Long Beach Creates Office of Equity

This case study outlines how the city of Long Beach, California created an Office of Equity. These offices can help promote conversations on equity and social justice, align programming, and build capacity among many department divisions. Stakeholders are encouraged to allocate funds, find grants, and understand how health departments and other city/county departments work together, when working to consolidate or build an Office of Equity.

Resource Details

• Geographic Areas of Implementation: Urban
• Setting/Context of Implementation: Workplace
• Topics of Practice: Organizational Change/ Development
• Outcomes of Interest: Advancing Racial Equity|Improve Organizational Infrastructure|Reduction of Health Disparities
• Level of Evidence: Promising
• Tools or Materials Included in Resource: Yes
• Social Determinants of Health: Economic Stability|Social and Community Context
• Outside of US: No