OUR MISSION: In collaboration with our partners, DHHS provides essential services to improve the health, safety, and well-being of all North Carolinians.

OUR VISION: Advancing innovative solutions that foster independence, improve health and promote well-being for all North Carolinians.

OUR VALUES

ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS

• Goal 1: Advance the health and well-being of North Carolinians utilizing the programmatic tools of our Department.
• Goal 2: Build an innovative, coordinated, and whole-person centered system that addresses both medical and non-medical drivers of health.
• Goal 3: Turn the tide on North Carolina’s opioid crisis.
• Goal 4: Ensure all North Carolina children get a healthy start and develop to their full potential in safe and nurturing families, schools and communities.
• Goal 5: Achieve Operational Excellence.

PERFORMANCE GOALS

• Goal 1: Manage resources to provide effective and efficient delivery of services to North Carolinians.
• Goal 2: Expand awareness, understanding and use of information to enhance the health and safety of North Carolinians.
• Goal 3: Provide outreach, support and services to individuals and families identified as being at risk of compromised health and safety to eliminate or reduce those risks.
• Goal 4: Provide services and supports to individuals and families experiencing health and safety needs to assist them in living successfully in the community.
• Goal 5: Provide services and protection to individuals and families experiencing serious health and safety needs who are not, at least temporarily, able to assist themselves with the goal of helping them to return to independent, community living.