The Department’s strategic plan integrates diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI") goals into the agency's mission, operations, programs, and infrastructure to enhance equitable opportunities for the populations served by the agency and to foster an increasingly diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace environment as required by Virginia Code § 2.2-602(B). A more in-depth view of the strategic plan follows.

As stated below, the impact of the strategic plan on the populations served by the agency, professions and establishments or entities regulated by the Department, is minimal. Additionally, the impact on the Department’s budget is minimal. The impact on the Department’s workforce is likely the creation of a more diverse workforce.