Vision Statement

All North Carolinians will enjoy optimal health and well-being.

Mission Statement

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with its partners, protects the health and safety of all North Carolinians and provides essential human services.

Values

When all DHHS employees adhere to the following values, all North Carolinian will view DHHS as the best managed agency in state government:

• Customer-focused. North Carolinians are the center of our service design and delivery, and allocation of human and fiscal resources.
• Anticipatory. DHHS uses feedback from our customers and partners on all levels – national, state and local—to guide our thinking, planning, policies, and practices.
• Collaborative. DHHS values internal and external partnerships.
• Transparent. DHHS shares information, planning and decision-making processes and communicates openly with its customers and partners.
• Results-oriented. DHHS emphasizes accountability and measures its work by the highest standards.

Within the Division of Social Services, we will work to accomplish this through the following Family Centered Principles of Partnership:

• Everyone desires respect.
• Everyone needs to be heard.
• Everyone has strengths.
• Judgments can wait.
• Partners share power.
• Partnership is a process.

We strive to keep this information as accurate as possible. If information on this page needs to be updated, please Email us.

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