Mission
The mission of the Norfolk Department of Public Health is to protect the health and environment of Norfolk through surveillance, service, and enforcement, and through building the capacity of citizens, individually and through neighborhoods, businesses, and organizations, to protect themselves.

Join the Norfolk Medical Reserve Corps
Looking for a way to have a positive impact on public health and serve your community? Join the Norfolk Medical Reserve Corps! We are a group of trained health care professionals and non-medical support personnel working to support public health initiatives, projects and outreach to ensure a healthier community. To learn more, please visit the Virginia Medical Reserve Corps or call 757-683-2760.

Emergency Preparedness & Response Special Needs Registry
Residents with special needs are invited to provide information to emergency response agencies so those agencies can better plan to serve them in a disaster or other emergency. 

Fill out the Special Needs Registry.

Free Child Safety Seats & Booster Seats to Eligible Families
The Child Passenger Safety Program focuses on promoting proper safety seat restraint use for children, correct usage of child restraints among parents and caregivers through outreach and education, and proper installation education.

The program provides income eligible families with education and free child safety seats and booster seats from as early as the third trimester of pregnancy through seven years of age.

For more information on the car seat program and eligibility requirements visit the Virginia Department of Health or call the safety seat program coordinator at 757-683-2301.

If you qualify for a free child safety seat, you can register on line at Application for a Child Safety Seat.