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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW• Promote <strong>and</strong> encourage preventive health care,including mental health, lifelong healthy behaviors,<strong>and</strong> recovery; <strong>and</strong>• Prepare for <strong>and</strong> respond to natural <strong>and</strong> manmadedisasters.This chapter also features two significant public healthefforts HHS is undertaking <strong>and</strong> will continue to developover the next 5 years:• In the Spotlight: Emergency Preparedness, Prevention,<strong>and</strong> Response explains how HHS will prepare for <strong>and</strong>respond to public health <strong>and</strong> medical emergencies.• In the Spotlight: Global <strong>Health</strong> Initiatives explainsthe strategies to promote health <strong>and</strong> public healthbeyond our own borders.Chapter 4 details the <strong>Human</strong> Services strategic goal.This goal seeks to protect <strong>and</strong> value life, family, <strong>and</strong>human dignity by promoting the economic <strong>and</strong> socialwell-being <strong>of</strong> individuals, families, <strong>and</strong> communities;supporting the safety <strong>and</strong> well-being <strong>of</strong> children, youth,older people, <strong>and</strong> other vulnerable populations; <strong>and</strong>strengthening communities. The Administration forChildren <strong>and</strong> Families (ACF), AoA, the Center for Faith-Based <strong>and</strong> Community Initiatives (CFBCI), <strong>and</strong> OD areamong the divisions primarily responsible for achievingthis strategic goal. In addition, CDC, HRSA, OCR,OPHS, <strong>and</strong> SAMHSA play important roles.There are four broad objectives under <strong>Human</strong> Services:• Promote the economic independence <strong>and</strong> socialwell-being <strong>of</strong> individuals <strong>and</strong> families across thelifespan;• Protect the safety <strong>of</strong> children <strong>and</strong> youth, <strong>and</strong> fostertheir well-being;• Encourage the development <strong>of</strong> strong, healthy,<strong>and</strong> supportive communities; <strong>and</strong>• Address the needs, strengths, <strong>and</strong> abilities <strong>of</strong>vulnerable populations.This chapter also discusses how a changing Americawill impact HHS’s efforts <strong>and</strong> strategies in the comingyears. In the Spotlight: Demographic Changes <strong>and</strong> TheirImpact on <strong>Health</strong> <strong>and</strong> Well-Being explains how HHS isworking to meet the health, public health, <strong>and</strong> humanservice needs <strong>of</strong> a population that will grow older <strong>and</strong>increasingly diverse in the next 5 years.HHS Strategic Plan FY 2007-201217

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