DuPage County Health Department

What DuPage County Health Department does

DuPage County Health Department (DCHD) is a PHAB-accredited county government health department established in 1945 and headquartered at 111 N County Farm Road, Wheaton, Illinois. It serves the roughly 930,000 residents of DuPage County through four public health centers (Wheaton/Central, Addison/North, Lombard/East, Westmont/Southeast), a WIC mobile clinic, a 24/7 Crisis Hotline, the Crisis Recovery Center, and school-based health education. Service lines fall into six core divisions: Behavioral Health (mental health, substance use treatment, crisis services, forensic behavioral health, psychosocial rehabilitation); Clinical Services (dental, immunizations, STD/HIV testing, tuberculosis screening); Environmental Health (food safety, water quality, vector control, body art inspections, septic systems); Health Promotions (school curricula and community health fairs); Women and Children (WIC nutrition assistance, Healthy Families home visiting, HealthWorks foster care case management); and Public Health Emergency Preparedness.

Revenue and funding are derived from three streams: DuPage County Board appropriations, state and federal grants (including DCFS and Illinois HFS/CMS funding channels), and client service fees run on a sliding-scale basis tied to family size and income. Permits, vital records, and EBT-processing integrations with Accela Citizen Access and the BNFT mobile app provide digitized citizen-facing surfaces. The organization is governed by an 11-member Board of Health appointed by the County Chair, with day-to-day operations led by Executive Director Adam Forker, who co-chairs the newly created DuPage Council on Strengthening the System (DCSS) alongside County Board Chair Deborah Conroy.

Strategic positioning centers on a behavioral health system-strengthening agenda — the DCSS received $250,000 in initial annual County Board funding, the Crisis Recovery Center formalizes 24/7 stabilization capacity, and the DuPage Narcan Program continues to accumulate outcomes (over 1,400 overdose reversals recorded since 2013) through a public-safety partnership network. The department is not a commercial enterprise: there is no private equity or venture capital ownership, no funding rounds, and no M&A activity; it is a public agency whose "customers" are effectively the entire DuPage County population.

Name

DuPage County Health Department

Legal name

DuPage County Health Department

Website

https://dupagehealth.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

DuPage County Health Department is a PHAB-accredited Illinois county government health agency providing behavioral health, clinical, environmental health, WIC, crisis, and emergency preparedness services to DuPage County residents through four public health centers and community partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (62142), Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities (62322)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051)

akta.pro primary industry

County/District/Local Health Departments (HLAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Substance Use, Addiction & Harm Reduction Health Departments (HLAJAAAM), Maternal, Child & Family Health Departments (HLAJAAAK), Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

Keywords

• Public health services
• Behavioral health treatment
• Environmental health inspections
• Maternal and child health
• Community health programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Wheaton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Public health department funded through government appropriations, grants, and public funding mechanisms to provide health services to county residents.
2. Service Fees: Fees charged for various health services including behavioral health, medical/dental services, vital records, environmental health permits. Discounted/sliding fee schedule available based on family size and household income.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

DuPage County Health Department is a PHAB-accredited county government public health agency delivering comprehensive public health services to DuPage County, Illinois residents. Core offerings include behavioral health and substance use treatment, outpatient clinical services (dental, immunizations, STD/HIV, TB screening), environmental health regulation and inspections, WIC nutrition support, crisis response, the DuPage Narcan opioid program, maternal and child home visiting, and vital records.

