About Us
The Torrington Area Health District (TAHD)
was the second health district formed in Connecticut and was officially
recognized by the State Department of Public Health in 1967. Initially,
the TAHD was needed to enforce state regulations dealing with septic
systems, wells, food inspections, and other environmental health mandates.
Today, the health district is a wide-ranging agency addressing traditional
public health responsibilities as well as collaborating with many other
federal, state and local organizations on new emerging issues.
Since starting, the
TAHD has grown from 47,800 to over 121,000 residents and from 193 to 582
square miles. Municipalities with the year they became a member are as follows:
Borough of Bantam, Borough of Litchfield, Litchfield, Goshen, Harwinton,
Morris and Torrington (1967),
Bethlehem and Thomaston (1978),
Cornwall (1980), Warren (1981), Winsted
(1983), Kent and Salisbury (1988),
Norfolk (1993), Watertown (1995), Plymouth (1998),
Canaan (2001) and North Canaan (2007).
In 2000, the TAHD purchase
a 13,000 square foot building on Main Street in Torrington, and converted
it into a state-of-the-art center for its activities. This structure
contains the TAHD general offices as well as programs dealing with
Immunizations; Food Protection; and Women, Infants & Children (WIC). Early Head Start, a program offered by Education Connection,
and Family Strides
also
shares this space and many of their clients overlap TAHD family services.
For the public convenience, the TAHD operates from many other locations.
Our Mission
To promote and to protect the physical and
environmental well-being of the citizens of the Torrington Area Health
District through direct services, wellness and promotion programs and active support
of community efforts.
Director
of Health James B.
Rokos
Director of
Environmental Health Gilbert
Roberts