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Guiding Principles
Developed by the HSD Executive Team with input from HSD Managers,
these guiding principles provide guidance, shape conversations, and influence decisions throughout HSD.
Vision
Meeting the needs of our community and empowering our clients through accessible and responsive services.
Mission
We protect vulnerable children and adults.
We promote maximum independence and well-being for individuals and families.
Director’s Goals
Clients feel welcomed and get help to meet their needs.
Staff feel valued, safe, and are happy to work at HSD.
The community looks to HSD as a resource and
values human services. |
Values
Integrity
Teamwork
Leadership
Making a Difference |
FY2008-09 Executive Priorities
Maximize community relationships
Focusing on education, advocacy, visibility, and partnerships. |
Increase client satisfaction
focusing on client needs within the scope of our programs. |
Increase collaboration with others
Focusing on strategic alliances, government entities, and community based organizations. |
Meet key performance standards
Focusing on Child Welfare Services, SonomaWORKs, Medi-Cal, and In Home Support Services. |
Increase new funding
Focusing on grants, advocacy, and leveraging funding. |
Increase efficiency
Focusing on technology, organization,
and business process. |
Recruit and retain qualified staff
Focusing on bilingual staff, filling vacancies and adding more staff as appropriate. |
Implement planning capacity
Focusing on actively responding to changes, gathering and using data, implementing the Planning, Research and Evaluation Division, and legislative advocacy. |
Improve HSD infrastructure
Focusing on information
technology and facilities. |
Improve staff satisfaction
Focusing on safety, training, workload, equipment, and communication. |
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