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Ohio African Immigrants Commission asks for fuller funding to expand staff, launch resource directory and pilot classroom supports
Summary
Ibrahim Aso, inaugural executive director of the Ohio African Immigrants Commission, told lawmakers the commission seeks additional operating funds to hire staff, build a social mobility resource directory reaching 30,000 people across 15 counties, and pilot a Classroom Connections program to improve outcomes for limited‑English students.
Ibrahim Aso, inaugural executive director of the Ohio African Immigrants Commission, asked a legislative committee for fuller funding and staff to expand the commission’s work connecting Sub‑Saharan African immigrant communities to services and to run pilots designed to improve education and workforce outcomes.
Aso told members the commission was created by the 127th General Assembly but remained largely unfunded and dormant for years; volunteer commissioners and ad hoc work resumed in recent sessions. He said the commission received $250,000 across two years in the last biennium but that those funds were partly spent or “lost” navigating start‑up challenges, leaving limited operating capacity. Aso said the commission intends to move from volunteer work to a…
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