FY
98 Highlights
- Received 2,188 newly-filed
complaints. The filing of complaints has remained at that level
for the past three years.
- 85% of newly-filed
complaints were employment complaints.
- Disability remained
the most frequently named basis, or reason, for discrimination,
at 35.2%.
- Resolved 2,211 complaints.
Resolutions have dropped slightly over the past three years,
but have remained above the number of new complaints.
- Cases resolved within
one year of filing date: 76%.
- Annualized benefits
(monies received by complainants from a settlement or resolution)
reached a record level: $1,963,300.
- Average settlement
amount: $9,089.
- Web site hits reached
8,353, as more people became aware of this resource.
- Workshops conducted
on civil rights-related topics: 236
- Information calls
(non-intake calls) received 4,474.
- Information mailed/
distributed: 58,500 items.
- Community Diversity
Appreciation Teams organized: 19 communities.
- Study Circles coalitions
organized: 13 communities.
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