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t u ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS I Action Agenda Item No. _=-A ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: JANUARY 6, 1992 SUBJECT: HUMAN SERVICES VISION STATEMENT DEPARTMENT: COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X ATTACHMENT(S): YES - SUMMARY REPORT INFORMATION CONTACT: DON WILLHOIT ON THE HUMAN SERVICES POLICY FORUM TELEPHONE NUMBER Hillsborough - 732 -8181 Chapel Hill - 968 -5401 Durham - 688 -7331 Mebane - 227 -2031 PURPOSE: To seek endorsement of the Board of Commissioners of the Vision statement which evolved from the Fall 1991 Human Services Policy Forum BACKGROUND: The Human Services Advisory Commission requests that the Board of Commissioners formally endorse the vision statement developed from the Human Services Policy Forum. The vision statement and strategies to achieve the vision will be distributed to human services agencies within the county. The goal is that the vision statement will assist agencies in selecting priorities and utilization of resources. Hopefully, this vision will aide the county in planning, monitoring, and evaluation of human service programs. The vision statement follows: A coordinated, efficient and collective network of public and private resources which provide a continuum of ameliorative and preventive services for individual, family and community problems of human development and daily living. This network of services should both represent and validate the community values of caring, respect, diversity, economic opportunity, optimal health, safety and the enhancement of self- worth. Services should be accessible and offered with minimum cost to users, and supported by a citizenry that is informed and educated to the issues of human services. RECOMMENDATION(S): Endorse the vision statement, encourage its use by county departments and agencies, and commend it to the citizens of orange County.