Crawford County Public Health

What Crawford County Public Health does

Crawford County Public Health (CCPH), legally named Crawford County Public Health and previously known as Crawford County Health Department, is a county government health department and political subdivision of the State of Ohio. Established in August 1919 by the Crawford County Board of Health and rebranded under its current name in 2015, the agency is headquartered at 1520 Isaac Beal Rd., Bucyrus, Ohio, and holds Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) accreditation. The entity delivers a unified portfolio of public health services directly to residents — Environmental Programs (food safety inspections, lead poisoning prevention, water quality testing, regulation of pools/spas, RV parks, manufactured homes, body art and sewage systems), Nursing Programs (immunizations, communicable disease management, school screening, CMH, car-seat education), Help Me Grow home visiting by nurses and social workers, WIC nutrition programs for women/infants/children, Emergency Preparedness (flu surveillance, medical reserve corps, closed POD dispensing), Vital Statistics (birth and death certificates), and Community Health Assessments. Service coverage spans all of Crawford County including the municipalities of Bucyrus, Galion, Crestline, New Washington, North Robinson, Tiro, and Chatfield, plus 16 townships.

The underlying operating model is government-funded service delivery rather than a commercial technology platform: there is no proprietary software product, no API or SDK, no app, no described data architecture, and no AI/ML capability in the source data. Distribution is built around a physical main office providing Monday–Friday walk-in services from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, scheduled home visits to families with young children, school-based screening programs, and community-located flu and immunization clinics. Marketing reach is limited to the official website (crawfordhealth.org), a Facebook presence, and resident newsletters — consistent with a public-sector information function rather than demand generation.

The economic model is appropriations-driven: the agency is funded through county taxes, state funding via the Ohio Department of Health, federal grants channeled through the CDC and other federal programs, and limited environmental health service fees (e.g., food-service licensing). No revenue, budget, or headcount figures are disclosed. Governance is provided by the Crawford County Board of Health, with Kate Siefert serving as Health Commissioner since September 1, 2018 following internal progression from Sanitarian in Training through Environmental Health Director and Administrator beginning in 2003. Strategic positioning is reinforced by core partnerships with the Ohio Department of Health, the CDC, and a network of community partners.

Name

Crawford County Public Health

Legal name

Crawford County Public Health

Website

https://crawfordhealth.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1919

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Crawford County Public Health is a PHAB-accredited Ohio county health department (est. 1919) delivering environmental health inspections, immunizations, Help Me Grow home visits, WIC, emergency preparedness, and vital statistics services to all Crawford County residents across eight municipalities and 16 townships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Child and Youth Services (624110), Emergency and Other Relief Services (62423)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

County/District/Local Health Departments (HLAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Maternal, Child & Family Health Departments (HLAJAAAK), Public/County Primary Care Clinics (HLAFAGAI), Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

Keywords

• Public health services
• Environmental health inspections
• Immunization programs
• WIC nutrition services
• Emergency preparedness

Headquarters

HQ city

Bucyrus

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Public health department funded through government appropriations, grants, and public health funding mechanisms at the county and state level.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Crawford County Public Health is a county-level public health department that delivers environmental health inspection and regulatory services (food safety, residential water testing, pools/spas, RV parks, lead poisoning prevention, body art), clinical nursing services (immunizations, communicable disease management, car seat education, CMH, health screening), the Help Me Grow early-childhood home visiting program, the WIC nutrition program, Emergency Preparedness (storm warnings, disease surveillance, medical reserve corps), Vital Statistics (birth and death certificates), and Community Health Assessments. Services are provided directly to Crawford County, Ohio residents at no or nominal cost from the main office in Bucyrus, in homes, in schools, and at community locations.

