The Office of Equity and all state agency leaders are responsible and accountable for implementing Executive Order 22-04, “Implementing the Washington State Pro-Equity Anti-Racism (PEAR) Plan & Playbook.”
The PEAR goals and overall strategies below guide the delivery of state goods, services, policies, and practices so all Washingtonians can participate, prosper, and achieve their full potential. The Office of Equity will partner with state agencies and communities to create an annual report to the Governor and Legislature.
Values are basic and fundamental beliefs that guide or motivate our attitudes or actions.
They help us to determine what is important to us. Values are the motive behind
purposeful action.
The following values reflect the common themes that surfaced during the listening sessions conducted by the Office of Equity and state agencies between May and September 2021.
Vision
Everyone in Washington has full access to the opportunities, power, and resources they need to flourish and achieve their
full potential.
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Washington state agencies will cultivate 15 Determinants of Equity by focusing PEAR Strategic Action Plan Investments in PEAR Service Lines, which are 11 aspects of agency decision making, including service delivery, program development, policy development, and budgeting (RCW 43.06D.040), in order to achieve PEAR outcomes.
Washington will achieve PEAR ecosystem outcomes by cultivating and measuring state agencies’ impact on 15 Determinants of Equity, the social conditions that everyone in Washington needs to flourish and achieve their full potential:
“…The PEAR framework prioritizes investments in 15 determinants of equity to achieve outcomes that benefit all tribes, communities, and employees of Washington’s ecosystem, and calls for investing more of our state’s resources “upstream” to address root causes where the needs are greatest to ensure that individuals in underserved communities have their basic needs met long term in Washington’s ecosystem.” –Executive Order 22-04
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