BUNCOMBE COUNTY

STRATEGIC PLAN

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Racial Equity Action Plan

Advancing Equity in Buncombe County

Goal and Definition

Actual

Target

Results for

Status Indicators for Most Recently Reported Results: On Target | Caution | Below Plan | No Information

Communication & Engagement: Provide RE Education and Communication to the Community
  • Create authentic, honest, transparent communication around racial equity
  • Create authentic, honest, transparent community engagement around racial equity

Departments aligned to these goals include: Communications & Public Engagement, Elections, and Libraries

75% Q2 FY24
Engagement Strategy: Create Pathways to Ensure Engagement in RE Strategies that Improve Quality of Life
  • Assess current state of racial disparities
  • Support and expand community partnerships in equity programs and efforts for high impact and better outcomes 
  • Increase diverse representation on Buncombe County Boards and Commissions


Departments aligned to these goals include: Clerk to the Board, Communications & Public Engagement, Equity & Human Rights Office, and Libraries

100% 75% Q2 FY24
Equity and Accountability: Institute Organizational Polices and Processes to Ensure Equity and Accountability
  • Establish organizational equity and accountability processes to increase capacity to make data informed decisions
  • Develop equitable policies and procedures for Buncombe County


Departments aligned to these goals include: Equity & Human Rights Office, and Strategy & Innovation

50% 75% Q2 FY24
Equity Informed Decision Making: Establish Buncombe County as an Equity Inclusion Model
  • Support and encourage supplier diversity
  • Increase equity-based County budgeting decisions
  • Assess and identify opportunities to ensure minimized barriers to technology and communication


Departments aligned to these goals include: Budget, Communications & Public Engagement, Economic Development, and Finance

100% 75% Q2 FY24
Equity Learning and Support: Cultivate a Thriving Workforce within Buncombe County that Ensures RE
  • Implement and provide ongoing racial equity learning and support for staff
  • Recruit, engage, and retain a workforce for Buncombe County in ways that ensure equitable opportunities
  • Create internal racial equity training for Buncombe County Commissioners


      Departments aligned to these goals include:Equity & Human Rights Office and Human Resources

      90% 75% Q2 FY24
      Quality of Life: Improve Quality of Life Outcomes through RE Initiatives
      • Improve housing outcomes for the most impacted communities
      • Enhance equitable economic drivers
      • Improve justice outcomes for the most impacted communities
      • Improve wellness and recreation outcomes for the most impacted communities
      • Improve health and human service outcomes for most impacted communities
      • Improve transportation outcomes for the most impacted communities


      Departments aligned to these goals include: County Manager, Economic Development, Health and Human Services, Justice Services, Planning & Transportation, Recreation Services, Strategic Partnerships, Sustainability, and Tax Assessment

      63% 75% Q2 FY24

      CONTACT INFORMATION

      Buncombe County Government
      200 College Street
      Asheville, NC 28801

      Strategy & Innovation Department
      www.BuncombeCounty.org/
      [email protected]