LGBTQ+ Health Initiative Needs Assessment 2020
Background
The LGBTQ+ Health Initiative provides Cultural Responsiveness and Organizational Development support, capacity building and technical assistance as it relates to sexual orientation, gender identity, race and ethnicity. We assessed the best ways to support Network member organizations using needs assessment data and organizational feedback. We broke the Needs Assessment into two surveys: a Technical Assistance Needs Assessment, and an Organizational Needs Assessment. We sent these surveys to Network and Component A-funded organizations between March and June of 2020.
These surveys asked agencies to share their organization’s principles, policies, and practices that support cultural responsiveness; training interests; and areas for greater equity. Data are used to create and offer technical assistance and capacity building opportunities to specific Network organizations and the whole Network throughout years 2-5 of the grant.
Technical Assistance Needs Assessment
Here is a one page summary of the Technical Assistance Survey results.
The purpose of this survey was to understand the current and emerging educational, training, and capacity-building needs surrounding regarding Cultural Responsiveness and Organizational Development as it relates to sexual orientation, gender identity, race, and ethnicity.
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Creating policies or practices of opposing homophobia and transphobia and promoting LGBTQ+/TGNCNB inclusion.
Seeks to improve, repair, and strengthen relationships between individuals and within communities and achieve social discipline through participatory learning and decision making. Reference
strengths based framework that is grounded in an understanding of and responsiveness to the impact of trauma that emphasizes physical, psychological, and emotional safety for both providers and survivors. Reference
Organizational Equity Survey
Here is a two page summary of the Organizational Equity Survey results.
The purpose of this survey was to understand organizations’ principles, policies, and practices on cultural responsiveness as it relates to sexual orientation, gender identity, race and ethnicity.
We reviewed the literature on organizational LGBTQ+ and racial equity and surveys to measure equity from the NYSDOH AI, a consultant who already conducted a literature review of equity surveys, and Dismantling Racism Works. As most existing surveys measured racial equity, not LGBTQ equity, the survey structure was formulated on an article by Kristen L. Eckstrand which provided a framework for LGBTQ equity.
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Results
After receiving the results of this survey from Network organizations, we created an organizational report with a smaller group of our consultants for each individual organization. We sent this report out to each organization that completed the Needs Assessment.
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