Project Checklist/Assessment

Reflecting back on all the work and planning that was done to establish a workgroup that is inclusive of people with marginalized lived experience, assess your efforts by asking if you completed all of the steps recommended in this toolkit. Ask yourself, did you...

• Schedule a meeting with legislative and sponsors?
  • Did you develop a timeline and plan for your workgroup’s success at this meeting?
  • Did you define “lived experience” at this meeting?
  • Did you confirm the goals and expectations of the workgroup?
• Conduct a landscape analysis?
• Reach out to the relevant Consulting State Entity for support and feedback to ensure that you are engaging with these community members effectively and respectfully?
• Thoroughly read all tools regarding disability, accessibility, universal design, language access, and planning inclusive meetings?
• Identify and recruit members with relevant lived experience?
  • Did you conduct interviews and objectively select the best candidates for the position(s)?
• Review your agency’s accessibility and inclusion process and consult with your agency equity manager/team, disability access manager, and language access manager?
• Finalize a community compensation process?
  • Did you get prior approval from your supervisor/leadership?
  • Did you get prior agreement from your accounting/fiscal unit?
• Put it all into practice by facilitating inclusive workgroup meetings?