About Oregon Department of Human Services Director’s Office
The Department of Human Services (DHS) is Oregon’s principal agency for helping Oregonians achieve wellbeing and independence through opportunities that protect, empower, respect choice and preserve dignity, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
DHS provides direct services to more than 1 million Oregonians each year. These services provide a key safety net for those in our society who are most vulnerable or who are at a difficult place in their life.
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Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) Director Fariborz Pakseresht addresses the COVID-19 vaccination requirement for employees in the executive branch of state government. During the 4-minute podcast, he touches on vaccine hesitancy among people with long histories of medical mistreatment - especially Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islanders and other people of color, people with disabilities and those who are unable to get the vaccine - and calls on the ODHS community to practice compassion and understanding for people of all backgrounds and faiths as we navigate the ever-changing currents of this pandemic.
Follow DHS on Twitter @OregonDHS (https://twitter.com/OregonDHS).
Download full script by clicking here (https://sharedsystems.dhsoha.state.or.us/DHSForms/Served/DE PC021.pdf).
16 Oct 2020
Episode 20
Dion Jordon joins Oregon Department of Human Services Director Fariborz Pakseresht for a 14-minute podcast on the Department’s adoption of an Equity North Star. Dion is the director of the Department’s Office of Equity and Multicultural Services (OEMS). Their discussion covers why advancing equity and inclusion is a Department priority, why it’s important to have an Equity North Star, how it came together and how we will put it to use.
Follow DHS on Twitter @OregonDHS (https://twitter.com/OregonDHS).
Download full script by clicking here (https://sharedsystems.dhsoha.state.or.us/DHSForms/Served/DE PC020.pdf).
9 Oct 2020
Episode 19
Oregon Department of Human Services Director Fariborz Pakseresht talks with Phil Basso (https://aphsa.org/About/Bios/Phil_Basso_Bio.aspx), director of organizational effectiveness at the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA (https://aphsa.org/)). This 16-minute podcast gives an overview of the organizational assessment APHSA is conducting to determine where the Department is on the Human Services Value Curve (https://aphsa.org/organizational_effectiveness/OE_Consulting_Practice/OE_Framework.aspx) today and how it can ascend this maturity model to realize the potential of the people we serve and the systems we use to do so, rooting all our work in equity. The 11-part review includes gathering staff, community partner and external stakeholder input as well as integration of past assessments to unify activities.
Follow DHS on Twitter @OregonDHS (https://twitter.com/OregonDHS).
Download full script by clicking here (https://sharedsystems.dhsoha.state.or.us/DHSForms/Served/DE PC019.pdf).
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