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In the last two years, USDC has hired close to [90 early-career technologists](https://digitalcorps.gsa.gov/fellows/) across two cohorts. Their skill sets range from data science and analytics and cybersecurity to software engineering, product management, and design. Our Fellows have played important roles on teams across [19 federal agencies](https://digitalcorps.gsa.gov/projects/) contributing to high-priority projects including improving the customer experience of government and modernizing our nation’s public health system.

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Earlier this month, both cohorts came together for the first time in Washington, D.C. for a day of community-building and discussion. New 2023 Fellows heard stories of impact from Fellows in our first cohort, including Fellows at the at the State Department’s Center for Analytics (pictured below).

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The goal was to standardize the questions asked to unaccompanied children and their sponsors after the child leaves ORR care to ensure all children receive consistent levels of support. To address this problem, two USDC Fellows conducted a five-week research and design sprint that concluded in April 2023.

> *“I would like an official list of questions. I wish everyone was on the same page.”*
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> ***- Case Aide at an ORR-funded shelter, during a research interview***
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<p><em>“I would like an official list of questions. I wish everyone was on the same page.”</em></p>

<p><strong><em>- Case Aide at an ORR-funded shelter, during a research interview</em></strong></p>
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## The approach
USDC product management and design fellows at ACF Tech partnered with ORR project officers to introduce design thinking to the policymaking process, following a process of iterative research and synthesis to define the problem statement and turn unstructured interview findings into more clear and actionable insights.
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