The mission of the Cecil County Health Department is to work together to promote, protect, and advance the health and wellness of the community.

 The Health Department:

• Prevents epidemics and the spread of disease
• Protects against environmental hazards
• Prevents injury
• Promotes and encourages healthy behavior and mental health
• Responds to disasters and assist communities in recovery
• Assures the quality and accessibility of health services

The Division of Administrative Services supports Health Department operations by providing budget, fiscal, human resources, building, fleet, and information technology services. Services provided to the public include issuing birth and death certificates, health insurance eligibility determinations, education, and care coordination for Medical Assistance clients to access and utilize the health care system, ombudsman services, and transportation to non-emergency medical appointments for qualified Medical Assistance recipients.

Services provided:

• Emergency Preparedness (See Additional Services below for more information)
• Health Insurance
  • Maryland Children’s Health Insurance Program (MCHP) Determination
• Health Planning (See Additional Services below for more information)
• Medicaid Assistance Transportation Program
  • Ambulatory
  • Non-Ambulatory
• Vital Statistics
  • Birth Certificates
  • Death Certificates
• Administrative Care Coordination/Ombudsman Program

The Division of Community Health Services promotes Cecil County residents’ health and offers various health services for children and adults. These include:

• Monitoring and controlling communicable diseases and conditions (communicable diseases may include sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, rabies, and other public health disease threats);
• Communicable disease surveillance and case management of residents affected by communicable diseases;
• Outbreak investigation and control;
• Screening, testing, and treatment of sexually transmitted infections;
• Pregnancy testing;
• Child and adult immunization and immunization tracking and follow-up;
• WIC (Women, Infants and Children’s) Program nutrition counseling.

Services provided:

• Communicable Disease Control – (410) 996-5100
  • Disease Outbreak Investigation
  • Tuberculosis Screening/Evaluation/Treatment
  • Rabies pre-exposure clinics and post-exposure follow up
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases – Screening and Treatment
  • AIDS/HIV Counseling and Testing
  • AIDS/HIV Case Management
  • Rapid HIV and Hepatitis C Testing
  • PrEP- HIV Pre-Exposure Program
  • Immunizations – Adult and Children
  • Immunization Tracking and Follow Up
• Clinic Services – (410) 996-5100
  • Pregnancy Tests
• WIC – Women, Infants, and Children’s Nutrition Program – (410) 996-5255

Most services require an appointment, but some are on a walk-in basis.

The Division of Health Promotion interacts with the community by providing cancer screening, health education, and outreach programs. Registered Nurses, Health Educators, Coordinators of Special Programs, and Outreach Workers educate and encourage Cecil County residents to practice behavioral changes that prevent disease and help promote healthy lifestyles. Preschoolers to senior citizens enjoy extensive services and programs, including health education, diabetes support and prevention programs, colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer screening outreach, self-management programs, free stop-smoking programs, and Nicotine Replacement Program/Chantix® Services programs. Mini-grants are also available to community groups for tobacco use prevention. Staff assists the Healthy Lifestyles, Cancer, and Tobacco Task Forces to develop and implement strategies that address health-related issues identified in the Community Health Improvement Plan to improve overall health in the community. Staff provides information and educational materials on health topics upon request from the community.

Services provided:

• Cancer Control
  • Lung Cancer Screening Program
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening Program
  • Skin Cancer Screening Program
• Cardiovascular Risk Reduction
  • Diabetes Self-Management Program
  • Chronic Disease Self-Management Program
• Health Education and Community Outreach Programs
  • Building Healthy Families Program
  • Chronic Pain Self-Management Program
  • Cancer Thriving and Surviving Program
  • Healthy Families Cecil County Home Visiting Program
  • Lead Case Management Program
• Improved Pregnancy Outcomes
  • Community Action Team (Child injury and mortality prevention)
  • Fetal and Infant Mortality Review and Child Fatality Review Boards
• Prevention Services
  • Drug Free Cecil County Coalition
  • Tobacco Use Prevention and Smoking Cessation Programs
  • Community Mini-grants for Tobacco Use Prevention
  • Tobacco Use Prevention and Smoking Cessation Programs/Services

The Policy, Planning & Assessmment Program promotes the health of Cecil County residents by providing planning and support services. The program leads the collaborative community health improvement process in Cecil County, conducts health assessments, provides project planning, development, and evaluation services, and leads public health policy development and advocacy efforts. The program also supports continuous quality improvement throughout the Health Department.

Services provided:

• Community health assessment, planning, and evaluation
• Accreditation, performance management, and quality improvement
• Health data requests
• Epidemiology
• Public Health Policy Development
• Workforce development