The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is a state agency of Wyoming

Wyoming

Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...

. It has its headquarters in the Hathaway Building in Cheyenne

Cheyenne, Wyoming

Cheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming and the county seat of Laramie County. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Laramie County. The population is 59,466 at the 2010 census. Cheyenne is the...

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History

In November 1990 Wyoming voters approved a constitutional amendment that abolished the Wyoming Board of Charities and Reform

Wyoming Board of Charities and Reform

The Wyoming Board of Charities and Reform was a state agency of Wyoming that operated the state's charitable and penal institutions.-History:...

. 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.

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
  Buffalo, Wyoming
  Buffalo is a city in Johnson County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 3,900 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Johnson County...
  
  ) - An assisted living facility for military veterans and their dependents
• Wyoming Pioneer Home (Thermopolis
  Thermopolis, Wyoming
  Thermopolis is the largest town in, and the county seat of Hot Springs County, Wyoming, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 3,172....
  
  ) - An assisted living facility for the elderly
• Wyoming Retirement Center (Basin
  Basin, Wyoming
  Basin is a town in, and the county seat of, Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 1,239 at the 2000 census. The community is located near the center of the Bighorn Basin with the Big Horn River east of the town...
  
  ) - A nursing home, it is located at the base of the Big Horn Mountains
  Big Horn Mountains
  The Big Horn Mountains are a mountain range in northern Wyoming and southern Montana in the United States, forming a northwest-trending spur from the Rocky Mountains extending approximately 200 miles northward on the Great Plains...
  
  , along U.S. Highway 20. It is 10 miles (16.1 km) south of Greybull
  Greybull, Wyoming
  Greybull is a town in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 1,815 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Greybull is located at ....
  
   and 30 miles (48.3 km) north of Worland
  Worland, Wyoming
  Worland is a city in Washakie County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 5,250 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Washakie County. The City of Worland is served by the Worland Municipal Airport.-Geography:...
  
  
• Wyoming State Hospital (Evanston
  Evanston, Wyoming
  Evanston is a city in Uinta County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 12,359 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Uinta County.-Geography:Evanston is located at...
  
  ) - A mental hospital
• Wyoming Life Resource Center (WLRC), originally the Wyoming State Training School (WSTS) (Lander
  Lander, Wyoming
  Lander is a city in, and the county seat of, Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. Named for transcontinental explorer Frederick W. Lander, Lander is located in central Wyoming, along the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River. A tourism center with several dude ranches nearby, Lander is located just...
  
  ) - A 90 acres (36.4 ha) residential facility for Wyoming residents with physical and mental disabilities that has been in operation since 1912.

External links

• Wyoming Department of Health