Human Rights Department Annual Report Copyrighted
February 18, 2019
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 6.
ITEM TITLE: Human Rights DepartmentAnnual Report
SUMMARY: City Manager transmitting the FY2019 Human Rights
Department Annual Report.
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DATE: February 13, 2019
Human Rights Department Director Kelly Larson is transmitting the FY2019 Human
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FROM: Kelly Larson, Human Rights Director
DATE: February 13, 2019
RE: FY2019 Human Rights Department Annual Report
Attached please find the Human Rights DepartmenYs FY2019 Annual Report. We are
proud of the accomplishments over the past year and we appreciate and thank you for
the past and continued support.
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Honorable Mayor and City Council:
I would like to begin by expressing appreciation for your leadership in continuing to support
Inclusive Dubuque and the application of an equity lens to the work of our organization. In the
following pages, you will find the story of partnerships throughout the organization and
community that are focused on advancing equity.
As a member of the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE), we engaged GARE to
present at the Growing Sustainable Communities Conference and several City staff also
attended the national membership meeting in Chicago in April. Following the GARE model, we
have finalized equity goals, objedives, and guiding principles, have worked with six
departments to complete equity plans, and worked with three additional departments to begin
the planning process. Our equity teams worked with contracted and purchased services
partners, as well as arts and sustainability grantees, to pilot a reporting system designed to
capture the ways in which partners are helping to advance equity through their efforts. Equity
Core Team members also provided assistance in adjusting policies and practices impading
gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender, and questioning residents and staff. Our work was
recognized with a score of 100 on the Municipal Equality Index.
On the community side, Inclusive Dubuque Network partners have become engaged in a variety
of ways, from completing the nine-month Best Practices in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
workshop to implementing pradices back in their organizations and participating in sector
groups. Our staff continued to provide consultation and co-facilitation with members of the
Dubuque Community School Distnct, Clarke University, and Washington Neighborhood
community engagement leaders. We also remained actively involved with the Pacific Islander
Health Project, the Immigration Think Tank, Crossing Borders, the Loras College Civic Adion
Plan team, and the My Brother's Keeper Network. We said goodbye to AmeriCorps VISTA
member Joie Brooks as she completed her term and are grateful for the work she did with the
My Brother's Keeper Network.
As always, thank you for your support of the work we do in our department and with our
partners in the community.
Respecffully submitted,
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Human Rights Diredor
HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
FY18 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT
Administrative Staff
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FY2018 Human Riqhts Commissioners
Anthony Allen, Chairperson
Jay Schiesl, Vice Chair
Gerald Hammel Indigo Channing
MiquelJackson Kathrin Parks
Adrienne Breitfelder Nicole Borovic
Ashley Melchert
Commission Mission Statement
The Human Rights Commission shall work to eliminate discrimination
and promote the quality of life for every resident in the city of Dubuque.
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HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
Department Goal: partnering to advance equity in opportunities to be
engaged in the community, to access City and community services, and to
meet basic needs. In all we do, we treat compliance with current civil rights
laws as the bare minimum required, not the end goal.
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strengthen relationships, � and partner efforts to
expand participation, and develop and implement
advance equity in City services. equity plans.
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HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
Overview
We partner with other City Departments to advance equity understanding and actions
amongst our employees, through our service delivery and community engagement
efforts, and with our contracted services partners.
• Facilitated Equity Teams to:
o Finalize equity goals, objectives, and guiding principles for the institution
o Work with six departments to complete initial departmental equity plans and
conducted self-assessments with three additional departments to begin their plans
o Pilot a reporting tool with partners who, collectively, are receiving 2.7 million in
FY19 contracted and purchased services funding
o Improve score on the Municipal Equality Index
o Engage Government Alliance on Race & Equity to present at the Growing
Sustainable Communities Conference
• Facilitated connections between the Transportation Department and the Pacific Island
Health Project to obtain a grant to provide transportation to doctor appointments.
