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Increasing Language Access


Expanding Language Access in Federally Supported Programs

RESEARCH: Ensuring that individuals with limited English proficiency have access to information and services in federally funded programs has long been a ...

Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Plan to Address ...

The plan also calls for agencies to collect data regarding their language access services in order to increase access to their respective ...

Improving Language Access in the U.S. Asylum System

Under US law, asylum-seekers with limited English proficiency (LEP) have a right to an interpreter and to translated materials while they navigate the asylum ...

Five Best Practices for Meaningful Language Access in Government

An optimized language access plan ensures compliance & builds trust with diverse constituent communities through culturally competent engagement.

5 Ways to Improve Language Access in Healthcare

5 Ways to Improve Language Access in Healthcare · 1. Always Use a Qualified Medical Interpreter. · 2. Educate Staff on the Risk of Noncompliance.

Guide To Developing A Language Access Plan - CMS

• Managing a budget to provide language assistance services; and. • Regularly assessing and improving the language assistance program. Figure 2: The Four ...

Language Access: A Source for Better Health | Office of Minority Health

Enhancing awareness and promotion of the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health ...

Language Access in Clear Communication

The program is designed to help the agency provide meaningful access to individuals who do not speak English as their primary language.

How To Improve Language Access, Cultural Competency, and ...

In the United States, 67.8 million people speak a language other than English, and for healthcare organizations, ensuring language access and health equity ...

State Language Access Initiatives Are Helping to Serve an ... - PHI

Ultimately, investing in language access is strategically necessary for states struggling to recruit and retain direct care workers as well as ...

Language access: Meeting patient needs while increasing ...

It's the law. Healthcare organizations are legally required to provide access in a patient's preferred language. If your organization receives Medicare, ...

Enhancing Healthcare With Increased Language Access

The Importance of Language Access. Effective communication is at the heart of providing high-quality healthcare. When patients and providers are ...

Essential Ways to Improve Equity through Language Access

Expanding language access helps improve equity for LEP individuals and communities. Organizations can improve through services using the ...

Justice Department Releases Language Access Plan to Expand ...

“Expansive language access furthers the Justice Department's mission to uphold the rule of law, keep our country safe, and protect civil rights, ...

Four ways modern language access plans can improve health ...

When a healthcare organization effectively uses language services to offer better care to limited English proficiency and deaf and hard of ...

Language Access Equity: A Roadmap for Improving Care for ...

Today's commentary from Helen Arteaga Landaverde and Bill Tan examines the crucial issue of language access equity in health care.

Being understood: how to expand sign language access for the deaf ...

In Ghana, about 470737 people living with some level of hearing loss, with over 211000 utilizing sign language. With the increasing rates of ...

Improving Language Access in Healthcare: A Case Study - GLOBO

GLOBO proved to be an invaluable partner, helping the medical center immediately increase the availability of language services and improve patient-provider ...

Expanding Language Access in Federally Supported Programs

Providing language access in the programs that federal agencies pass funds to is especially critical, since most members of the public receive services and ...

Steel Leads House Effort to Expand Language Access to Telehealth

The Expanding Language Access in Telehealth Act helps continue removing barriers to quality and personalized care to improve outcomes for all ...


Bridging English

Book by Joseph O'Beirne Milner