bergen county department of health

What bergen county department of health does

The Bergen County Department of Health Services is a county government entity operating under the County of Bergen in Hackensack, New Jersey, delivering public health services to the residents of Bergen County — the most populous county in New Jersey with approximately 955,000 residents spread across 70 municipalities. The department's core functions include disease surveillance and outbreak response, vaccination programs, environmental health monitoring (most notably the "Bergen Bites Back" mosquito control initiative targeting West Nile Virus), emergency health response (including cooling center deployment during heat waves), health education and promotion, and coordination with state and federal health agencies including the CDC and FEMA. It works in conjunction with the Bergen County Improvement Authority (BCIA) and the 1,070-bed New Bridge Medical Center — the largest hospital and licensed nursing home in New Jersey and a clinical affiliate of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences providing academic medical expertise across more than 20 medical specialties.

The department is funded primarily through county tax appropriations, state health grants, and federal public health funding including CDC grants and FEMA emergency management funds. Services are delivered at no direct cost to residents and channeled through county facilities, the affiliated hospital system, municipal coordination, and community outreach events. The technology stack consists of standard government health information systems and conventional public health surveillance infrastructure, with no proprietary AI or technology platform disclosed. The department's GTM is fundamentally event-driven: mosquito control operations, heat wave responses, vaccination clinics, and emergency health notifications constitute the principal points of public engagement.

The department is governed by County Executive James J. Tedesco III and the Board of County Commissioners, with advisory support from multiple wholly-owned boards including the Mental Health Board, the Local Advisory Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (LACADA), the Bergen County Youth Services Commission, and the Advisory Council of the Division of Senior Services / Area Agency on Aging. As a government entity, the department has no private ownership, investors, or shareholders, and is not subject to commercial acquisition or market exit dynamics.

Name

bergen county department of health

Legal name

County of Bergen

Website

https://bergencountynj.gov

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Bergen County Department of Health Services is a county government department providing public health services — including disease surveillance, mosquito control, vaccination programs, and emergency response — to the approximately 955,000 residents of Bergen County, New Jersey across 70 municipalities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Services

NAICS

Administration of Public Health Programs (92312)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

County/District/Local Health Departments (HLAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

National/State/Local Immunization Program Offices (HLAJAHAA), Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

Keywords

• Public health services
• Mosquito control operations
• Disease surveillance programs
• Emergency health response
• Environmental health monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Hackensack

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Tax Funding: Public health services funded primarily through county government budgets, state health grants, and federal public health funding including CDC grants and FEMA emergency management funds.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Bergen County Department of Health provides public health services to residents of Bergen County, New Jersey, including mosquito control and West Nile Virus surveillance ("Bergen Bites Back"), emergency response operations such as extreme-heat cooling centers, disease surveillance and outbreak response, vaccination programs, environmental health monitoring, health education, and coordination of senior and veterans services. Services are funded through county, state, and federal public-health appropriations and delivered at no direct cost to county residents.

Product overview

Bergen County Department of Health is a government health services department within Bergen County, New Jersey. The department provides public health services to county residents including mosquito control operations, public health emergency response, cooling centers during heat waves, and health-related administrative services. The department operates under the broader Bergen County government structure alongside other county departments including Health Services, Human Services, Public Safety, Parks, and others.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Bergen Bites Back: Mosquito control initiative to combat West Nile Virus, including surveillance, larval control, and public education.

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Rutgers Biomedical and Health SciencescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClinical affiliate relationship with Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. New Bridge Medical Center is a clinical affiliate providing academic medical center resources and expertise.
• New Bridge Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA 1,070 bed hospital and clinical affiliate of Rutgers. Founded in 1916 to treat contagious diseases, it is now the largest hospital and licensed nursing home in New Jersey and the fourth-largest publicly-owned hospital in the nation. BCIA oversees healthcare quality at this facility.
• Bergen County Improvement Authority (BCIA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSemi-autonomous board that assists the County of Bergen and its municipalities by fostering creative partnerships and access to favorable financing for projects that improve quality of life, including healthcare infrastructure.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Los Angeles County Department of Public Health: The largest county public health department in the US, serving LA County's 10 million residents with disease surveillance, environmental health, and clinical services — directly comparable to Bergen County's role as the county-level public health authority in NJ.
• Cook County Department of Public Health: Serves suburban Cook County, IL with comparable municipal coordination, environmental health, and emergency preparedness functions, mirroring Bergen's structure of serving multiple municipalities under a county-level health authority.
• Maricopa County Public Health: A large county public health department in Arizona providing disease surveillance, vector control, and emergency response across multiple municipalities — operationally parallel to Bergen's county-wide public health delivery model.
• Harris County Public Health: Texas county-level public health authority serving Harris County's municipalities with environmental health, mosquito/vector control, and emergency preparedness programs analogous to those operated by Bergen County.
• Westchester County Department of Health: Neighboring New York county health department providing public health services across multiple municipalities — comparable in scale, governance structure, and service mix to Bergen County Department of Health.
• Fairfax County Health Department: Virginia county health department delivering disease prevention, environmental health, and emergency preparedness across a populous suburban county — structurally and operationally similar to Bergen County.
• King County Public Health: Washington-state county public health authority delivering broad public health programs across municipalities in the Seattle metro — a peer in scope of services and county-level governance.
• Miami-Dade County Health Department: Florida's largest county health department providing environmental health, vector control (notably mosquito-borne disease), and emergency response across multiple municipalities — directly analogous to Bergen County's service profile.
• San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency: California county-level public health and human services agency combining public health, behavioral health, and social services across municipalities — operationally comparable to Bergen's combined health/human services structure.

Broad incumbents

• New Jersey Department of Health: State-level public health authority that oversees, funds, and provides policy direction to county health departments including Bergen County — relevant as the immediate higher-tier public administration body governing Bergen's operations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/bergencountynj?lang=en
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC7CEofM_cN0mxU9P9Y82YRA/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/BergenGov
• Instagraminstagram.com/bergencountynj

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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