MISSION STATEMENT: Dedicated to investing resources, responding to needs, and empowering people to attain best health by assuring the availability of health services and by readying the community through comprehensive health education that promotes, protects, and improves the well-being and productivity of all Jefferson County citizens and visitors. VISION: All Jefferson County communities will actively promote health, have protection from health threats, and have access to high quality, evidence-based, cost-effective health services. VALUES: Teamwork that promotes Caring, Safety, Excellence, Efficiency, Innovation, and Integrity. Provision of services in the areas of home care long-term care prevention communicable disease control child health clinics screening health education health planning emergency medical care emergency preparedness death investigation The JCPHS work is guided by The Prevention Agenda 2013-17. The Prevention Agenda is New York State’s health improvement plan for 2013 through 2017, developed by the New York State Public Health and Health Planning Council (PHHPC) at the request of the Department of Health, in partnership with more than 140 organizations across the state. This unprecedented collaboration informs a five-year plan designed to demonstrate how communities across the state can work together to improve the health and quality of life for all New Yorkers. The plan features five priority areas: • Prevent chronic diseases • Promote healthy and safe environments • Promote healthy women, infants and children • Promote mental health and prevent substance abuse • Prevent HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, vaccine-preventable diseases and healthcare-associated infections