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| Organization(s): | Emergency & Community Health Outreach (ECHO) |
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| Location: | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
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| Available at: | www.echominnesota.org/ |
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| Description: | ECHO is a collaborative that includes public health and safety agencies across Minnesota, ethnic advisory organizations and non-profit groups such as the American Red Cross (Twin Cities Chapter). It is spearheaded by Saint Paul-Ramsey County Public Health, Hennepin County Public Health Protection, the Minnesota Department of Health and other agencies charged with public health emergency preparedness. ECHO provides health and safety information in multiple languages by fax, phone, on television and on the web during emergency and non-emergency times to people with limited English proficient (LEP) language skills. |
| Language(s): | English; Hmong; Khmer/Cambodian; Laotian; Somali; Spanish; Vietnamese |
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| Communities: | General; Cambodian; Somali; Vietnamese; Laotian; Hispanic or Latino; Mexican American; Hmong |
| Subtopic: | Language Access Services Channels of Communication Message Content |
| Target Audience: | Individual/Family; Local/Community |
| Resource Type: | Community Government Private Sector |
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| Contact Info: | Lillian McDonald, Executive Director
ECHO (Emergency and Community Health Outreach)
C/o Association of Minnesota Counties
125 Charles Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55103
Phone: 651-224-3344
E-mail: McDonald@echominnesota.org |