The mission is to assure the conditions necessary for people to live healthy lives -- physically, mentally, socially, spiritually -- and to function at optimal capacity.

We will achieve this mission by providing services to:

• Protect against unsanitary conditions and environmental hazards

• Monitor health status of people to identify community health problems

• Investigate disease, health problems, and health and safety hazards in the community

• Inform, educate and empower people about health and safety issues

• Prevent epidemics and the spread of disease

• Prevent injuries

• Promote the choice of healthy behaviors

• Respond to disasters and assist in recovery

• Evaluate the quality and accessibility of personal and community health services

• Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems

• Seek adequate funding and other resources to provide the essential public health services

• Enforce laws, rules and regulations that protect health and ensure safety

• Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems