Minnesota Department of Human ServicesDisability Services DivisionOne DHS People, Access and Culture
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Knowing whether it is working

Measurement, evaluation, and accountability

Telling the difference between a platform that works and a program that improves equity practice, using baselines, mixed methods, disaggregation with protection, and honest limits.

Areas of work
Eliminate disparitiesCommunity engagement

Work you can take forward

Background and questions for this area

Why it matters

Legacy data systems were built for billing and eligibility, not equity analysis. Good measurement protects private learning, refuses invented targets, and reports what the evidence does and does not show.

Questions to begin with

  • What would change if we knew the answer?
  • What is the baseline, the denominator, and the smallest group we will report?
  • What do people's experiences add that the numbers cannot?
  • How do we measure the program without scoring or ranking people?
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Tools and frameworks

  • 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.

    Minnesota Management and Budget

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