7 minutes
Intent is not the test The Equity Policy is about outcomes. Sincerity is not a substitute for evidence.
What you’ll be able to do Identify the practical implication of “Intent is not the test” and apply it to one live DHS decision connected to Outcomes, Not Intentions. Compare the responses to this question and explain your choice: When should the method be used? Document a next step for Intent is not the test: Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed. You cannot introspect your way to fairness. You measure. Why this title exists The record and the Minnesota title gave you observations. This title is the method: how to look, what not to collapse, and how the official toolkit is Adaptation in a packet. The Equity Policy (2023) already requires an equity lens and the toolkit. Good intentions are assumed. They are not the deliverable.
In this lesson you will Separate sincerity from outcome.
See why “we didn’t mean harm” can still ship a sorted process.
Know the toolkit is the lock, not a cover sheet.
If unequal outcomes can be produced by defaults, not only by villains, then intent is the wrong exam.
Put this lesson to work What you can change You control whether intent is not the test changes a live DHS process connected to Outcomes, Not Intentions or remains information on a page.
What to watch for The team completes the learning, keeps the same default, assigns no owner, and never checks who carries the burden.
Your next step Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.
Carry this forward The Equity Policy is about outcomes. Sincerity is not a substitute for evidence.
You control whether intent is not the test changes a live DHS process connected to Outcomes, Not Intentions or remains information on a page.
Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.
Completion is shown by a scenario decision, a knowledge-check response and a saved one-minute commitment.
Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.
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Course overview Next lesson Carry this into practice Distinguish an observed disparity from a causal claim and decide what evidence and follow-up are needed.
Return to the experience: What did you notice or try, whose perspective informed it, and what would you keep or adjust?
Participation and course completion in this program do not count toward DHS-required training credits unless management, a director, or DHS leadership expressly approves an exception.
