Social Dynamics, LLC is
a social research company that develops technical research reports,
issue papers, and toolkits designed to disseminate technical information
to broad audiences. At Social Dynamics, we specialize in disability,
education, and social services evaluation studies; the development of
performance and outcome measurement systems; and behavioral and social
research. Located in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, Social
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Spotlight on Social Dynamics' report, First Year Synthesis Report on the DEI EvaluationClick to view
States have developed unique ways of registering and tracking One-Stop Career Center customers with disabilities. While this is often in response to local needs, the variation between and within states presents a challenge for the DEI Evaluation. For example, who gets “counted” as a customer with a disability? Is a customer asked if s/he has a disability? How? By whom? Is a customer given the option to describe his or her disability? At what level of detail? The answers to these questions vary from state to state, and often within states (when comparing, for example, a large, urban One-Stop Career Center that struggles to serve vast numbers of customers, to a small, rural one, where customers can receive more one-on-one attention).
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