Accreditation of local health departments will improve the local public health infrastructure by ensuring that all local health departments meet national and state standards.  There are 53 full time local health departments/districts in CT.  Three (3) full-time local health departments/districts are accredited.  Although the number of accreditated local health departments has not changed since 2015, the number of full time local health departments has changed as a result of consolidation or returning to part-time status.  As per the State Fiscal Year 2021, Local Health Annual Report, many other local health departments are in various stages of the accreditation process.  Based on this data, the target value is for 50% of full-time local health departments to meet the National Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) standards by 2030.  The data are current as of December 2021.

Connecticut Department of Public Health, Office of Policy and Management, local public health departments, public health professional associations, municipal governments and planning agencies, other organizations and coalitions that address public health, community service organizations serving specific populations (children, older adults, underserved populations), health care providers, health professional associations, academic institutions that prepare the public health workforce, philanthropic organizations that address public health infrastructure, and others

National public health department accreditation consists of adoption of a set of standards, a process to measure health department performance against those standards, and recognition for those departments that meet the standards. Public health accreditation standards from the Public Health Accreditation Board define the expectations for all public health departments that seek to become accredited. Public health department accreditation aims to improve the quality of practice and performance within public health departments.