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Camp Grant Notice
July 8, 2025
WCHD FY26 Budget
July 8, 2025
Winning Start Winnebago
May 12, 2025
New! Take Ten 815 With CredibleMind
April 2, 2025
Protect Yourself Against Measles
March 5, 2025
Services & Information
Trauma and Health Equity
Trauma is an event or experience, such as family violence or homelessness, that has a negative effect on an individual. Trauma can negatively impact healthy development, affect relationships, and contribute to mental health issues including substance abuse. Click here to learn more about trauma.
Advancing health equity involves ensuring that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to reach their best possible health. WCHD is committed to closing the health equity gap by reducing health disparities through building more inclusive public health programs and improving the housing, education, food, transportation and the environment to support equity, resilience and the health of our community and the people who live, work, play and learn here.
Holiday Observance
September 25, 2025
The Winnebago County Health Department is observing the Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day holiday on Monday, October 13, 2025. To contact the Winnebago County Health Department ...
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Free Trauma Trainings
October 1, 2024
In partnership with the Illinois Collaboration on Youth, WCHD is providing FREE Trauma Informed trainings to community members of Winnebago County. Join us for our ...
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