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AHRQ accomplishes its mission working within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with the states, territories, Tribal nations, and private partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used.</div> <div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Budget</strong></p><p><a href="/cpi/about/mission/operating-plan/index.html">Operating Plan for FY 2024</a> (<a href="/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/mission/operating-plan/operating-plan-2024.pdf">PDF</a>, 558 KB)</p><p><a href="/cpi/about/mission/strategic-plan/index.html">AHRQ Strategic Plan</a></p><p><a href="http://www.hhs.gov/about/strategic-plan/index.html">HHS Strategic Plan, 2014 - 2019</a></p><p>Fiscal Year 2025 Request—<a href="/cpi/about/mission/budget/2025/index.html">Budget Justification</a><br>Fiscal Year 2024 Request—<a href="/cpi/about/mission/budget/2024/index.html">Budget Justification</a><br>Fiscal Year 2023 Request—<a href="/cpi/about/mission/budget/2023/index.html">Budget Justification</a><br>Fiscal Year 2022 Request—<a href="/cpi/about/mission/budget/2022/index.html">Budget Justification</a><br>Fiscal Year 2021 Request—<a href="/cpi/about/mission/budget/2021/index.html">Budget Justification</a><br>Fiscal Year 2020 Request—<a href="/cpi/about/mission/budget/2020/index.html">Budget Justification</a></p><p><strong>Program Evaluations</strong></p><ul><li><a href="/cpi/about/mission/ahrq-fy2018-conf-spending.html">Report on AHRQ Conference Spending, Fiscal Year 2018</a> </li><li><a href="/cpi/about/mission/ahrq-fy2017-conf-spending.html">Report on AHRQ Conference Spending, Fiscal Year 2017</a></li><li><a href="/cpi/about/mission/ahrq-fy2016-conf-spending.html">Report on AHRQ Conference Spending, Fiscal Year 2016</a></li><li><a href="/cpi/about/mission/ahrq-fy2015-conf-spending.html">Report on AHRQ Conference Spending, Fiscal Year 2015</a> </li><li><a href="/cpi/about/mission/arra/index.html">Results of ARRA-Funded CER Dissemination Activities</a> (<a href="/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/mission/arra/arracer-slides.pptx">PowerPoint</a>, 1 MB)</li></ul><p> </p></div> <div class="pager-wrap"> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 text-right"> <section class="row region region-citation"> <div id="block-citation" class="block block-ahrq block-citation"> <div class="content"> <div id="created-reviewed-citation" class="pad-bottom-sections"> <div id="page-reviewed" class="body-copy-italic">Page last reviewed October 2024 </div> <div id="page-created" class="body-copy-italic">Page originally created July 2014</div> </div> <div id="citation"> <div class="twocolordiv"> <div class="twocolordiv-content"> <p> <span class="citation-hdr">Internet Citation:</span> Mission and Budget. 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