“Welcome to the Grand Traverse County Health Department. It is our responsibility to protect the health of all Grand Traverse County residents through a wide variety of programs and services. From Community Health to Environmental Health, and Emergency Management to Animal Control, we are here to keep this community safe and healthy.”

-Grand Traverse County Health Department

“Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness.”
– Herbert Hoover