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CAO confirms ARPA-funded immigrant services runway; council seeks $950K and $1.1M legal-service funding
Summary
Faith P. Leach said the mayor's office invested about $4 million in the Baltimore New Americans Access Coalition (BNAC) and language access using ARPA; ARPA funding runway is limited and council members urged the administration to identify ongoing funding for BNAC and legal services.
Council members pressed the administration about longer-term funding for immigrant services after Mayor Scott's FY26 recommended budget flagged risks to federal programs and protections. Faith P. Leach said the administration had invested roughly $4,000,000 in the mayor's office of immigrant affairs's programs, including the Baltimore New Americans Access Coalition (BNAC) and language-access work…
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