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Community engagement and co-design

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Job aid · How to do it
Access checks before a meeting, outreach, or session
Guidance. A practical job aid or checklist from this program. Confirm policy questions with the person responsible for that policy.
Before meeting with people, confirm the language and dialect and arrange captioning, interpreting, and alternate formats. Check the physical…
Job aid · How to do it
Engagement that shares influence: inform, consult, involve, collaborate, co-design
Guidance. A practical job aid or checklist from this program. Confirm policy questions with the person responsible for that policy.
Five levels of influence, from informing people about a decision to designing it with them. Choose one honestly, say it plainly, and match…
Job aid · How to do it
Reporting back: what we heard, what changed, what could not, and why
Guidance. A practical job aid or checklist from this program. Confirm policy questions with the person responsible for that policy.

A short, accessible record for the people who gave input: what they said in their words, what changed because of it, what could not change…

Tool · How to do it

Planning with partners: who to involve

Guidance

Plan who should be involved before the design is settled. Note why their involvement matters, what role they will have, whether they will be…

Practice note · How to do it

Using community material as questions, not descriptions

Practice note

A community brief or cultural guide is a starting point for respectful inquiry. It can help you ask better questions and plan access. It…

Practice note · Quick orientation

Using community context without profiling

Practice note

A community brief can help you prepare for Minnesota work, but it cannot describe any one person. Use it to ask better questions, check…

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Tool · Reference and evidence
Tool card: National CLAS Standards
Outside source; check before use. A public source outside this program. Check the current source before relying on it.
The National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services, published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services…
Tool · Reference and evidence
Tool card: GARE Racial Equity Toolkit
Outside source; check before use. A public source outside this program. Check the current source before relying on it.
The Government Alliance on Race and Equity describes racial equity tools as structured ways to integrate explicit consideration of racial…