The Boone County Health Department proudly strives to protect and promote the health of all residents and visitors of Boone County in accordance to the Indiana Local Health Departments outline of powers and duties.

Our Health Department follows the framework for the responsibilities of local public health systems set forth by the National Public Health Performance Standard Program using the 10 essential services:

• Monitor health status to identify community health problems
• Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
• Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
• Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
• Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
• Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
• Connect people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable
• Assure a competent public health and personal health-care workforce
• Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services
• Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems