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Welcome to the Johnson County Empowerment Board Website
Vision and Mission
Johnson County is a safe and healthy community in which to learn, work, and live.
Johnson County Empowerment will lead the community in removing barriers to a safe and healthy community by:
identifying needs in education, health, and human services;
maintaining, expanding, and coordinating resources to address those needs;
promoting and facilitating collaboration; and
evaluating and continuously improving efforts to advance our vision.
State Empowerment Overview
The Iowa Community Empowerment Initiative was established by legislation during the 1998 Iowa legislative session in an effort to
create a partnership between communities and state government with an initial emphasis to improve the well being of families with young children.
Community Empowerment Purpose
The purpose of creating the community empowerment initiative is to empower individuals and their communities to achieve desired
results for improving the quality of life for children 0-5 and their families.
The role of the Iowa Empowerment board and the State is to support and facilitate growth of community responsibility.
Johnson County Priorities
*Children's Health
-Health promotion, including healthy nutrition
-Increase accessibility of health insurance for children
-Increase access to quality pediatric health and dental care
-Early identification and treatment of health, development, and behavior concerns
*Early Education
-Increase the availability of quality early education
-Increase the accessibility and affordability of quality early education
-Improve quality in early education
*Parent Education/Family Support
-Strengthen supportive parenting skills
-Enhance parent/child relationships
-Provide safe, stable, nurturing home environments
-Increase healthy informal networks of support
-Utilize appropriate community resources
-Address parental issues of health, mental health, disability, and substance abuse needs
*Community Wellness
-Build culturally competent systems of care to address the impact of:
~Multiple languages
~Multiple cultures
~Rural issues
-Address family issues such as:
~Poverty
~Community safety
~Transportation
Johnson County Empowerment Community Plan for 0-5
Johnson County Principles
1. Empowerment will advance the vision for all people,
including all ages and all income levels.
2. Empowerment will maintain its commitment to birth to 5.
3. Empowerment will maintain, expand, and coordinate
resources that support the vision.
4. Empowerment will address identified needs in education,
health, and human services.
5. Empowerment will promote and facilitate collaboration.
6. Empowerment will evaluate and continuously improve the
Empowerment programs, collaboration effectiveness, and
progress toward the vision.
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