Good day! Please excuse cross-postings. As the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future [GOPIF] works on rolling out the Office of New Americans [ONA] plan, libraries can leverage their role as a community hub for New Americans and New Mainers with workforce development and safety information in a variety of languages. Workforce GPS has fact sheets that can be downloaded as PDFs and emailed or printed for non-English speaking or ESL visitors to your libraries: https://www.workforcegps.org/resources/2023/12/04/17/52/WorkforceGPS-Resources-in-Other-Languages The Vermont Department of Libraries also has curated information for non-English speaking patrons and the librarians who serve them, for everything from what an American public library is to EDI and anti-oppression resources: https://libraries.vermont.gov/services/inclusive-services Thank you for all you do for your communities! Respectfully, Lisa Lisa M. Shaw [she/elle/ella/ye/그녀/iyada/вона/ea] Small/Rural Libraries & Workforce Development Specialist Division of Library Development Maine State Library 242 State Street SHS 64 Augusta ME 04330 www.maine.gov/msl<http://www.maine.gov/msl> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> (207 ) 747-8717 (text or call) What I’m reading: Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz What I’m listening to: “Paradigme” – La Femme; “Wairua” – Maimoa; “Sell the World” – The HU “If you want to see something clearly, look in the opposite direction.” [Midsomer Murders]