Human Development

Vision 2020: The New River Valley provides opportunities for families and individuals to achieve their potential.

Goal: To foster inter-agency cooperation in the delivery of human services.

Strategy: Devise an easily available system for the delivery of human services.

Strategy: Strengthen client awareness of available services through better use of

media, technology, and volunteer care networks, and the grouping of

social service agencies under one roof.

Goal: To provide affordable and accessible human services to all New River Valley citizens.

Strategy: Make high quality services available in the New River Valley.

Strategy: Target the needs of "high risk" persons of the region in order to allow

greater participation of these persons in the workforce and community.

Strategy: Prepare to maximize the benefits of national health care reform.

Strategy: Encourage and improve volunteer involvement in the delivery of human

services.

Goal: To create an affordable, accessible public transportation system for all citizens.

Strategy: Coordinate and maximize the use of existing public and private

transportation resources.

Strategy: Target and coordinate transportation needs of elderly, disabled, and

disadvantaged citizens.

Goal: To expand the region's child and adult day care network.

Strategy: Develop an integrated network of private and public child and adult day

care providers to assist families.

Strategy: Enable parents who need or desire to work outside the home, or seek

education/training, access to quality child care.

Goal: To ensure the safety of the region's citizens.

Strategy: Improve the region's preparedness and ability to respond to natural

crisis and man-made emergencies.