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Centering Racial Equity Throughout Data Integration

This toolkit provides practical guidance for agencies, researchers, and community partners to embed racial equity throughout every stage of data integration and use.

Developed by a diverse group of civic data stakeholders, the toolkit outlines how to center racial equity in the collection, sharing, and analysis of administrative data.

It introduces a framework for embedding equity across the data life cycle—from planning and access to analysis and reporting—and includes case studies, self-assessments, and practical tools to support ethical and community-centered data practices. Emphasizing transparency, community voice, and structural change, it aims to prevent data practices from reinforcing systemic harm.