Cross-Cutting Needs and Opportunities: Language Access, Funding, Multi-Level Partnerships, and Planning for the Long Term
Part of a series exploring issues likely to be addressed by the new National Integration Plan, this webinar, with perspectives from the cities of New York and Seattle and others delves into possible recommendations on federal coordination of local government immigrant integration initiatives, including language access.
This final webinar before the National Integration Plan is scheduled to be released by the White House Task Force on New Americans will address cross-cutting topics (across agencies and across different levels of government) raised by a number of key stakeholders in their input to the task force. These include suggestions for greater leadership by the federal government in efforts to meet state and local language access needs, possible designs for a national Integration Success Fund, and building new partnerships between federal agencies and local governments to effectively address integration needs. Looking longer term, some organizations (including MPI) also strongly recommended that the task force create a robust framework of integration goals and indicators to guide the work of each agency participating in the task force. These recommendations, which seek to provide coherence to both the task force’s current efforts and possible ongoing efforts to improve federal governance of integration policy, will also be a focus of the webinar.
For more information on the other webinars in the series:
- March 5 (3:00 to 4:00 pm) Adult Education, English and Skills Training: Opportunities for Action and Investment in the Most Vital Integration Services
- March 12 (3:00 to 4:00 pm) Integration Challenges and Opportunities in the Economic Development and Refugee Resettlement Arenas
Speakers:
Margie McHugh, Director, National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, MPI
Charles Kamasaki, Senior Cabinet Adviser, National Council of La Raza
Nisha Agarwal, Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs, City of New York
Cuc Vu, Director, Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs, City of Seattle
About the White House Task Force on New Americans project
Drawing on a strong body of work, NCIIP submitted recommendations covering language access, integration, early childhood education, K-12 education, and adult education and workforce development for the White House Task Force on New Americans relaunched in 2023.
About the National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy
The Center is a national hub connecting policymakers, educators, community leaders, and service providers with evidence-informed policy research, technical assistance, and data to advance effective immigrant integration at U.S., state, and local levels.
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