D&I Goal Recruitment Retention Revenue Board of Directors Ad Hoc Comm. Professional Staff NGB Membership Nat. Team Athletes Nat. Team Coaches Dev. Team Athletes Dev. Team Coaches Part-time / Interns Name of Program: Review of Data Collection and Diversity Plan Person Responsible: Chairperson of Ad Hoc D&I Committee Race/Ethnicity Women LGBTQ Military Vet. People with Disabilities Date: May 2017 Completion Date: December 2-17 In 2017, USA Team Handball will appoint an Ad Hoc Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Members of this D&I Committee will come from the professional staff, national team athletes and coaches. This Committee will be responsible for the review of the annual data collection and for monitoring awareness and outreach strategy for the USA Team Handball diversity plan. Outcomes: (Will be collected along with Diversity Data on April 1, 2018) D&I Goal Recruitment Retention Revenue Board of Directors Standing Comm. Professional Staff NGB Membership Nat. Team Athletes Nat. Team Coaches Dev. Team Athletes Dev. Team Coaches Part-time / Interns Name of Program: Bylaw Revision Person Responsible: Mike Cavanaugh Race/Ethnicity Women LGBTQ Military Vet. People with Disabilities Start Date: Completion Date: USA Team Handball’s bylaws will be revised by competent and experienced professionals from internal and external positions. Language will be included that is approved and recommended by the USOC Diversity and Inclusion Division race/ethnicity/minorities. Outcomes: (Will be collected with Diversity Data on April 1, 2018) Action Plan Overview (2018) Recruitment Quad Diversity Goal: USA Team Handball will strive to increase the number of racial and ethnic minority athletes as we seek to identify, recruit, and retain members of our Women’s National Team and Men’s National Team.
D&I Goal Recruitment Retention Revenue Board of Directors Standing Comm. Professional Staff NGB Membership Nat. Team Athletes Nat. Team Coaches Dev. Team Athletes Dev. Team Coaches Part-time / Interns Name of Program: Empirical Data Collection from Youth Programs Person Responsible: Mike Cavanaugh Race/Ethnicity Women LGBTQ Military Vet. People with Disabilities Start Date: January 2019 Completion Date: December 2019 USA Team Handball will collect data on participation in youth/school programs in three different USA regions. This data will be collected voluntarily by regional coaches and will ask for information in the race/ethnicity, gender, military veteran, people with disabilities categories. Outcomes: (Will be collected with Diversity Data on April 1, 2020) Action Plan Overview (2020)
Recruitment Quad Diversity Goal: USA Team Handball will strive to increase the number of racial and ethnic minority athletes as we seek to identify, recruit, and retain members of our Women’s National Team and Men’s National Team. Retention Quad Diversity Goal: USA Team Handball will strive to maintain current levels of racial and ethnic minorities within the Board of Directors, Committees, National Team Revenue Quad Diversity Goal: USA Team Handball will strive to identify sponsors and grant sources for development/youth programming in three states; California, Illinois, and Alabama. If successful, this will result in an increase in racial and ethnic minority participants. Action Plan 2020 Area of Focus Program or Action and Individual Responsible Target Audience Start & Date Brief Description of your Program(s) and How Success is Measured (100 Words or Less) D&I Goal #1 Recruitment Retention Revenue Board of Directors Standing Comm. Professional Staff NGB Membership Nat. Team Athletes Nat. Team Coaches Dev. Team Athletes Dev. Team Coaches Part-time / Interns Name of Program: Increase D&I within coaches and athlete pools Person(s) Responsible: Nat. Team Coaches and Dev. Coaches Race/Ethnicity Women LGBTQ Military Vet. People with Disabilities Date: January 1, 2020 Completion Date: December 31, 2020 Using Nat. Team/Dev. Team coaches to mentor new coaches and athletes participating in developmental/youth programs. With the idea to pay focused attention on racial/ethnic minorities, women, military veterans, and people with disabilities to continue coaching and/or playing. Outcomes: (Will be collected along with Diversity Data on April 1, 2021)
D&I Goal #2 Recruitment Retention Revenue Board of Directors Standing Comm. Professional Staff NGB Membership Nat. Team Athletes Nat. Team Coaches Dev. Team Athletes Dev. Team Coaches Part-time / Interns Name of Program: Intern Program Person(s) Responsible: Mike Cavanaugh Race/Ethnicity Women LGBTQ Military Vet. People with Disabilities Start Date: January 1, 2020 Completion Date: December 31, 2020 USA Team Handball has established MSU Denver and UCCS involving interns in Sport Management Administration. This program will focus on attracting students from racial/ethnic minorities, women, LGBTQ, Military Vet., People with Disabilities to complete a normal 6-month internship with a focus on establishing developmental programs in urban environments. Outcomes: (Will be collected with Diversity Data on April 1, 2021)