Community engagement to support Oregon Health Policy Board committee recruitment and retention

Transformation Center staff support the Health Policy and Analytics Division’s community engagement work. Current work involves developing streamlined processes to support recruitment and retention of more diverse Oregon Health Policy Board (OHPB) committee members by:

Coordinating recruitment across OHPB committees,
Standardizing the collection and reporting of demographic and sector data about committee members and applicants,
Supporting retention of diverse committee members, and
Recommending changes to authorizing statutes and charters to increase committee member diversity.

This process gives OHA and OHPB the opportunity to build rapport and trust with the community based on appointing committee members with lived and cross-cultural experience.

OHPB recruitment process

Processes to support recruitment and retention of more diverse OHPB committee members include the following:

Pre-recruitment activities

Committee composition (gap analysis tool from the Equity and Inclusion Division)
Committee description one pagers
Recruitment announcements

Recruitment and application

Work plan/recruitment plan
Recruitment goals
Application
Notifying communities including Tribal Affairs

Choosing members

Scoring rubrics
Equity-based hiring practices
Establishing review panel and process

Roster approval

State templates

OHPB
Governor
Agency director appointed

Approval and denial letters

Background

See the OHPB webpage and the following OHPB Committee Membership Workgroup materials:

Final findings and recommendations report (October 2021)
Final report summary (October 2021)
OHPB committee member survey (December 2021)

Contact

Staci DeLeon-Davis: staci.deleondavis@oha.oregon.gov or 503-569-2214