The County Health Department is working to provide supplemental public health information about COVID-19 to people in the community whose first language is not English.
ECDOH effort for those with limited English proficiency
Credit: WKBW Buffalo
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ACALL FOR ACTIONWHEN IT COMES TOHELPING THE PUBLICSTAY UP TO DATEON HEALTH ISSUESLIKE COVID ANDMENTAL HEALTH.7 EYEWITNESS NEWSREPORTER ALAERREBHI EXPLAINSHOW KNOWING ASECOND LANGUAGECOULD OPEN THEDOOR TO A NEWOPPORTUNITY..THE COUNTY HEALTHDEPARTMENT ISWORKING TO PROVIDESUPPLEMENTALPUBLIC HEALTHINFORMATION ABOUTCOVID-19 TO PEOPLEIN THE COMMUNITYWHOSE FIRSTLANGUAGE IS NOTENGLISH.A REQUEST FORPROPOSALWAS SUBMITTEDAUGUST 27 TOPROVIDE PLAINLANGUAGE PUBLICHEALTHCOMMUNICATIONOUTREACH TO PEOPLEWITH LIMITED ENGLISHPROFICIENCY.A TOTAL OF UP TO$250,000 ISPOTENTIALLYAVAILABLE TO FUNDTHIS EFFORT.
THISWOULD TARGETAUDIENCES FORWHOM ENGLISH ISNOT A PRIMARYLANGUAGE, ANDWHOSE PRIMARYLANGUAGE ISSPANISH, ARABIC,BENGALI, BURMESE,NEPALI, SWAHILI,SOMALI, AND OTHERLANGUAGES.THE COUNTY HEALTHDEPARTMENT ISLOOKING TO PROVIDEINFORMATION ONCOVID-19 TESTING:WHO SHOULD GTESTS, WHEN, WHEREAND HOPREVENTIONSTRATEGIES...LIKEMASKS, PHYSICALDISTANCING,CLEANING ANDDISINFECTION,STAYING HOME WHENSICK, AND AVOIDINGLARGE GATHERINGS.COUNTY UPDATES ANDTIME-SENSITIVEINFORMATION FROMCOUNTYDEPARTMENTS ABOUTCOVID-19.MENTAL HEALTHMESSAGES ANDDEALING WITHISOLATION.VACCINATION,EMERGENCY PUBLICHEALTHPREPAREDNESS, ANDOTHER PUBLIC HEALTHSTRATEGIES.A SPOKESPERSONFOR THE ERIE COUNTYDEPARTMENT OFHEALTH SAYS THEYARE FOLLOWING THEERIE COUNTY RFPPROCESS AND ASKINGINTERESTEDAPPLICANTS TO SENDQUESTIONS INWRITING BYSEPTEMBER 8.THE SELECTIONPROCESS SHOULD BECOMPLETED LATERTHIS MONTH.IN BUFFALO, ALAERREBHI, 7 EWN.