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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 Report

Annual 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 assets

Evidence Building Efforts

Cross-Government Collaborations

Regulatory Reform

Major Management Priorities

Lower-Priority Program Activities

Changed Performance Goals

Data Sources and Validation

Content created by Office of Budget (OB)
Content last reviewed March 11, 2020
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