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Contact those officers by using dem or contacting dem directly and finding out who is available that has that skill set. As i look at it, it looks like theres a decrease in the number of sort of bilingual officer contacts. In 2013 it looks like there were more sort of face to face interactions between a bilingual officer and a client. In 2014 the vast majority of the contacts were through the phone interpreters, about 2700 out of the 2954, right . So there was an increased use of the phone lines...

Were getting 4,000 in the Community Just on violence against women you guys are getting probably more and just anything we can do to Work Together to collect those stats, i know dem has put a lot in place to help that and also i think thats bilingual officer contacts, we need a way to really capture those. Im a little bit concerned just as one of the commissioners was that this is a little bit heavy on Language Line and i think its easier to track. So i think theres an opportunity to get a clear...

Clarifying when some of the timelines would be for compliance. Just to quickly go over that we are adding into our definition section advisory body, city boards and city commissions. We are giving formerly tier 2 departments until next fiscal year to comply with the parts specifically regarding interpretation and translation. We recognize they may need to make some budget asks to comply so we want to encourage them to do so. We are clarifying telephonic messages do not include employee mailboxes...

Tuesday into wednesday. Who says politicians dont 11 . Fierce opposition convinced metros listen . Fierce opposition convinced metros finance committee today. Reporter metro had been looking for 46 million in fare increases and service cuts, but after a whole bunch of witnesses slammed that plan the Metro Finance Committee skipped even voting on it. Now we are hoping that maryland, d. C. And virginia will bail them out financially. Metro is already struggling with the steep falloff in passengers...

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Well, why dont they sign up . And they said, well, i have no idea. I guess they dont need it. Well, how could they sign up if they dont know about the program and even when they sign up, everything is in english and they dont know how to fill out these forms. Thats when i went ahead with my organization and say, well, were going to do it ourselves. Within two years they went up with the percentage that was a lot more what it looked like in the city in terms of going for the Chinese Community in ...

Programs . Oh, not too many. They dont feel like they need it. What do you mean they dont need it . Certainly income eligible they are. Well they never sign up. Well, why dont they sign up . And they said, well, i have no idea. I guess they dont need it. Well, how could they sign up if they dont know about the program and even when they sign up, everything is in english and they dont know how to fill out these forms. Thats when i went ahead with my organization and say, well, were going to do it...

70s and 80s. Nothing was translated and when i asked for it, ill give you a good example, they had a couple thousand slots for subsidized child care and they would come and say, well, how many, you know, people from this community are actually in these programs . Oh, not too many. They dont feel like they need it. What do you mean they dont need it . Certainly income eligible they are. Well they never sign up. Well, why dont they sign up . And they said, well, i have no idea. I guess they dont n...

Out these forms. Thats when i went ahead with my organization and say, well, were going to do it ourselves. Within two years they went up with the percentage that was a lot more what it looked like in the city in terms of going for the Chinese Community in terms of being enrolled in these programs, going from less than 10 percent to near 30 percent. So a lot of it is because of the Language Access and i get it, you know . In fact, as this stuff is happening even today a neighbor knocked on my do...

Idea. I guess they dont need it. Well, how could they sign up if they dont know about the program and even when they sign up, everything is in english and they dont know how to fill out these forms. Thats when i went ahead with my organization and say, well, were going to do it ourselves. Within two years they went up with the percentage that was a lot more what it looked like in the city in terms of going for the Chinese Community in terms of being enrolled in these programs, going from less th...