About the Department of Public Health

Welcome to the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH). We are dedicated to protecting and improving the health and safety of all Connecticut residents.

Through a diverse set of programs and services, DPH works to ensure communities across the state have access to quality care. DPH services help people through:

• Advanced data and statistics
• Healthcare facility and provider licensing
• Monitoring environmental factors like drinking water
• Responding to public health emergencies, and much more

Learn more about our mission, core values, and the dedicated people who make it all possible.

To protect and improve the health and safety of the people of Connecticut by:

• Assuring the conditions in which people can be healthy;
• Preventing disease, injury, and disability, and
• Promoting the equal enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, which is a human right and a priority of the state.

Official DPH Vision Statement: Healthy People in Healthy Connecticut Communities