In 2023, Governor Walz & Lt. Governor Flanagan released the One Minnesota Plan, which specifies six priority areas for the state. This includes a specific priority area focused on Equity and Inclusion as well as guiding principles which emphasize the inclusion of voices of the most impacted communities. The Results Management team at Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) has worked with the Governor’s Chief of Staff and agency leadership to develop specific actions to achieve these priorities, as well as performance measures to track outcomes. Teams meet on a quarterly basis to review performance and identify opportunities to improve or expand programs and policies going forward. MMB publishes performance data for all state agencies in its biennial budget documents. In addition to being available for use by executive branch officials, these data are available to legislators and their staff as they develop budget and policy recommendations and are required by a 2017 Minnesota law.

Additionally, 2024 – 2025 budgets require the Department of Human Services and Department of Health to work with MMB to establish performance measures and a measurement plan for all new grants allocating more than $750k. Technical support from MMB will include designing performance measures, developing plans for collecting and analyzing data, establishing an approach to conducting measurement (e.g. comparison groups, years, etc.), drafting RFPs to include performance measure-focused language, and supporting in the reporting of performance back to the Legislature.

This work will expand similar requirements included in the Opioid Epidemic Response Services grant, which requires applicants to complete a performance measurement plan which describes the goals, objectives, outcomes, measures, and data collection methods that will be used to determine the efficacy of the program.