The Public Health and Human Services Department provides services in the areas of Public Health Nursing, Environmental Health, Financial Assistance, Child Support, Children and Families, Persons with Disabilities, and the Elderly.  

As our client/customer, you can expect to receive professional services and clear information:

• Respectfully
• Courteously
• In a timely manner

Vision:  A community where all people are safe and healthy

Mission:  To protect, promote and improve the health and quality of life in St. Louis County.

Goals: 

• Children will be born healthy, live a life free from abuse and neglect, and will have a permanent living arrangement.
  
• Parents will be emotionally and financially able to provide for their children.
  
• Adults will live in the least restrictive living arrangement that meets their health and safety needs.
  
• Adults will be self-sufficient, providing for their own welfare and that of their children.
  
• Our community will make healthy life choices, have safe food, water, and air.
  
• Our community will be prepared for emergencies and hazards and will be at low risk of epidemics and the spread of disease.