Allegany County Health Department

About

Healthy People, Healthy Communities

Story

The Allegany County Health Department is located in the rural mountains of Western Maryland. In June 2006, we moved to two new buildings on Willowbrook Road in Cumberland. The Corporate Building is the bigger building located closest to the road, and houses the departments of Adminstration, Environmental Health, Mental Health System's Office (CSA), Nutrition Services, Physical Health, and the Public Health Preparedness Office. The health department shares this building with the League of Crippled Children, the Veteran's Administration, and Western Maryland Health System. Behavioral Health Services (Outpatient Mental Health, Oupatient Addictions, and Prevention), Dental Services, Boys Forestry Medical Services, and the Western Maryland Regional Laboratory share the Brook Building.

Mission

The Health Department's mission is to promote physical, mental and environmental health and prevent disease and disabilities of Allegany County residents.

This mission is a community-wide public health partnership achieved through: building safe and healthful communities for Allegany County dwellers and visitors; assuring needed services are available and accessible through assessing and monitoring health status, networking and building community partnerships, advocating and developing policy to resolve health needs; and delivering appropriate direct services in a manner that is consistent with highest professional standards, sensitive to local values and community acceptance, responsive to client needs, respectful of client dignity and freedom of choice , comprehensive by addressing the physical, emotional and social needs of the client and significant care taker, and empowering people toward independence and individual response.