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We support departments in their efforts to recruit and retain a high quality, diverse
workforce, to deliver City services in ways that advance equity, and to engage the
community in decision making so that services are responsive to community needs.
represents a department that has developed an equity plan, represents a
department working on a plan, and blue represents departments that are beginning a
self-assessment.
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HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
• Facilitate self-assessments with three additional departments
• Facilitate plan development with three departments
• Consult on final plans for three departments
• Consult on progress on plans with threedepartments
• Hire and orient Strategic Workforce Equity Coordinator and Community
Engagement Coordinator
• Customize ICC and equity skill development to employee jobresponsibilities
Organizational Development —Activity Statement
Partnerwith other City Departments to advance equity amongst our employees, through our
service delivery and community engagement efforts, and with our contracted services
partners
Goal: Financially Responsible, High Performance Organization
Outcome#1: Provide City services responsive to the public and easy
access to City information and services for all
Service: Facilitate Equity Teams and consult on department equity plans
We facilitate six cross-departmental teams and consult with departments on equity
plans around the following goals:
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Goal 1: Advancing equity through
workforce recruitment and retention
F,��„a„�^,e,m Eq u�ty ��mm�������'" Goal 2: Advancing equiry through grant,
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Core Goal 3: Advancing equity through
service delivery and community
engagement
Tea m Goal 4 Advancing equity through
collective impact partnerships
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The first three of these goals involve working at the individual and institutional levels
within City government and with partners, while the final goal involves external
partnerships across sectors to begin to address systemic issues.
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Effec[iveness of Facili[a[ion and Consulta[ion Across
DepaAments Served
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Program: Educate staffon developing intercultural skills and applying equitytools
This year, 37 staff attended 10.5 hours of InterculNral Foundations Workshops offered
by the InterculNral Facilitators, bringing the total number of staffwho have completed a
minimum of 10.5 hours ofworkshops to 856.
ICC Staff Evaluations - 4 point scale
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Helped understand factors influencing equity
■ Helped understand 'mtercWtural and equlty basics
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instiNtions
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In addition, we respond to department requests for consultation on specifc projects.
This year, we facilitated a workshop for summer staff with Leisure Services and
provided staff professional development for the Multicultural Family Center.
We also conducted training for 205 Ciry staff members designed to identify "right sized
problems" that departments can impact in orderto contnbute towards implementation of
the Fair Housing Action Plan.
Fair Housing Evaluations - 7 point scale
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■ I will use the information received
■ Presenters were engaging
■ Satisfied with quality of training
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Service: FaciliG[eequi[ableservicedeliveryandmmmuniryengagemen[wiN
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One key way Ne public participa[es in govemance isNrough serving on boardsand
mmmissions Na[are advisory [o [he Ciry Council. This year, we faciliL[ed Ne Qry
GerKs effoR; ro es[ablish a demographic[rendline for board and mmmission
participa[ion. Wealsofacili[a[ed mnnec0onswiN Ne AR; Coordinarorro engage
Marshall Island mmmuniry membersin Arton Ne River.
We facili[a[ed [he Human Righ6 Commission in cartying ou[[heir mle by pmviding
onen[afion for new mmmissioners, �faciliG[ing developmen[of goals and s[ra[egies,
pmviding informafion rela[ed m Neirgoals, and pmviding [echnical assis[ance wiN
respec[ro Neirgoals, even6, and responses ro mmmuniry inciden6.
This year, Ne Commission adwca[ed for a s[mng school dis[nc[focus on equiry,
responded strongly m ha[e inciden6, and urged [ha[equiry mnsiderafions remain
central [o Council goals.
