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Policies, programs, budgets, forms, and services
Building equity into the decisions that shape who gets what, how, and with what burden: policies, program design, budgets, forms and notices, technology, and service delivery.
A documented analysis that names affected communities, evidence, benefits and burdens, alternatives, engagement, implementation owners, and follow-up.
Program and policy staff · Division and administration leadership · Fiscal, contracts, and procurement · Supports required work
An equity and access checklist completed while the design is still open, with responsibilities and a review date.
Program and policy staff · Service delivery and support planning
Plain-language, accessible, workable material with sources labeled and barriers removed before release.
Program and policy staff · Communications and language access
Person-centered, accessible service design that reflects the disability rights and community-based service frameworks DSD works within.
Service delivery and support planning · Program and policy staff
Engagement that arrives after a decision is final cannot change it. The DHS equity policy makes an equity scan or full analysis part of some decisions, and good practice makes it part of all of them.
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
The Government Alliance on Race and Equity describes racial equity tools as structured ways to integrate explicit consideration of racial equity into decisions, policies, practices, programs, and budgets. Public. Permitted use: cite, link, adapt the method with attribution.
Government Alliance on Race and Equity
A framework and set of tools for people with disabilities and families to plan a good life across the lifespan, developed at the University of Missouri Kansas City Institute for Human Development. Some materials are licensed; check reuse terms. Permitted use: cite, link, use published tools within their terms.
LifeCourse Nexus
One DSD adds division programs and service-delivery frameworks, scenarios from DSD work, and the consultation pathway for a real decision.
