The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is a state agency of Wyoming. It has its headquarters in the Hathaway Building in Cheyenne.
In November 1990 Wyoming voters approved a constitutional amendment that abolished the Wyoming Board of Charities and Reform. The institutions of the former state agency were divided and given to other agencies. The Department of Health took the Veterans’ Home of Wyoming, the Wyoming Pioneer Home, the Wyoming Retirement Center, the Wyoming State Hospital, and the Wyoming Training School.
Divisions of the department include:
Administration
Aging Division
Community and Public Health Division
Developmental Disabilities Division
Health Advisory Council
Institutional Review Board
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Office of Healthcare Financing
Preventive Health and Safety Division
Rural and Frontier Health Division
State Healthcare Facilities
Health care facilities operated by the department include:
Veterans' Home of Wyoming (Buffalo) - An assisted living facility for military veterans and their dependents
Wyoming Pioneer Home (Thermopolis) - An assisted living facility for the elderly
Wyoming Retirement Center (Basin) - A nursing home, it is located at the base of the Big Horn Mountains, along U.S. Highway 20. It is 10 miles (16 km) south of Greybull and 30 miles (48 km) north of Worland
Wyoming State Hospital (Evanston) - A mental hospital
Wyoming Life Resource Center (WLRC), originally the Wyoming State Training School (WSTS) (Lander) - A 90-acre (36 ha) residential facility for Wyoming residents with physical and mental disabilities that has been in operation since 1912.
