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Office of Diversity and Inclusion outlines availability study timeline, ERG expansion and procurement outreach
Summary
Director Jason Jenkins told council that the Office of Diversity and Inclusion will run a race- and gender-neutral availability study in 2026 to inform a disparity study in 2027, highlighted procurement and ERG initiatives, and said some ODI requests for 2026 (e.g., Columbus Black Expo support) were unfunded.
Jason Jenkins, director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), summarized ODI's community and procurement outreach and internal workforce efforts during the 2026 budget hearing. Jenkins highlighted a catering-connections event and a procurement partnership with Columbus City Schools aimed at connecting local small and diverse vendors with city procurement officers, and said ODI retains "over 90% of our program participants" in diversity-business programs.
Nadia Miller, who…
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