The Cumberland Valley District Health
Department
(CVDHD) was formed when the Clay County and Jackson
County Health Departments joined together on August 1,1973. This was the third district
health department formed in Kentucky and was made up of approximately 50 public
health, home health and environmental employees.
The Rockcastle County Health Department
became a member of the district on July 1, 1981 and in September of that same
year the Bell County and Harlan County Health Departments joined the
organization to complete the five-county Cumberland Valley District Health
Department.
The agency received a license in 1975 to
provide Home Health services in Rockcastle County and in 1985 became licensed
to expand home health services to Bell and Harlan Counties.
Currently , the CVDHD has a staff of more than 375
employees , maintains thirty-nine service and administrative sites and has an
annual operating budget of nearly 18 million dollars.