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Goal: Robust Local Economy
Ou[come#1: Embrece diverse popula[ions [ha[ support a diverse mul[icul[ural
workforce wi[h equi[able opportuni[ies
Service: Facilitate development of equitable City workforce policies and practices
This year we:
• consulted on hiring practices and participated in interview processeswith several
departments, including Police, Leisure Services, the Water & Resource
Recovery Center, and the City Manager's Offce;
• consulted with depadments working to develop a shared understanding
amongst staff on the importance of equity and inclusion in their day to day work
by diswssing equity as part of regular staffmeetings;
• consulted with Public Works on developing an apprenticeship program
focusedon expanding the diversity of the feld; and
• facilitated efforts to improve the City of Dubuque's ranking on The Municipal
Equality Index (MEI). Specifc successes included providing transinclusive
health benefts for staff, offering domestic padner benefts to samesex
partnere, including protections based on gender identity in City contrad
provisions, and establishing offcial LGBTQ liaisonstothe CityManager.
City of Dubuque MEI Ranking
2016 82
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HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
Overview
Community Development involves partnering with various groups and organizations
within our community to address inequities in economic opportunity, health, housing,
education, transportation, and safety.
• Collaborated with the Inclusive Dubuque Network to design and facilitate Best
Practices in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Collaborated with the My Brother's Keeper Network to advance equitable
participation in the Dubuque Community School District summeracademy
• Supported the NAACP and Legal Aid in the second employment barriers clinic
• Facilitated and consulted on data analysis with the Coaches Partnership
Empowerment Network (PEN) to improve equity in service delivery by
identifying pattems of common barriers and collaborating to addressthem
• Consulted with Greater Dubuque Development Corporation on equity
resourcesfor businesses
• Collaborated with the Pacific Islander Health Project, the Immigration
Think Tank, Crossing Borders
• Consulted with Washington Neighborhood community engagement leaders on
effedive engagement practices
• Consulted with Clarke University on their equity initiatives and provided co-
facilitation with their trainers.
• Joined the DCSD equity committee and consulted on equity initiatives,
including co-facilitating with trainers at Roosevelt Middle School.
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We network with organizations and communities to strengthen intercultural relations in
Dubuque and to develop partnerships to identify and address barriers to equitable
access and participation in government and in the community.
represents a community/organization we kept informed about our work; purple
represents a community/organization we provided consultation to on equity plans; blue
represents individuals/groups we collaborated with on equity efforts; and represents
a community/organization we empowered to carry out a program with a City department.
• Facilitate Best Practices workshops and consult on Business Cohort and
Network Impact Council
• Collaborate with Loras Civic Action Team on developing a Cultural Snapshop of
the Latinx communities and the LGBTQ communities in Dubuque
• Consult with partners to identify equity and inclusion projects and goals
Community Development — Activity Statement
Engage residents and organizations as partners in advancing equity in economic opportunity,
housing, education, heath, transportation, and safety.
Goal: Partnering for a Better Dubuque
Outcome #1: Engage contracted and purchased service partners in advancing
Council goals and community betterment.
Service: Facilitate Cash Out Equity Team, and consult with grant and contract partners
to advance equity within individual programs/institutions, as well as across institutions
through collective impact partnerships.
ADVANCING EQUITYINEDUCATION
Campaign for Grade Level Reading"
. 547 first and second grade students qualify for summer reading and support and
221 attended a summer program through the Dubuque Community School
District, Dubuque Dream Center or St. Mark Youth Enrichment
. Two neighborhood moms co-led parent engagement sessions with staff from the
Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque to encourage summer reading.
Twenty-three families attended 95°k of the sessions, developing relationships,
learning about the importance of grade level reading, and creating summer
reading charts for use at home.
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Re-Engage Dubuque — 2017-18 School Year"
• 157 pf 185 students were re-engaged to work towards their High School Diploma or
High School Equivalency Diploma (HSED)
. 29 re-engaged students graduated high school and 11 obtained their HSED
. 86 students continue to actively work towards graduation and 31 continue to work
towards their HSED
'Data disaggregated by race and gender is not available due to having fewer than 10
students in these discreet categories.
