HHS released its first ever Equity Action Plan as part of its implementation of Executive Order 13985. The plan included commitments to address maternal mortality among Black, Native American and Alaska Native women; address barriers faced by people with limited English proficiency in accessing HHS programs; incorporate equity considerations into funding opportunities; and advance civil rights enforcement, including clarifying nondiscrimination provisions to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The plan also recognized that “HHS must simultaneously shift the culture, resources, and approaches available to HHS to institutionalize and sustain a focus on equity over time.” Read a summary of HHS’s Equity Action Plan.