Product overview

DuPage County Health Department operates as a county government health agency providing public health services to residents. The organization offers a comprehensive portfolio of health services organized into distinct divisions: Behavioral Health Services (mental health counseling, crisis intervention, substance use treatment, and forensic behavioral health); Clinical Services (dental clinics, immunizations, STD/HIV services, and tuberculosis screening); Environmental Health (food safety inspections, water quality testing, vector control, and West Nile virus surveillance); Health Promotions (school-based health education and community health fairs); and Women and Children programs (WIC nutrition assistance, Healthy Families home visiting, and HealthWorks foster care case management). Additional services include 24/7 crisis response, the DuPage Narcan opioid overdose prevention program, vital records, and public health emergency preparedness. The department also coordinates the DuPage Council on Strengthening the System (DCSS) for behavioral health policy and partners with Accela for environmental health permitting and BNFT for WIC benefit management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Behavioral Health Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,400 opioid overdose reversals since 2013
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Inmar IntelligenceminorOthersSafe Medicine Drop program through Inmar Intelligence offers residents a safe, easy way to drop off unwanted medications that might otherwise have been misused or gone to waterways and landfills.
• DuPage County BoardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint operation of the DuPage County Board and DuPage County Health Department through the DuPage Council on Strengthening the System (DCSS). County Board provides $250,000 annual investment for behavioral health initiatives.
• Local Law Enforcement (Chiefs of Police, Sheriff, Coroner)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partners in DuPage Narcan Program including Chiefs of Police, DuPage County Coroner, Sheriff, and State's Attorney working to respond to opioid overdoses.
• Impact DuPagecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince 2013, the Health Department has worked with local community partners through Impact DuPage to develop Community Health Assessment (CHA) and Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) every three years.
• Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDCHD serves as HealthWorks Lead Agency for DuPage, Kane and Kendall counties in collaboration with DCFS and Illinois Department of Human Services to provide medical case management for children in foster care.
• Prevention Leadership TeamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty-wide coalition with goal to collaborate with community leaders and partners to assess, educate, fund, and advocate for best practices that promote mental wellness and prevent substance misuse.
• HOPE DuPagecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHeroin/Opioid Prevention and Education (HOPE) Taskforce - joint operation of DuPage County Board and Board of Health addressing opioid issues through program development and policy recommendations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Los Angeles County Department of Public Health: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is one of the largest local health departments in the U.S., providing comparable comprehensive public health services including behavioral health, environmental health, and clinical programs. Comparable as a county-level PHAB-accredited agency with similar service portfolio but much larger scale.
• Maricopa County Department of Public Health: Maricopa County Department of Public Health provides comparable county-level public health services across behavioral health, environmental health, WIC, and clinical programs to a large suburban Arizona population. Similar in structure as a county-level public health authority with a comprehensive service portfolio.
• Chicago Department of Public Health: Chicago Department of Public Health is the municipal public health authority for Chicago with a much larger scope and budget, but covers the same Illinois region. Offers the same categorical public health services (behavioral health, clinical services, environmental health, emergency preparedness) at greater scale.
• Philadelphia Department of Public Health: Philadelphia Department of Public Health is a municipal public health authority providing a comparable comprehensive portfolio including behavioral health, environmental health, clinical services, and harm reduction programs. Comparable in service breadth and mission though much larger in population served.
• Cook County Department of Public Health: Cook County Department of Public Health serves suburban Cook County with comparable PHAB-accredited public health services including behavioral health, clinical services, and environmental health. Directly comparable as an Illinois county health department with overlapping regulatory functions and similar service portfolio.
• NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is a municipal public health authority providing similar comprehensive health services including mental health, substance use treatment, environmental health, and clinical programs to a large urban population. Comparable in service breadth and PHAB-equivalent accreditation but vastly larger in scale.
• King County Public Health (Washington): King County Public Health is a National Accreditation Board-recognized county public health department offering comparable behavioral health, environmental health, clinical services, and emergency preparedness. Comparable as a high-functioning accredited county health department with a similar service mix to DCHD.

Direct peers

• Will County Health Department: Will County Health Department is a fellow Illinois county health department offering an analogous portfolio of public health, behavioral health, environmental health, and WIC services to suburban county residents under PHAB accreditation. Highly comparable in scale, scope, and funding model.
• Kane County Health Department: Kane County Health Department is a neighboring Illinois county health department providing the same core services (behavioral health, clinical, environmental health, WIC, emergency preparedness) to a comparable suburban county population. DCHD even coordinates HealthWorks foster care services across Kane County, making them operational partners.
• Lake County Health Department (Illinois): Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center serves suburban Lake County, Illinois with similar behavioral health, clinical, and environmental health programs. Comparable as a mid-sized Illinois county public health agency with overlapping service lines and population demographics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/DuPageHD
• Facebookfacebook.com/DuPageHealth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dupage-county-health-department

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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