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Title: Performance and Equity in Colorado’s WIOA Programs A Sequential Mixed-Methods Evaluation
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Publication Year: 2022
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Abstract: Concurrent crises in 2020 accelerated conversations about how historical discrimination has and continues to exclude marginalized groups of people from equitable outcomes and opportunities. In the Executive Order On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government | The White House, President Joe Biden (2021) discussed how the “federal government should pursue a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all, including people of color and others who have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequality.” The paradigm shift and highlighted focus on equity has created a window of opportunity to simultaneously: 1) evaluate federal workforce program performance; 2) measure equity and determine if certain groups of program participants have been disproportionately impacted; and 3) identify best practices for diversity, equity, and inclusion. In partnership with Northern Illinois University-Center for Governmental Studies (NIU-CGS), the Colorado Department Labor and Employment Workforce Development Programs (CDLE-WDP) developed and implemented an evaluation model for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs in Colorado. The sequential mixed methods model evaluated program performance, measured equitable outcomes for WIOA Title I participants, and identified best practices for continuous program improvement.
Url: https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1033&context=ctrgovernment-reports
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Authors: Clark, Yolanda J.; Richard, Brian
Series Title: Center for Governmental Studies
Publication Number: 6-2022
Institution: Northern Illinois University
Pages: 1-71
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Race and Ethnicity
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