Sentences with phrase «language access»

Domestic Violence agencies had identified limited language access as a significant barrier for those seeking assistance.

The city's language access expansion efforts are a significant step that will help notably reduce language gaps in our schools.

In rural counties in particular, she said, courts might be dealing with language access issues for the first time.

DOT recipients have provided a variety of language access services, reflecting the flexibility that recipients have in addressing the needs of the LEP populations they serve.

Since 2014, she has worked as an attorney with the Federal Coordination and Compliance Section, where she coordinates with federal agencies to ensure consistent enforcement of civil rights statutes and Executive Orders prohibiting discrimination in federally conducted and assisted programs and activities and participates in investigations and lawsuits related to the failure to provide language access services.

The bill contains provisions to update the state's voting systems by adding early voting, automatic and same - day voter registration, consolidated primaries, shortened party registration deadlines, increased language access at the polls, online absentee ballots, and more.

U.S. Department of Justice special counsel Christine Stoneman, who works in the federal coordination and compliance section of the civil rights division, said that states had made strides over the past decade in meeting federally mandated requirements for language access in the courts.

Leading a panel on language access at the National Consortium on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts» annual conference, District of Columbia Court of Appeals Senior Judge Vanessa Ruiz said that the cost of services is always the «big elephant in the room.»

Also at 10 a.m., housing advocates and NYC elected officials release a report on language access challenges faced by some NYCHA tenants, 365 Fifth Ave., Manhattan.

The agreement ensures language access for one of the state's so - called Limited English Proficient, or LEP, communities.

Many legal aid offices must provide language access services to people who do not speak English well.

The dream, Edmondson said, is to have statewide language access plans.

In the year since the American Bar Association adopted new guidelines for language access in the courts, proponents said today that although there's been progress, court systems nationwide can do much more to ensure all litigants understand what's happening when they step inside a courthouse.

Rodríguez explained that the bill would expand language access to over 1.8 million New Yorkers that the city classifies as Limited in English Proficiency and allow greater connection with city government.

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Lali Pawa outlines the mandate and objectives of the Justice Education Society as well as one of their main programs called the Court Information program for immigrants (CIPI), which has helped over 60,000 immigrants speaking a wide range of languages access BC Courts.

Improving online accessibility to legal resources for the state's growing LEP client populations by increasing language access.

Before joining the Lab, Rickard worked in the Massachusetts courts as the state's first Access to Justice Coordinator, where she developed and implemented new policies and programs in the areas of language access, technology, and resources for self - represented litigants.

California has initiated a «language access plan» which aims to ensure that interpreters are available in all cases involving non-English speaking parties.

As announced this past Mon., Jan. 11th by Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, language access services will expand to include direct access to over-the-phone interpreters for all public schools.

When it comes to ballots, increased language access, restrictions on «improper» ballot challenges and a restoration of voting rights for those on parole and parolees with felony convictions would be restored as well.

When communities with common interests are not kept together in the same district, residents can not organize effectively to advocate for the issues most important to them, such as fighting for living wage jobs, preserving affordable housing units, curbing racial violence in public schools, or getting Asian - language access to health care.

Many institutions in upstate New York cities and metro areas are wrestling with translation services, language access, and other ways to help integrate local residents who didn't grow up speaking English.

The audience was given a glimpse of what's to come on Councilmember Grosso's agenda, including efforts to create a charter school facility mandate and a reintroduction of a language access bill deemed essential.

After five decades researching, writing, advocating, and providing leadership development and technical assistance on educational equity with an emphasis on immigrant and English Learner education, language access and rights, Laurie is trying to find her way towards retirement with more time for grandchildren, quilting, singing, hiking in the wilderness and, oh yes, taking on the political challenge of climate change.

Griffin said that looking ahead, the language access committee would be weighing how to increase training to judges, court staff, and lawyers; strengthen testing programs to certify interpreters; and develop best practices for using relatively new technology available to do video remote interpretation services.

The audience was given a glimpse of what's to come on Councilmember Grosso's agenda, including efforts to create a charter school facility mandate and a reintroduction of a language access bill deemed essential.