This OFA FEDTalk describes how ACF and HMRF programs are learning about and investing in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) efforts for the families they serve.
Equity
The nFORM team discusses grant year 5 enrollment and primary workshop participation targets. The team also reviews how to use nFORM to monitor trends in survey response data.
The nFORM team provides a tutorial on how to monitor equity-related data in nFORM for service delivery. The team also provides a deep dive on using nFORM 2.0 data tools to analyze trends in workshop participation.
The nFORM team provides a tutorial on how to monitor equity-related data in nFORM for program outreach and enrollment. The team also provides an example of how to monitor for potential disparities in enrollment using applicant characteristic data.
Webinar covered activities to support user-centered strategy development. These included two empathy-focused activities – empathy mapping and journey mapping – to consider the needs of strategy “users” when designing for improvement. It also included an activity to foster collaborative strategy design with staff and/or partners called Round Robin.
Webinar covered recommendations for using an equity-focused CQI approach, which included being intentional about considering equity, enhancing inclusivity, and using data to explore and identify inequitable access and outcomes. The webinar presented tools and practices for enhancing intentionality, inclusion, and strategic data use.