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SFHSS reports progress on racial equity plan, asks Office of Racial Equity for cross-department support
Summary
SFHSS racial equity lead Leticia Harris reported annual progress on the department's Racial Equity Action Plan, citing improved race/ethnicity data capture, gaps in SOGI data, and requests to the Office of Racial Equity for a citywide catalog of employee affinity groups and budget support for staff resource groups.
Leticia Harris, senior health program planner and racial equity lead at the San Francisco Human Services System (SFHSS), presented a departmental progress report on the agency's Racial Equity Action Plan.
Harris told the board SFHSS had reduced non-reporting for race and ethnicity by about 5,000 employees in 2023 and has been working to expand sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) categories so health plans can better identify disparities. She said SFHSS is aligned with the Office of Racial Equity (ORE) mandate and the Government…
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