Brattleboro

Brattleboro

Brattleboro, VT local health office building

The Brattleboro Local Health Office is the local face of public health in Windham County, and our staff live in the towns we serve. We serve all Vermonters, working in your communities, schools, worksites, and with local government and local healthcare providers. We help pregnant women, new mothers and young children to eat well and learn about nutrition. Our office provides oral health care and supports programs that help people form healthy habits, such as the being physically active. We support children with special health needs and we work towards the prevention of chronic disease including substance abuse. In partnership with local schools and health care providers, we prevent the spread of communicable diseases and provide immunizations. We invite you to learn about the many ways we can help you, your family, and your community.

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Contact Information
Brattleboro Local Health Office
232 Main Street, Suite 3
Brattleboro, VT 05301

Laura Overton, District Director
888-253-8805 or 802-251-2101
Email AHS.VDHOLHBrattleboro@vermont.gov

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Communities Served

Athens, Brattleboro, Brookline, Dover, Dummerston, Guilford, Halifax, Jamaica, Marlboro, Newfane, Putney, Somerset, Stratton, Townshend, Vernon, Wardsboro, Westminster, Whitingham, Wilmington

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WIC provides access to healthy foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support and referrals to health care and other community resources.

The Brattleboro Local Health Office promotes the health and wellness of women, children and families throughout their lives.

We work with many partners so that our communities will be a place where people of all ages and abilities can move safely and get healthy food.

We work with local employers to start worksite wellness programs. Programs that make it easier to live a healthy life are good for Vermont workers and good for Vermont businesses too.

We work to improve the health and well-being of school-aged children across Windham County.  We support supervisory unions, school districts, community organizations, students and their families by helping with high-impact strategies that make a difference in health.

We work closely with families and medical practices to increase the number of people in Windham County who receive all their recommended immunizations.

We work with partners in Windham County to prevent disease. We provide education and other resources. When disease occurs, we work to identify it and stop it from spreading. We welcome your questions about infectious disease.

Your Regional Substance Abuse Prevention Consultant works with our communities to reduce substance misuse through education, planning, and referral. 

 

We provide schools, health care providers and community groups with resources to support quitting smoking. We assist coalitions, towns and worksites on the development of tobacco policies and ordinances.

The Brattleboro Local Health Office is trained and ready to respond to public health emergencies so that people in our community can stay healthy and safe.