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Equity Action Plan Component

The Equity Action Plan provides accountability for addressing disparities in department operations and services. This plan identifies current inequities the department faces in how it serves residents and supports our workforce, detailing specific actions the department intends to take to reduce disparities and promote the City’s commitment to equity and inclusion.

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An effective Equity Action Plan will allow the department to answer the following questions:

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Tactical Equity Plan

Learning & Development 2

Budget Equity Framework

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Outcomes 3

Operationalize Equity

What disparities currently exist in the department’s operations or services?

How does the department know what the disparities are, or what methods can be used to find them out?

How does the department use data to set equality-driven metrics and identify disparities? What is the department going to do to address disparities identified by staff, community members or customers?

How successful has the department been in reducing disparities and/or promoting equity and inclusion?

Budget Equity Framework

With support from the Department of Race & Equity and the Department of Finance, each department will analyze Base Budget and submit Budget Adjustments through the application of an Equity Lens. Once departments have submitted their Base Budgets, the Department of Race & Equity and the Department of Finance will review the submittals and give feedback on how departments can create equitable outcomes. The first step in addressing 4 disparate outcomes is identifying where, and for whom, disparities exist. By filtering budgets through an Equity Lens, known and unknown disparities will emerge. Departments can then wield their budget as an Equity Opportunity to intentionally craft requests that address disparities and move the needle toward equity.

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2Budget Equity Framework

Departmental Deliverables for Budget Equity Framework include:

1. Responses to Budget Equity Questionnaire to be included in: o Public Budget Formulation (PBF) 2. Budget Equity Impact Statement to be included in: o Executive Budget Review (EBR) Presentation o Budget Review Committee Presentation o Volume II Budget Narratives 3. Equity Highlights to be included in: o Executive Budget Review (EBR) Presentation o Budget Review Committee Presentation