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DHHS Office of Health Equity and refugee services briefs committee on integration supports and federal funding variability
Summary
The Office of Health Equity and the refugee services program told the finance subcommittee they support culturally and linguistically appropriate services, community outreach and refugee resettlement; speakers said federal funding can fluctuate with humanitarian needs and that the federal resettlement pause limits new refugee arrivals.
Reuben Hampton, director of the Office of Health Equity, briefed House Finance Division 3 on outreach, language access and refugee resettlement activities.
Hampton said the office works to reduce health disparities by promoting culturally and linguistically appropriate services (translations, interpreters and vendor capacity) and by engaging community stakeholders in program design and outreach. He described a series of…
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