mapping non-discrimination phase 1 – title vi evan olsen federal programs planner wsdot lise goss...
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Mapping Non-Discrimination
Phase 1 – Title VI
Evan OlsenFederal Programs Planner
WSDOT
Lise GossGIS Manager
WSDOT
27 Languages
• 6,307,500 WA Total• 503,000 LEP individuals
SpanishChineseVietnameseRussian KoreanTagalogAfrican LanguagesOther Slavic LanguagesOther Pacific Islander LanguagesOther Indic LanguagesJapaneseMon-Khmer/CambodianOther Asian LanguagesArabicGermanOther Indo-European LanguagesLaotianFrenchThaiPersianHindiSerbo-CroatianHmongPolishPortugueseItalian Scandinavian Languages
93%
7%
Washington State - Language
Why this, why now?
• Increase outreach• Address indirect impact• More accessible information• Title VI focused demographics• General compliance• Federal emphasis
Guiding principles
• Easy to use• Intuitive• User driven• Input yields great output• Tool for multiple uses
What is this project?
• Web based application• Visual display of data• Built in thresholds (5% or 1,000)• Customizable • Mapping skills are not required
What this is NOT
• Silver bullet
• Automatic compliance with regulations
• Assurance of grant award
Uses
• Outreach and public involvement
• Charts for grant applications
• Demographic analysis
Data Sources
• US Census
• American Community Survey – 5 year
Timeline
• Phase 1 (Thru Sept 2013)
– Language– Minority– Print Report
• Phase 1 Beta (1 month - TBD)
– Testing group needed
• Phase 2(Fall 2013 – Spring 2014)
– Disability– Income/Poverty– Age– Veteran
• Phase 2 Beta(spring 2014)
Ask Yourself…
• Do you see this tool providing a benefit to your agency?
• How would you use this?
• Would you pay money to use this?
