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Partnerships with philanthropy to fund language access programs
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Lorena Lucero from MOIA discusses recent partnerships with philanthropy to fund language access capacity-building programs.
- MOIA has partnered with philanthropy to fund two organizations: ICP (International Child Program) and Refugee Translation Project
- Each organization received $25,000 to build language access capacity
- The emphasis of these programs is on training and certification for participants
- This pilot program recently launched, with more information expected to be shared by the end of the year
- ICP has previously worked with the city in providing interpretation and translation support for West African languages
Lorena Lucero
1:40:05
I can add to one on a bit different, but also relevant is on the we've recently paired with philanthropy to fund of 25 k to ICP and 25 to refugee translation project to build language access capacity.
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And the emphasis here is on training and certification for the folks who are participating in this pilot.
1:40:36
So that's 1, and that recently launched will have more to share probably by the end of of of the year on on what we've learned and and how that's going.
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The partnership with philanthropy.
Alexa Avilés
1:40:49
So what is ICP?
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International
Lorena Lucero
1:40:53
child program.
Alexa Avilés
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International child program.
1:40:57
And and this is what or is this their Forte developing programs around language accessibility?
