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Posted on: October 30th, 2006
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As competition for bilingual workers intensifies, the communities served by nonprofit agencies suffer

“Nonprofits struggling to serve the area’s growing Hispanic population say that finding bilingual employees is a major obstacle. Hampered by salaries that can’t compete with those offered by for-profit companies or bigger nonprofits, and faced with an applicant pool lacking in people who are both bilingual and licensed in their fields, many nonprofits have been unable to keep up with the needs of Spanish-speaking clients.

“The social service system has just been overwhelmed with the need, and I think everybody is responding the best they can,” said Rick Miller-Haraway, director of Catholic Charities’ Raleigh regional office.”

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