District 5-2External (Macon)

Idaho

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

Illinois

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

Indiana

• Rush County Health DepartmentExternal (Rushville)

Iowa

• Cerro Gordo County Department of Public HealthExternal (Mason City)
• Johnson County Public HealthExternal (Iowa City)
• Linn County Public HealthExternal (Cedar Rapids)
• Scott County Health DepartmentExternal (Davenport)

Kansas

• Johnson County Department of Health and EnvironmentExternal (Olathe)
• Lawrence-Douglas County Health DepartmentExternal (Lawrence)
• Sedgwick County Health DepartmentExternal (Wichita)
• USA MEDDAC Fort Riley Department of Public HealthExternal (Fort Riley)

Kentucky

• Barren River District Health DepartmentExternal (Bowling Green)
• Bullitt County Health DepartmentExternal (Shepherdsville)
• Christian County Health DepartmentExternal (Hopkinsville)
• Franklin County Health DepartmentExternal (Frankfort) (Reaccredited March 2019)
• Green River District Health DepartmentExternal (Owensboro)
• Jessamine County Health DepartmentExternal (Nicholasville)
• Lake Cumberland District Health DepartmentExternal (Somerset)
• Laurel County Health DepartmentExternal (London)
• Lexington-Fayette County Health DepartmentExternal (Lexington)
• Lincoln Trail District Health DepartmentExternal (Elizabethtown)
• Louisville Metro Public Health and WellnessExternal (Louisville)
• Madison County Health DepartmentExternal (Richmond)
• Northern Kentucky Independent District Health DepartmentExternal (Edgewood) (Reaccredited March 2019)
• Three Rivers District Health DepartmentExternal (Owenton)

Louisiana

• New Orleans Health DepartmentExternal (New Orleans)

Maine

• Portland Public Health DivisionExternal (Portland)

Maryland

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

Massachusetts

• Boston Public Health CommissionExternal (Boston)
• Cambridge Public Health DepartmentExternal (Cambridge)
• Worcester Division of Public Health/Central Massachusetts Regional Public Health AllianceExternal (Worcester)

Michigan

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

Minnesota

• Bloomington Public HealthExternal (Bloomington)
• Dakota County Public Health DepartmentExternal (West Saint Paul)
• Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health DepartmentExternal (Minneapolis)
• Meeker-McLeod-Sibley Community Health ServicesExternal (Glencoe)
• Minneapolis Health DepartmentExternal (Minneapolis)
• Olmsted County Public Health ServicesExternal (Rochester)
• Saint Paul-Ramsey County Public HealthExternal (Saint Paul)
• Washington County Department of Public Health and EnvironmentExternal(Stillwater)

Missouri

• City of St. Louis Department of HealthExternal (St. Louis)
• Clay County Public Health CenterExternal (Liberty)
• Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human ServicesExternal (Columbia)
• Kansas City Missouri Health DepartmentExternal (Kansas City)
• Saint Louis County Department of HealthExternal (St. Louis)
• Springfield-Greene County Health DepartmentExternal (Springfield)
• Taney County Health DepartmentExternal (Forsyth)

Montana

• Cascade City-County Health DepartmentExternal (Great Falls)
• Flathead City-County Health DepartmentExternal (Kalispell)
• Gallatin City-County Health DepartmentExternal (Bozeman)
• Lewis and Clark Public HealthExternal (Helena)
• Missoula City-County Health DepartmentExternal (Missoula)
• Richland County Health DepartmentExternal (Sidney)
• RiverStone HealthExternal (Billings)

Nebraska

• East Central District Health DepartmentExternal (Columbus)
• Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health DepartmentExternal (Wisner)
• Lincoln-Lancaster County Health DepartmentExternal (Lincoln)
• Panhandle Public Health DistrictExternal (Hemingford)
• West Central District Health DepartmentExternal (North Platte)

Nevada

• Carson City Health and Human ServicesExternal (Carson City)

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

• Camden County Health DepartmentExternal (Blackwood)
• Princeton Health DepartmentExternal (Princeton)
• Township of Bloomfield Department of Health & Human ServicesExternal (Bloomfield)

New York

• Albany County Department of HealthExternal (Albany)
• Cattaraugus County Health DepartmentExternal (Olean)
• Clinton County Health DepartmentExternal (Plattsburgh)
• Livingston County Department of HealthExternal (Mt. Morris)
• Nassau County Department of HealthExternal (Mineola)
• Onondaga County Health DepartmentExternal (Syracuse)
• Putnam County Department of HealthExternal (Brewster)
• Rockland County Department of HealthExternal (Pomona)

North Carolina

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

North Dakota

• Central Valley Health DistrictExternal (Jamestown)

