The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is a state agency of
Wyoming
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. It has its headquarters in the Hathaway Building in
Cheyenne
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.
History
In November 1990 Wyoming voters approved a constitutional amendment that abolished the
Wyoming Board of Charities and Reform. The institutions of the former state agency were divided and given to other agencies. The Department of Health took the Veterans’ Home of Wyoming, the Wyoming Pioneer Home, the Wyoming Retirement Center, the Wyoming State Hospital, and the Wyoming Training School.
[About the Department of Corrections]
" Wyoming Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 22, 2010.
Divisions
Divisions of the department include:
*Administration
*Aging Division
*Community and Public Health Division
*Developmental Disabilities Division
*Health Advisory Council
*Institutional Review Board
*Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
*Office of Healthcare Financing
*Preventive Health and Safety Division
*Rural and Frontier Health Division
*State Healthcare Facilities
Facilities
Health care facilities operated by the department include:
* Veterans' Home of Wyoming (
Buffalo) - An assisted living facility for military veterans and their dependents
* Wyoming Pioneer Home (
Thermopolis) - An assisted living facility for the elderly
* Wyoming Retirement Center (
Basin)
[WDH Directory]
" Wyoming Department of Health. Retrieved on December 12, 2010. "890 Highway 20, Basin WY 82410 Fax (307) 568-3887" (Retirement Center) and "Physical Address: 831 Hwy 150 S Evanston WY 82931-0177" (State Hospital) - A nursing home, it is located at the base of the
Big Horn Mountains, along
U.S. Highway 20. It is south of
Greybull and north of
Worland
* Wyoming State Hospital (
Evanston)
- A mental hospital
* Wyoming Life Resource Center (WLRC), originally the Wyoming State Training School (WSTS) (
Lander)
[WDH Who We Are - Wyoming Life Resource Center]
" Wyoming Department of Health. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.Lander city, Wyoming
" U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on December 12, 2010. - A residential facility for Wyoming residents with physical and mental disabilities that has been in operation since 1912.
References
External links
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State agencies of Wyoming
State departments of health of the United States
Medical and health organizations based in Wyoming{{Health departments in the United States