The California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN) has published this assessment of California state government efforts to advance health equity and racial equity.
CPEHN reviewed background materials and interviewed leadership from 11 state government health and human services agencies and departments, the governor’s office, and legislators and legislative staff. In the report, CPEHN recommends that, in order to amplify and align these efforts, California state agencies and departments should:
1. Establish Common Definitions of Equity and Racial Equity
2.Strengthen Public Accountability for Meeting Concrete Equity and Racial Equity
Goals
3.Hire Staff and Leaders with Lived Experience and Expand Training Opportunities
4.Develop and Enforce Standards for Collecting and Reporting Demographic Data
5.Establish Robust, Authentic Community Partnerships
6.Commit Ongoing, Meaningful Resources to Address Historic Harms
7.Ensure All Eligible Californians Access Services
The assessment was commissioned and funded by the California Health Care Foundation.
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