Lincoln County Health and Human Services
Mission, Values and Principles

Agency Mission:

Through leadership, collaboration and services, we improve health, wellness and quality of life in a manner that shows respect for and defends the dignity of citizens and our employees.

Lincoln County Behavioral Health and Human Services Values and Principles: (as approved by Local Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Committee and Mental Health Advisory Committee)

Values:

1. Shall recognize that recovery is a process. Each individual's recovery follows a continuum.
2. Recognizes that recovery is possible.
3. Shall be consumer-centered, with consumers, families and other support persons guiding the services that are provided.
4. Shall be community-based, with services, management and decision-making at the community level.
5. Shall be culturally competent with services that are responsive to race, sexual orientation, gender, age, disability and ethnicity.

Principles:

1. Lincoln County residents should have access to services locally in their areas of residence.
2. Individuals with behavioral health disorders should be served by caring and empathetic individuals with services and supports to stabilize their disorder and to maximize independence, dignity, self-worth and recovery.
3. Individuals with behavioral health disorders, their families, and other support persons should be full participants in policy setting, planning, delivery and evaluation of services.
4. Individuals with behavioral health disorders should receive services that address the whole person.
5. Behavioral health needs should be identified at the earliest point possible and at the youngest age possible in order to increase the likelihood of recovery.
6. The entire behavioral health system should reflect a caring, comprehensive approach that provides services in an appropriate, least restrictive setting.
7. Successful client outcomes should drive the services and linkages of the system.
8. Individuals with behavioral health disorders, their families and other support persons should be full participants with practicing clinicians and line workers.