Mapping Non-Discrimination Phase 1 – Title VI Evan Olsen Federal Programs Planner WSDOT Lise Goss GIS Manager WSDOT

27 Languages 6,307,500 WA Total 503,000 LEP individuals Spanish Chinese Vietnamese Russian Korean Tagalog African Languages Other Slavic Languages Other Pacific Islander Languages Other Indic Languages Japanese Mon-Khmer/Cambodian Other Asian Languages Arabic German Other Indo-European Languages Laotian French Thai Persian Hindi Serbo-Croatian Hmong Polish Portuguese Italian Scandinavian Languages

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?

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