Title
Title
Language Access Plan | Allocations for Signage and Technology Grant Program, Cycle 7, Fiscal Year 2025-26
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Summary
Summary
The Advisory Committee on Providing Access and Fairness and the Information Technology Advisory Committee recommend approving proposed grant awards for the Language Access Signage and Technology Grant Program of $2.35 million to improve services and expand language access for court users. For Cycle 7 (fiscal year 2025-26), 17 courts applied for and will be awarded grants for signage and technology projects.
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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
July 18, 2025:
1. Approve the proposed allocations of $707,792 for signage and $1,642,208 for technology, totaling $2.35 million for the Language Access Signage and Technology (S&T) Grant Program for fiscal year (FY) 2025-26; and
2. Direct staff to work with Branch Accounting and Procurement to draft and execute intrabranch agreements with each awarded court.
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