The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities September 29, 2009 at 3:00pm E.S.T.

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7 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities Presenters Presenters:  Bennett Pudlin, The Charter Oak Group  Barry Goff, The Charter Oak Group Moderator:  Judith Gilbert, SCSEP National Office

8 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities Judith Gilbert SCSEP National Office

9 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities  Why create a minority report?  What’s in the report?  Summary results  How to use the information in the reportObjectives

10 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities Why Create a Minority Report?  2006 amendments require SCSEP to provide Congress a report on service to minorities –Quantitative: Minorities’ level of participation and outcomes –Qualitative: Narrative in grant applications  Help grantees increase minority participation and employment outcomes

11 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities Audience Polling Question A.Targeted recruitment strategies B.Bilingual staff C.Appropriate training providers D.Supportive services What do you consider to be important factors in appropriately serving minorities?

12 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities Bennett Pudlin and Barry Goff The Charter Oak Group

13 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities Overall Results  SCSEP enrolls a higher proportion of minorities than their incidence in the population  Minorities achieve entered employment and retention at the same rate as non-minorities

14 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities What’s in the Minority Report?  Volume I: Summary tables and analyses –Minority participation rates –Minority employment outcomes  Volume II: Detailed tables by grantee

15 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities What’s in the Minority Report? Results are reported by:  Minorities overall  Racial groups: Blacks, Asian, American Indian, Pacific Islanders  Ethnic groups: Hispanics  Rates of entered employment and retention are compared to non-minorities

16 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities What’s in the Minority Report? Analysis in Vol. I is provided for:  Nationwide  State grantees as a group  National grantees as a group  National grantees by state

17 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities What Are the Data Sources?  Final PY 2007 SPARQ data  Current Population Survey of U.S. Census  Standard statistical tests were applied to determine if results are significant

18 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities Summary Results: Participation  Nationwide, minorities are over-served compared to their incidence in the population  Blacks, American Indians, and Pacific Islanders are over-served  Asians and Hispanics are under-served

19 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities Summary Results: Participation

20 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities Summary Results: Participation  As groups, both state and national grantees over-serve minorities  National grantees over-serve minorities at a higher rate than state grantees.

21 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities Summary Results: Participation  Both state and national grantees under-serve Hispanics. National grantees under-serve Hispanics at a higher rate than state grantees.  # of grantees under-serving Hispanics in PY 2007 is higher than in PY 2006.

22 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities Summary Results: Outcomes Minorities and non-minorities entered employment at the same rate nationwide, and for both state and national grantees.

23 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities Summary Results: Entered Employment Among states, Blacks, American Indians and Pacific Islanders entered employment less often than Whites. Hispanics entered employment more often than non-Hispanics.

24 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities Summary Results: Entered Employment Among national grantees, only American Indians entered employment less often than Whites. Hispanics entered employment more often than non-Hispanics

25 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities Summary Results: Retention No minority category was disadvantaged in achieving retention compared to non- minorities, nationwide and for both state and national grantees (See charts 5, 6, and 7 in Vol. I, Part II of the Minority Report)

26 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities Summary Results: Retention

27 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities How to Find Individual Grantee Results  Volume II contains tables listing all analyses for each grantee  The tables indicate where there is a statistically significant disparity in service or outcomes  If a grantee has an instance of under-service or disadvantage in outcome, its row is highlighted in yellow

28 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities How to Use the Information in the Minority Report Under-service to minorities is tested in two ways:  Statistical significance  Practical significance

29 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities How to Use the Information in the Minority Report  If both tests are met, indicating under- service to minorities, it should be addressed  If the disparity is statistically but not practically significant, the grantee should monitor to ensure it does not increase

30 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities How to Use the Information in the Minority Report Employment outcomes  If a grantee has a significant difference in outcome in entered employment or retention, there is only a 5% chance this happened by chance  If the difference in rates is high but not statistically significant, the grantee should monitor it to see if it persists or worsens

31 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities How to Use the Information in the Minority Report Comparisons  Grantees can compare performance to nationwide results or results for state or national grantee groups  It is not possible to directly compare PY 2007 and PY 2006 participation or outcome results  If grantees under-served in both years, action is needed

32 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities Qualitative Information Grant applications  Require a detailed description of efforts to serve minorities  Must address any instances of under- service or different outcomes in the previous year’s Minority Report

33 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities Other Data Sources Other program reports  Grantee and sub-grantee QPRs list the % of participants in each minority group  Several management reports contain information on participant minority status  As yet, no SPARQ tools allow analysis of outcomes by minority status

34 The Minority Report Annual Analysis of SCSEP Service to Minorities Concerned about Under-Service to Minorities? Some issues to consider:  Increase awareness of program  Identify new recruitment strategies  Create culturally-competent program features  Utilize staff from the target population

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