About the Department of Public Health

Healthy people, healthy communities

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.

What we do: View all programs and services

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Vital records

Birth, marriage, death certificates, and other vital records.

Licensing

Practitioner, provider, and health care facility licensing, plus food service licenses and more.

Immunizations

Providers, laws and regulations, and information about vaccines in Connecticut.

Ask a question

Got general questions? Reach out directly at ask.dph@ct.gov.

Our mission, vision, and leadership

Official DPH Mission Statement

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