
Overview
What We’re Doing
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Develop and implement a comprehensive racial equity strategy. This strategy will include a racial equity framework or shared approach to leading for equity and a racial equity plan with specific goals and priorities that lead to the greatest impact on closing opportunity gaps and removing barriers for children, families and professionals of color.
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Develop and continually refine tools and processes necessary to implement the racial equity strategy, including tailored racial equity impact analysis tools, an agency-wide family, community and stakeholder engagement protocol and disaggregated data and metrics to measure the impact of DEL’s actions.
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Train and support DEL staff to increase their knowledge, awareness and capacity to lead for equity. The first step is to convene and support a Racial Equity Team that will provide leadership in developing the racial equity strategy, tools, training and processes, as well as model culturally and linguistically responsive practices. The team will play a critical role in setting the conditions and environment necessary to engage others in racial equity conversations and efforts.