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FY 2021 Annual Performance Plan and Report








  
  
    

  
      



Fiscal Year 2021
Released March, 2020

The Annual Performance Report provides information on HHS's progress toward achieving the goals and objectives described in the HHS Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan. This document is organized around the goals and objectives contained in the FY 2018 – 2022 HHS Strategic Plan. The information shown here reflects the most recent results available at the end of FY 2019 for HHS representative measures. Additional information on the Goals and Objectives can be found in the Strategic Plan.

Print Version of HHS FY 2021 Annual Performance Plan and Report.

FY 2021 Annual Performance Plan and Report Data Validation Table

FY 2021 Changes in Performance Measures Table

Table of Contents

Message from the HHS Performance Improvement Officer

Overview

Mission Statement
	HHS Organization Structure
	Cross-Agency Priority Goals
	Agency Priority Goals
	Strategic Goals Overview
	Performance Management
	Strategic Review
	Annual Performance Plan and ReportAnnual Performance Plan and Report

**Goal 1**

Goal 1. Objective 1: Promote affordable health care, while balancing spending on premiums, deductibles, and out-of-pocket costs
	Goal 1. Objective 2: Expand safe, high-quality health care options, and encourage innovation and competition
	Goal 1. Objective 3: Improve Americans' access to health care and expand choices of care and service options
	Goal 1. Objective 4: Strengthen and expand the health care workforce to meet America's diverse needs**Goal 2**

Goal 2. Objective 1: Empower people to make informed choices for healthier living
	Goal 2. Objective 2: Prevent, treat, and control communicable diseases and chronic conditions
	Goal 2. Objective 3: Reduce the impact of mental and substance use disorders through prevention, early intervention, treatment, and recovery support
	Goal 2. Objective 4: Prepare for and respond to public health emergencies**Goal 3**

Goal 3. Objective 1: Encourage self-sufficiency and personal responsibility, and eliminate barriers to economic opportunity
	Goal 3. Objective 2: Safeguard the public against preventable injuries and violence or their results
	Goal 3. Objective 3: Support strong families and healthy marriage, and prepare children and youth for healthy, productive lives
	Goal 3. Objective 4: Maximize the independence, well-being, and health of older adults, people with disabilities, and their families and caregivers**Goal 4**

Goal 4. Objective 1: Improve surveillance, epidemiology, and laboratory services
	Goal 4. Objective 2: Expand the capacity of the scientific workforce and infrastructure to support innovative research
	Goal 4. Objective 3: Advance basic science knowledge and conduct applied prevention and treatment research to improve health and development
	Goal 4. Objective 4: Leverage translational research, dissemination and implementation science, and evaluation investments to support adoption of evidence-informed practices**Goal 5**

Goal 5. Objective 1: Ensure responsible financial management
	Goal 5. Objective 2: Manage human capital to achieve the HHS mission
	Goal 5. Objective 3: Optimize information technology investments to improve process efficiency and enable innovation to advance program mission goals
	Goal 5. Objective 4: Protect the safety and integrity of our human, physical, and digital assetsEvidence Building Efforts

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