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DCWP staffing and language diversity
1:09:25
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Council Member Avilés seeks clarification on DCWP's staffing numbers and language capabilities. DCWP representatives provide information about the agency's workforce and linguistic diversity.
- DCWP has approximately 400 active employees
- About half of the staff speaks a language other than English
- The agency covers about 40 languages in total
- DCWP does not currently prioritize specific languages or communities for fraud monitoring, but follows general language trends in the city
Alexa Avilés
1:09:25
Can you say that one more time?
1:09:26
You have 400 what?
Carlos Ortiz
1:09:27
We have 400 active head count, 400 people in the agency.
1:09:31
Oh.
1:09:31
And then half of those folks speak a language other than English.
1:09:34
And in terms of languages covered, it's about 40 I think.
Alexa Avilés
1:09:39
Got it.
1:09:41
Got it.
1:09:41
Thank you.
1:09:42
In terms of are there priorities given to certain languages or communities or fraud types?
1:09:50
Are you seeing any shifts around that?
Vilda Vera Mayuga
1:09:54
No, I don't think we have any data right now to lean us in one way or another.
1:10:00
I think we can you know certainly follow the trends of the majority of you know the languages in the city, but we don't have enough to point us one way or another.