The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) has released its Strategic Plan for 2025-2030, a critical tool and call to action designed to drive meaningful and measurable improvements in health outcomes for all 9.5 million New Jersey residents.
To realize the goals of this blueprint, NJDOH has adapted its organizational structure to better meet current and future health challenges and more effectively serve New Jersey’s diverse communities and needs.
Developed through collaborative efforts incorporating extensive stakeholder engagement and informed by nearly 2,000 Department employee responses, the Strategic Plan positions NJDOH to lead with purpose.
The plan and reorganization align the Department’s daily operations with its mission and long-term objectives, directing resources where they can have the greatest impact and meet the evolving health needs of New Jersey communities.
“This Strategic Plan represents our collective commitment to transformation and excellence, with our reorganization signaling a decisive step forward,” said Acting Health Commissioner Jeff Brown.
“It’s a roadmap for delivering on the promise that — no matter who you are or where you live in the Garden State — you deserve to have access to the resources needed to live a long, healthy life. Together with our partners across the state, we can create a future where every resident can thrive.”
The Strategic Plan is anchored in NJDOH’s core values of integrity, equity, diversity, transparency, innovation, partnership, community and credibility.
These values guide five strategic priorities designed to deliver real change:
- Improve population health outcomes with a focus on prevention by ensuring successful program delivery for New Jersey residents
- Advance health equity for all by eliminating health disparities
- Modernize data infrastructure, optimize its use for decision-making and foster a culture of data sharing and transparency
- Strengthen the resilience and improve the infrastructure of public health systems to ensure they can effectively respond to the public’s needs
- Build sustainable emergency response capabilities to ensure continuous readiness
As one component of the state’s reaccreditation, the Strategic Plan aligns with the State Health Improvement Plan and Healthy New Jersey 2030 to guide internal and external public health action going forward.
