Racial Equity Readiness Assessment for Workforce Development
This guide for workforce development organizations and practitioners helps assess programs, operations, and culture in order to identify strength areas and growth opportunities. Practitioners can use this toolkit to familiarize themselves with various practices and policies that support institutional racial equity, evaluate their current efforts, and plan action steps.
The Workforce Development Racial Equity Readiness Assessment is designed as a guide for workforce development organizations and practitioners to evaluate their programs, operations, and culture so they can identify strength areas and growth opportunities. Practitioners can use this toolkit to familiarize themselves with various practices and policies that support institutional racial equity, evaluate their current efforts, and plan action steps.
Racial inequity continues to be a critical barrier and outcome in the field of workforce development. Fortunately, there are practical solutions to make tangible and impactful gains within the field. The Race Forward Research team has taken decades of racial justice research, training, and consulting experience and developed the following readiness assessment criteria to provide a landscape of possible solutions for organizations to lean further into their racial equity practice.