DEI Annual Report:
At a Glance
Timeline of our Journey:
2019-2020
May 2019
- Grassroots efforts began in California (Autism Services staff on West Coast informally began meeting)
June – July 2020
- LEARN hosted 12 Diversity and Inclusion Employee Experience focus group calls
July 2020
- Hired DEI Consultant
August 2020
- Established 5 DEI Pillars
- Formed Leadership Council
- CEO Michael Maloney announced LEARN’s new DEI Journey to staff
- Launched new LEARN-wide SharePoint site
September 2020
- Inaugural Leadership Council meeting
- Launched internal DEI newsletter
- Established 5 staff-led steering committees for each DEI pillar
October 2020
- DEI Steering Committees began meeting
December 2020
- Launched LEARN DEI Employee Resource Group
- Steering Committees presented final recommendations to Leadership Council
- 10 DEI Initiatives were established
2021
January 2021
- Announced creation of LEARN Future Leaders Diversity Advancement Program with first National University Black ABA Master’s Cohort
February 2021
- Held first DEI ERG Meeting
March 2021
- Spanish Language Learning Pilot announced via Babel (50 spots in first cohort) to support Enhanced Language Services initiative
- Annual staff engagement survey included diversity index questions to begin to establish regional baseline on impressions about cultural sensitivity and understanding at LEARN
- National University Black ABA Cohort awardees named
May 2021
- New Chief People Officer hired
- Launched LEARN’s Affinity Group Program
June 2021
- Language Services initiative launched to provide a variety of language and communication support services (including document translations, as well as other state and payor-specific services) across LEARN.
July 2021
- Diversity: Inclusion in the Modern Workplace training launched for People Managers across LEARN employees
August 2021
- The Consciously Inclusive Leader™ training held for senior executives with expert trainer/facilitator
September 2021
- Second National University Black ABA Master’s Cohort recipients announced as part of LEARN Future Leaders Diversity Advancement Program
