Organizational Assessment for Equity Infrastructure
The Office of Health Equity (OHE) COVID Equity Technical Assistance (TA) team in partnership with the Office of Policy and Planning, OPP (formerly known as the Fusion Center) collaborated to develop a Baseline Organizational Assessment for Equity Infrastructure in 2022. The objective was for local health jurisdictions (LHJs) to have a streamlined tool to collect data on their current equity infrastructure and use it to inform their future planning for equity. The āassessment will now be conducted on an annual basis to facilitate consistent dialogue and monitoring of their equity infrastructure journey. The findings from the annual assessments will also be used to stay current with local public health equity capacity and technical assistance needs and inform the State Health Equity Plan.
While our primary audience for this tool are the California LHJs, we welcome the application of this tool beyond health departments and California. Please feel free to use and adopt this tool to fit your organizational needs.
Learn More
Organizational Assessment for Equity Infrastructure Webinar (2023)ā. Informational webinar on the 2023 Organizational Assessment on Equity Infrastructure with remarks by OHE Deputy Director, Dr. Rohan Radhakrishna. The TA Team covers strategies to fill out the assessment, a timeline to complete, and a walkthrough of the PDF resources and SurveyMonkey. Dr. Radhakrishna speaks about the purpose of the assessment, its importance at the state and local level, and its alignment with CDPH priorities.
Assessment & More
Assessment Tool (PDF)
Domains, Competencies, and Definitionsā (PDF)
Frequently Asked Questionsā (PDF)
Baseline Organizational Assessment for Equity Infrastructure Webinar (2022)
Results Reports
2022 Baseline Results Report (PDF)*
*Update November 2023: This is a corrected version of the 2022 report issued in May 2022. Tables 3 and 5-9 (Competency Priorities Tables) have been updated.
2023 Results Report - Organizational Assessment for Equity Infrastructure (PDF)ā
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Virtual Equity Toolkit
āThe Virtual Equity Toolkit (VET) 2.0 found in the Equity Portalā, is a dynamic compilation of equity resources divided into the 12 competencies of the Organizational Assessment for Equity Infrastructure and subsequently by the development levels of Early, Established, and Strong. Resources can also be filtered by resource type or an advanced search feature where you can apply multiple filters at the same time and/or search for key words. The VET complements the assessment examples and helps work through the domains and competencies of interest.