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Equity analysis for a decision
You own or shape a decision and want to build equity into it while it can still change, and to know whether an equity scan or a full analysis is required. By the end, you will have an equity analysis record for a specific decision: the decision and its deadline, affected people and who is missing, evidence and its limits, benefits and burdens, alternatives, engagement, implementation owners, and follow-up. It supports the DHS process; the official record lives with the policy owner.
Questions this topic covers
- We are changing a program rule that goes to leadership. Does this need an equity scan or a full analysis, and what goes in it?
- Who benefits and who carries the burden in a budget reduction, and how do we find out?
- What alternatives should we compare before we settle a service change?
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