Intentional Equity, Every Day Report Card
As Salt Lake City undertakes the study and implementation of a citywide equity plan, we have established a new team within the Mayor’s Office to lead out on these efforts and ensure that equity work is not siloed.
2021 Goals
COMPLETE: Issue guidance to department leadership requiring intentional consideration of equity when building FY 2021-22 budgets.
COMPLETE: Create and adopt financial policies and processes for participatory budgeting through an equity lens for fiscal year 2022-2023 budget.
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This work was completed for the Salt Lake City Police Department and Finance Department in 2021 and will expand to other city departments in 2022.
COMPLETE: Review, adopt, and implement recommendations from the Racial Equity in Policing Commission.
COMPLETE: Receive and enact recommendations from the Resident Food Equity Advisors Project, which was launched in 2020, to improve citywide food equity.
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The RFEA recommendations have been received and implementation is set to occur in the next year.
IN PROGRESS: Launch Equity Ambassador team to implement the Citywide Equity Master Plan and develop the framework for city departments to integrate equity across department policy, programming, staff recruitment and development, and community engagement.
COMPLETE: Explore Cultural Concierge program, in which college interns who speak languages other than English can help people navigate city systems and processes.
COMPLETE: Reformulate the Mayor’s Community Liaisons to reach beyond community councils to community-based organizations who do not traditionally interact regularly with the City.
COMPLETE: Continue to increase our city’s Human Rights Commission Municipal Index Score.
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In December the City announced it received a score of 100 on the HRC Municipal Index Score, becoming the only city in Utah to ever attain such a score.
IN PROGRESS: Pursue unified contract for translation and interpretation services and enact a language access policy.
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Our Equity Team launched the Language Access Task Force in 2021, pulling together staff from departments across the City to identify what’s needed to break down language barriers for residents interacting with the City. The new Language Access Coordinator will work to implement necessary changes in 2022.