Mission

The mission of this public health department is to fulfill society’s interest in assuring conditions in which people can reach their maximum health potential.

Core functions of this public health department include:

ASSESSMENT, monitoring and surveillance of local health problems and needs and of resources for dealing with them;

POLICY DEVELOPMENT, and leadership that foster local involvement and a sense of ownership, that emphasize local needs, and that advocate equitable distribution of public resources and complimentary private activities commensurate with community needs;

ASSURANCE, that high-quality services, including personal health services, needed for the protection of public health in the community are available and accessible to all persons; that the community receives proper consideration in the allocation of federal and state as well as local resources for public health, and that the community is informed about how to obtain public health, including personal health, services, or how to comply with public health requirements.