Product overview

Crawford County Public Health is a county-level public health department offering a unified portfolio of public health services rather than a software product platform. The department provides Environmental Programs (lead poisoning prevention, food safety inspections, water quality testing), Nursing Programs (immunizations, communicable disease management, health screening), Help Me Grow home visiting services, WIC nutrition programs, Emergency Preparedness services, and Vital Statistics. These services are delivered directly to residents of Crawford County, Ohio through regulatory oversight, direct clinical services, community education, and partnership programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Environmental Programs Environmental health inspection and regulatory services for Crawford County residents and regulated entities, including lead poisoning prevention, food safety inspections, water quality testing, and oversight of pools, spas, RV parks, manufactured homes, and body art facilities.
• Nursing Programs Clinical health services for Crawford County residents including immunizations (clinic and flu shots), Children with Medical Handicaps (CMH) program, car seat education, communicable disease management, and health services screening (including school-based screening).
• Help Me Grow Early intervention program providing home visits by nurses and social workers to ensure young children in Crawford County are thriving, combined with nutrition education for families.
• WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) Nutrition education and supplemental food program serving pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and children up to age five in Crawford County, Ohio.
• Emergency Preparedness Public health emergency response services including storm watches and warnings, flu and disease surveillance, medical reserve corps coordination, and closed POD applications for dispensing medications to Crawford County residents.
• Vital Statistics Issuance of birth and death certificates and management of vital records for Crawford County residents.
• Community Health Assessments Community health needs assessments and improvement plans for Crawford County, including fatality review reports covering suicide, overdose, and other public health concerns.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Ohio Department of HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState health department partner providing guidance, resources, and coordination for public health programs including COVID-19 response and monitoring. Collaborates on disease surveillance and public health initiatives.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal public health agency providing guidance, protocols, and resources for disease prevention and health protection programs.
• Community PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal community organizations and partners working collaboratively on public health issues affecting the Crawford County community.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Ohio Department of Health: State-level public health authority that provides regulatory oversight, funding, and program guidance to CCPH. Not a competitor but a key ecosystem participant whose policy and funding decisions directly shape CCPH's operating environment.
• National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO): National membership and advocacy organization representing local health departments including CCPH. Functions as an ecosystem enabler — providing accreditation support, policy advocacy, and peer benchmarking relevant to CCPH's operations.

Direct peers

• Marion County Public Health: County-level public health department serving Marion County, Ohio — a similarly sized rural Ohio county. Provides directly comparable services (immunizations, WIC, environmental health, emergency preparedness) and operates under the same Ohio Department of Health oversight framework as CCPH.
• Delaware General Health District: General health district serving Delaware County, Ohio, with a comparable portfolio of environmental health, nursing, WIC, and emergency preparedness services. Shares the Ohio county health department governance structure and PHAB accreditation pathway.
• Huron County Public Health: County health department serving Huron County, Ohio, offering a comparable suite of public health services (immunizations, food safety, WIC, emergency preparedness) to a rural Ohio county of similar scale.
• Seneca County General Health District: General health district serving Seneca County, Ohio, providing directly comparable environmental health, nursing, WIC, and vital statistics services to a similarly sized rural Ohio county.
• Union County Health Department: Local health department serving Union County, Ohio — another small central/north-central Ohio county with a similar mix of maternal-child, environmental, and emergency preparedness programs under the same state oversight.

Broad incumbents

• Franklin County Public Health: Larger county-level public health agency serving Franklin County (Columbus), Ohio. Operates the same core service categories as CCPH (environmental, nursing, WIC, emergency preparedness) but at significantly greater scale and resource level, serving as a benchmark for what a more mature county health department looks like.
• Cuyahoga County Board of Health: County-level public health authority serving Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), Ohio. Provides a directly overlapping service portfolio to CCPH but at metro-scale, illustrating the broader-incumbent analog within the same state regulatory framework.
• Hamilton County Public Health: County public health agency serving Hamilton County (Cincinnati), Ohio. Comparable in mandate and service categories (environmental health, disease prevention, emergency preparedness) but at a substantially larger scale than CCPH.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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