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House Appropriations panel approves routing $150,000 to Vermont Language Justice Project
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee on May 7 approved S 243, as amended, to appropriate $150,000—reverted from an Office of Racial Equity carryforward—to the Department of Health for grants to the Vermont Language Justice Project to produce translated emergency public‑health and disaster materials. The committee also approved committee amendment draft 2.1 by roll call.
The House Appropriations Committee approved S 243 on May 7, routing $150,000 to the Department of Health to support the Vermont Language Justice Project’s production of translated emergency public‑health and disaster materials.
Representative Ray Garifano, the bill sponsor, told the committee the project can produce short translated videos in as many as 18–22 languages with a 24‑hour turnaround, a capability he and other members said is critical in floods, disease outbreaks and other emergencies. “They have demonstrated that they can have a 24 hour turnaround,” Garifano said, describing the group as a unique state resource that previously relied on a CDC grant that ended about a year ago.
The bill’s House amendment (committee draft 2.1) removes an original statutory appropriation and instead creates a two‑step fiscal path: first revert available carryforward funds…
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