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ADVANCING EQUITYINEMPLOYMENT
Opportunity Dubuque - FY18
• 96°k of those who have completed an Opportunity Dubuque certificate program
since 2012 are employed or continuing their education
• Of those employed or continuing their education for whom we have race or ethnicity
information, 32°k are racial and ethnic minorities.
Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act Programs
• 78.8°k entered employment by second quarter after exit with median earnings of
$6669 during the quarter
• 74.8°k were retained by fourth quarter
• Persons served: 2,301 male; 1 ,511 female; 2,893 white; 536 African-American; 132
Hispanic; 32 Asian; 395 with disabilities; 246 veterans.
ADVANCING EQUITYINHEALTH
Dubuque Pacific IslanderHealth Project:
• increased enrollment of Pacific Islanders in prevention programs and treatment;
• increased primary care relationships;
• decreased ER visits by 38°k;
• decreased missed appointments by 60°k.
Double Up Food Bucks:
• token distribution up 47°k, allowing individuals receiving food benefits to access
fresh, healthy food at the Farmer's Market
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DuRide:
• provide more than 12,000 rides for seniors for medical appointments, nursing
home visits, social excursions, shopping, and church services
ADVANCING EQUITYINARTS AND CULTURE
Arts Grants:
. co-facilitate the grant orientation workshop for grant applicants on equity and
inclusion expectations
Program: Equity and Intercultural Workshops for partners
This year we offered a 32-hour workshop entitled Developing an Equity Framework via
Intercultural Methods. Twenty-nine people participated in the workshop, including
participants from departments creating equity plans and organizations who receive City
funding.
Participants indicated they will do the following differently as a result of the workshop:
• Use the 7-S while working through a SMART goal
• Be slower to assume and quicker to ask questions
• Speak up and be a voice for change
• Remember that everyone has a story
Total participants in all workshops since 2009: 567. We also offer follow-up consultation
to graduates from our workshops.
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Developing an Equity Framework Post Survey Results
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Improved my understanding of individual factors influencing equity
■ Improved my understanding of institutional factors influencing equity
Improved my understanding of systemic factors influencing equity
Helped me understand the influence of implicit bias on perception
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■ Taking away new approaches I will use in the future
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Implementation Efforts by Workshop Graduates
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My organization has made program improvements designed to
improve equitable access and use of our programs
� My organization solicits feedback from communities most affected
by inequities
My organization tracks the number of staff hired and retained who
reflect communities most affected by inequities
� My organization uses an equity tool to analyze and improve
programs or practices
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HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
Outcome #2: Have non-profit institutions, private businesses, and educational
institutions contributing toward implementation of the Imagine Dubuque plan.
Service: Facilitate My Brother's Keeper, a network of non-profit organizations and
volunteers who are working to support youth of color and low income youth of various
ages to improve school achievement, graduate from high school, and proceed to
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Over the past year:
• 160 students participated in summer programming and 88% maintained or increased
literacy skills
• Mentors and tutors donated time valued at over $5,000
• 377 students completed out-of-school-time academic programs with network
partners during the school year and 191 maintained or increased literacy skills
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HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
Service: Information and referral: This year, 209 people contacted us with specific
questions about discrimination complaints or questions about meeting basic needs.
The most frequent areas where people were seeking assistance related to employment
and housing needs, and more than half of the contacts did not involve allegations or
concerns of discrimination.
Inquiry Disposition
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2018 Inquiries - Brokendown by Area
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Employment Housing PublicAccomodation Education Other
12 contacts resulted in the filing of formal discrimination complaints for investigation by
the Legal Department. During FY18, the Legal Department closed 11 cases.
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HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
2018 Inquiries - Brokendown by Basis
47% 60
50
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17% 13% 0 30
6% 12/0 �o� 6% 2% 1% 2% 10
0
Other Disability Race Age Sex Gender National Sexual Religion
Identity Origin Orientation
Retaliation
Disposition of Closed Cases
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55.0%
18.0%
Administrative Closure
� No Probable Cause
Referred to lowa Civil Rights Commission
■ Successful Mediation
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