DHEC Bridge Strategic Plan (2022-2024) - SCDHEC

Strategic Pathways

These pathways represent the strategic focus areas that unite our teams, align our work, and guide our agency in a unified direction to advance our shared vision and mission.

Investment

Invest in the development of our current and future workforce and infrastructure to ensure our teams have the resources they need to continue to provide mission-critical services for all South Carolinians.

Education and Engagement

Educate and engage our teams, partners, and communities by encouraging greater cohesion, collaboration, and coordination to help increase open lines of communication, enhance transparency and support better-informed, evidence-based decisions.

Improvement

Improve our processes to better support our internal and external customers by serving as a model for best practices in environmental and health excellence and promoting a culture of continuous improvement.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do.

Science in Action

Act based on sound, science-based data and evidence so that we continue to make and support informed decisions that promote and improve environmental and health outcomes in South Carolina.

Agency Goals

These long-term goals reflect our role as the state’s environmental, health care, and public health agency and define our priorities we want to achieve. They are measured at the deputy and service area levels.

Partner with Stakeholders: Promote partnerships to enhance the abilities of our communities across the state to promote and protect healthy people and environments.
Promote Healthy Outcomes: Improve health outcomes and access to safe, quality health care services for all.
Protect the Environment: Protect, enhance and restore the environment, while promoting a balance of equitable resource management.
Provide Quality Services: Advance DHEC’s organizational capacity to provide quality internal and external services by focusing on workforce recruitment, retention and engagement; agency funding and investments; and internal process improvements.

Next Steps

As we evaluate our priorities over the course of the next two years, DHEC will provide greater opportunities for our staff, partners, and communities to share constructive feedback on our planning efforts. Our goal is to transition our bridge plan from a two-year plan to a five-year strategic plan based on the feedback and lessons we gain throughout this process.

In the meantime, every Palmetto State resident is encouraged to read and learn more about our plan and planning process.

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