Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress released a report on the importance of providing meaningful language access to those seeking asylum in the United States in order to ensure ...
Three years ago, I argued that meaningful health care access cannot be achieved unless the federal government takes action to improve services for limited-English speakers, particularly in the ...
In Cook County, we believe that language access is a human right. Language access is not something we do as a favor to help those who don’t speak English. It is an essential role we play in protecting ...
Residents of Buncombe County who speak one of ten non-English languages may soon get increased access to government services thanks to the county’s participation in a statewide language access ...
Among the Charlotte inequities exposed by COVID-19 is a foundational block of culture — access to language. The 77,000 Charlotte residents whose primary language is not English struggled to get basic ...
On April 9, the Carrboro Town Council unanimously passed a new Language Access Plan, which will provide interpretation and translation services — including written translations vital documents and ...
Last week, the UC Berkeley School of Law’s Pro Bono Program launched its first-ever Language Access Directory, an initiative designed to bridge the “persistent” language barriers in legal access. “You ...
Language access in healthcare is a crucial component in minimising inequities among patient populations with limited proficiency in the dominant language. Extensive research has demonstrated that ...