Strategy N: In developing budgets for grant applications, dedicate resources for participation by people who may not be literate, communicate verbally, or speak English.

Linguistic diversity Objective: Create and utilize funding sources to support diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence efforts Theme: Funding

In developing budgets for grant applications, dedicate resources for participation by people who may not be literate, communicate verbally, or speak English. Dedicate budget lines to verbal and nonverbal language support including linguistic, interpreter, transcription, translation services, speech-to-text and text-to speech services. Dedicate resources to pay community members for their meaningful participation as content experts given their life experiences.