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NY Language Services Worker Co-Op Project

African Communities Together (ACT) will incubate and launch three worker-owned, language service co-ops to serve African, Asian, and indigenous Latin Americans who speak languages that are not spoken widely (Languages of Limited Diffusion or LLDs). Translation services for these individuals are frequently cost prohibitive and are not widely available, leaving individuals who speak these languages vulnerable. ACT will develop a replicable model that includes recruiting, training, certifying, and providing ongoing support to worker-owners.

Strategy: Job & Skills Training
Industry:
Educational Services,

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Project Details

Worker Target: Workers who speak limited languages of difussion (LLDs)

Innovation Fund Cycle: Spring 2020

Status: Finalist,

Organization Type: Nonprofit Organization,

Stage of Development: Pilot,

What We're Asking:

  • Hiow can critical language interpretation service gaps be bridged and its acess scaled to service workers? Are co-ops an effective entity for deploying language supports?