Denver, CO Interpreter Workforce Training Program improves services for foreign language speakers

Denver, CO Interpreter Workforce Training Program Services

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The city's Office of Immigrant & Refugee Affairs and Cesco Linguistic Services want to turn fluent speakers of languages from Amharic to Urdu into professional interpreters. Participants who pass the English Proficiency and Target Language Exam complete a three-week course on interpretation services. The program offers free childcare and meals for those in attendance. Each graduate receives a certificate of completion and grants for local and state small business registration.

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Denver, CO

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INTERPRETER WORKFORCE TRAINING - City and County of Denver

Do you or someone you know speak Vietnamese, Amharic, Cantonese, Mandarin, Arabic, Russian, French (spoken in Central and Eastern Africa) Burmese, Karen, Farsi, Somali, Nepali, Korean, Urdu, Haitian Creole, Khmer Armenian, Swahili, other languages and interested in becoming a...

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DOIRA Launches Free Interpreter Workforce Training - City and County of Denver

The Denver Agency for Human Rights & Community Partnerships’ Office of Immigrant & Refugee Affairs is launching a new community resource, the Interpreter Workforce Training Program, aimed at increasing language interpretation services throughout the city to help respond to the needs of approximately 37% of Denver’s population, identified as limited English proficient.

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