​Public Health Accreditation​​

2024 begins the Kane County Health Department’s (KCHD) second reaccreditation cycle, initially receiving national public health department accreditation status on Nov. 20, 2013 through the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) and we were the first county health department in Illinois to reach this status. The national accreditation program, jointly supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, sets standards based on the 10 Essential Public Health Services against which the nation's nearly 3,000 governmental public health departments can continuously improve the quality of their services and performance.​

To receive accreditation and a second round of reaccreditation, health departments must undergo rigorous, multi-faceted, peer-reviewed processes to ensure meeting or exceeding the high-quality sets of standards and measures.  KCHD is committed to continuous quality improvement and was recognized for creating and supporting numerous outreach programs including Kane Kares, Kane Health Counts, All Our Kids Early Childhood Network,  Making Kane Fit for Kids , the Kane County Behavioral Health Council, communicable disease monitoring and awareness, emergency preparedness, environmental health, and numerous community partnerships.​