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The Towns of Canton, East Granby, and Granby formed the Farmington Valley Health District (FVHD) in July 1976, in accordance with Section 19a-241 of the Connecticut General Statutes. It is governed by an appointed Board of Health and is an independent entity of government. Since its formation, the Farmington Valley Health District has expanded its membership to other Farmington Valley towns and currently has ten towns as part of the district. In alphabetical order the member towns are Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, East Granby, Farmington, Granby, Hartland, New Hartford, and Simsbury. The Board of Health is appointed by the member towns' appointing authority for three year terms, and each town is allowed one representative for every 10,000 residents or portion thereof. Currently the Board of Health has sixteen members with Farmington and Simsbury having three representatives each; Avon and Granby with two representatives; and the remaining six towns with a single representative for each one. Each year after a public hearing on its proposed budget, the Board of Health establishes a per capita charge for the member towns for the ensuing fiscal year.

FVHD's Mission

To prevent disease and environmental degradation and promote good health to the residents of the Farmington Valley Health District (FVHD).

Strategies

To work with our VNA's, School Nurses, and Emergency Medical System partners to properly vaccinate the susceptible individuals in the FVHD against all vaccine preventable diseases.