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Oregon Health Authority Strategic Plan (2024 – 2027)

What is OHA's Strategic Plan?


In 2019, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) set a goal to eliminate health inequities in Oregon by 2030. OHA is the first health agency in the nation to set such an ambitious goal. This goal means ensuring that all people in Oregon:

  • Can reach their full health potential and well-being.
  • Do not face disadvantages due to their race, ethnicity, language, disability, immigration status, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, geography, or social class.

This goal sets a daily intention in OHA’s work, systems, and policies. Every decision, action, and allocation of resources must move us toward this goal. This also means listening and partnering with the communities we serve. We need to think differently and take new approaches. This will ensure Oregon becomes a place where everyone has an opportunity to thrive.

 



Our Five Goal Pillars

Our Five Goal Pillars

​Build a behavioral health system that works for every child, teen, adult and family experiencing mental illness or harmful substance use by expanding integrated, coordinated and culturally responsive behavioral health services when and where people need them, guided by people with lived experience.

Ensure 100% of people in Oregon have easy access to affordable healthcare, prioritizing communities most harmed by health inequities.

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Fostering healthy families and environments that equitably promote health and well-being, especially among communities most harmed by health inequities, by expanding access to: 1) preventive health services and supports, including for new parents and families before and after birth; 2) safe and accessible housing; 3) healthy food and nutrition; and 4) climate resilience.

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​​In honoring the relationships with the Nine Federally Recognized Tribes of Oregon, Urban Indian Health Program, and other health partners, Oregon Health Authority commits to support the ultimate goal of achieving healthy Tribal communities. This empowers Tribal individuals, families and communities across Oregon to achieve optimal health and wellness, through a shared vision of providing opportunities to learn and experience healthy lifestyles through a fully funded continuum of health rooted in traditional and culturally specific practices.​

​​Establish, maintain, and resource the internal infrastructure and accountability mechanisms necessary to acknowledge, reconcile, and redress racism and other forms of discrimination and oppression that undermine the health, well-being and opportunities of people across Oregon.​

How we will measure success

To ensure transparency and accountability, OHA will showcase the key measures used to track progress of the strategic plan on its website. Each individual strategy in the strategic plan is further supported by a unique monitoring and evaluation plan that clearly defines metrics to assess progress and impact.

Strategic plan documents