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Tool card: Minnesota Equity Analysis Toolkit
The State of Minnesota's official equity analysis toolkit, published by Minnesota Management and Budget, used with the DHS Equity Policy. Public. Permitted use: cite, link, follow. The policy owner determines when it is required.

Outside source: A public source outside this program. Check the current source before relying on it. Source: Minnesota Management and Budget — https://mn.gov/mmb/

CONTENT
Owner and publisher: Minnesota Management and Budget. Status: official State resource.
Purpose: a structured process for state agencies to analyze the equity effects of decisions, engage affected communities, compare alternatives, and plan implementation and evaluation.
Relationship to DHS: the DHS Equity Policy requires equity analysis for named decisions and uses this toolkit. The policy owner and your Equity Director confirm which version and process applies.
Limits: a process. It does not supply data or community relationships; those come from the data owner and engagement.
Program use: the equity analysis path and the scan-or-full-analysis aid follow it. This program is not the official record.

NEXT STEPS
• Equity scan or full analysis: what goes in — program page /library/ja-equity-scan-or-full-analysis
• Minnesota Equity Analysis Toolkit reference — program page /library/ext-dhs-equity-toolkit

SOURCES
• Minnesota Management and Budget — The original source for this resource. https://mn.gov/mmb/

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