File #: 19-175    Version: 1
Type: Other Proposal Status: Passed
File created: 7/24/2019 In control: Judicial Council
On agenda: 9/24/2019 Final action: 9/24/2019
Title: Language Access Plan | Signage and Technology Grants (Action Required)
Attachments: 1. 20190924-19-175

Title

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Language Access Plan | Signage and Technology Grants (Action Required)

 

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Summary

Summary

The 2018 Budget Act included $2.55 million ongoing for language access signage and technology infrastructure support and equipment needs for the trial courts and the Judicial Council. The Advisory Committee on Providing Access and Fairness (PAF) and the Information Technology Advisory Committee (ITAC) recommend approving a proposed grant process and directing the Language Access Services unit (LAS) of the Center for Families, Children & the Courts to solicit and review grant applications and develop recommendations for review and approval by PAF, ITAC, and the Judicial Council. Following council approval of grant awards each year, LAS will disburse funding to awarded courts annually, beginning in fiscal year 2019-20.

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Recommendation

Recommendation

The Advisory Committee on Providing Access and Fairness and the Information Technology Advisory Committee recommend that the Judicial Council, effective September 24, 2019:

 

1.   Adopt the proposed Language Access Signage and Technology Grants: Process Overview; and

2.   Direct LAS to solicit and review grant applications and develop recommendations for review and approval by PAF, ITAC, and the Judicial Council.

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Speakers

Speakers

Hon. Victor Rodriguez, Chair, Language Access Subcommittee, Advisory Committee on Providing Access and Fairness

Mr. Douglas G. Denton, Language Access Services