Q&A
Language support for cultural groups accessing SBS programs
0:43:42
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Council Member Rivera inquires about the language support available for various cultural groups to learn about and access SBS and DCLA funding and support.
- SBS works with a variety of community-based development organizations (CBDOs), many serving immigrant communities
- The agency's grants are accessible to different communities
- SBS conducts workshops before grant deadlines to assist with application questions and eligibility criteria
- Grant opportunities are promoted across all community boards and shared with local offices at city, state, and federal levels
- SBS maintains a community partners list of over 500 organizations for outreach
- Calvin Brown notes that SBS is funding 4th Arts Block for the public realm grant in the current fiscal year
Carlina Rivera
0:43:42
And I'm just glad that you you mentioned cultural identity.
0:43:45
What what type of language support are available for various cultural groups to learn about and access SBS and DCLA funding and support?
Haris Khan
0:43:55
So we a council member, we work with a variety of CBDOs.
0:43:58
Many of them serve immigrant communities.
0:44:00
As you probably heard in our testimony, the success stories we shared aren't just success stories we picked out that were immigrant focused, but these are really the reflective of the kind of work that happens every single day in our division.
0:44:14
So our grants are accessible to different communities.
0:44:16
We do workshops before our grant deadline expires to make sure that if folks have any questions about the grant application, eligibility, the criterias that they're able to get that assistance.
0:44:28
And we promote these across all community boards, and we share every single grant application for our 5 major grants with local offices City State Federal, making sure that they can also amplify.
0:44:40
And we have our own community partners list of over 500 organizations that we share to, and we continue to build that list in partnership with others.
Calvin Brown
0:44:48
And I just want to note that we are, for this fiscal year, are funding for 4th arts block for the public realm grant, and they will be doing work along Hester Grand And Broom.
