The Franklin County Board of Health has as its mission the promotion, regulation, and procedural procurement of public safety and health. It is our belief that all citizens within our jurisdiction, regardless of race, sex, or economic, mental, or logistical abilities, are entitled to competent health services.

To effectively meet the health care needs of our citizens, the Franklin County Board of Health as endorsed the following:

• monitor health status to identify community problems
• diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
• inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
• mobilize community partnerships and take action to solve problems
• develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
• enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
• link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable
• assure an expert public health work force
• evaluate effectiveness, accessibility and quality of health services
• research for new insights and innovate solutions to health problems