Ohio

• Allen County Public HealthExternal (Lima)
• Clermont County Public HealthExternal (Batavia)
• Columbus Public HealthExternal (Columbus)
• Delaware General Health DistrictExternal (Delaware)
• Erie County Health DepartmentExternal (Sandusky)
• Franklin County Public HealthExternal (Columbus)
• Fulton County General Health DistrictExternal (Wauseon)
• Greene County Public HealthExternal (Xenia)
• Hamilton County Public HealthExternal (Cincinnati)
• Henry County Health DepartmentExternal (Napoleon)
• Huron County Public HealthExternal (Norwalk)
• Knox County Health DepartmentExternal (Mount Vernon)
• Lake County General Health DistrictExternal (Mentor)
• Licking County Health DepartmentExternal (Newark)
• Logan County Health DistrictExternal (Bellefontaine)
• Lorain County General Health DistrictExternal (Elyria)
• Mahoning County District Board of HealthExternal (Youngstown)
• Marion Public HealthExternal (Marion)
• Medina County Health DepartmentExternal (Medina)
• Preble County General Health DistrictExternal (Eaton)
• Public Health – Dayton and Montgomery CountyExternal (Dayton)
• Putnam County Health DepartmentExternal (Ottawa)
• Sandusky County Health DepartmentExternal (Fremont)
• Stark County Health DepartmentExternal (Canton)
• Summit County Combined General Health DistrictExternal (Akron)
• Tuscarawas County Health DepartmentExternal (Dover)
• Union County General Health DistrictExternal (Marysville)
• Williams County Combined Health DistrictExternal (Montpelier)
• Wood County Health DistrictExternal (Bowling Green)

Oklahoma

• Cleveland County Health DepartmentExternal (Norman)
• Comanche County Health DepartmentExternal (Lawton)
• Logan County Health DepartmentExternal (Guthrie)
• Oklahoma City-County Health DepartmentExternal (Oklahoma City)
• Tulsa Health DepartmentExternal (Tulsa)
• Washington County Health DepartmentExternal (Bartlesville)

Oregon

• Benton County Health DepartmentExternal (Corvallis)
• Center for Human Development, Inc.External (La Grande)
• Clackamas County Public HealthExternal (Oregon City)
• Crook County Health DepartmentExternal (Prineville)
• Deschutes County Health ServicesExternal (Bend)
• Jackson County Public HealthExternal (Medford)
• Lincoln County Health and Human ServicesExternal (Newport)
• Linn County Department of Health ServicesExternal (Albany)
• Marion County Health DepartmentExternal (Salem)
• North Central Public Health DistrictExternal (The Dalles)
• Washington County Public Health DivisionExternal (Hillsboro)
• Yamhill County Public HealthExternal (McMinnville)

Pennsylvania

• Allegheny County Health DepartmentExternal (Pittsburgh)
• Bethlehem Health BureauExternal (Bethlehem)
• Erie County Department of HealthExternal (Erie)
• Philadelphia Department of Public HealthExternal (Philadelphia)

Tennessee

• Knox County Health DepartmentExternal (Knoxville)

Texas

• Austin Public HealthExternal (Austin)
• Dallas County Health and Human ServicesExternal (Dallas)
• Harris County Public HealthExternal (Houston)
• Houston Department of Health and Human ServicesExternal (Houston)
• Tarrant County Public HealthExternal (Fort Worth)
• Williamson County and Cities Health DistrictExternal (Georgetown)

Utah

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

Virginia

• Fairfax County Health DepartmentExternal (Fairfax)
• Loudoun Health DistrictExternal (Leesburg)
• Portsmouth Health DistrictExternal (Portsmouth)
• Prince William Health DistrictExternal (Manassas)
• Thomas Jefferson Health DistrictExternal (Charlottesville)

Washington

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

West Virginia

• Cabell-Huntington Health DepartmentExternal (Huntington)
• Kanawha-Charleston Health DepartmentExternal (Charleston)

Wisconsin

• City of Wauwatosa Health DepartmentExternal (Wauwatosa)
• Eau Claire City-County Health DepartmentExternal (Eau Claire)
• Florence County Health DepartmentExternal (Florence)
• La Crosse County Health DepartmentExternal (La Crosse)
• Lincoln County Health DepartmentExternal (Merrill)
• Oneida County Health DepartmentExternal (Rhinelander)
• Pierce County Public Health DepartmentExternal (Ellsworth)
• Polk County Health DepartmentExternal (Balsam Lake)
• Sauk County Health DepartmentExternal (Baraboo)
• Shawano-Menominee Counties Health DepartmentExternal (Shawano)
• St. Croix County DHHS-Public HealthExternal (New Richmond)
• Waushara County Health DepartmentExternal (Wautoma)
• West Allis Health DepartmentExternal (West Allis) (Reaccredited March 2019)
• Wood County Health DepartmentExternal (Wisconsin Rapids)