Language Accessibility
According to federal law, all federal agencies and federally assisted programs must take reasonable steps to ensure that all persons, regardless of their language skills, are provided meaningful access to the programs, services, and information provided by that agency or entity.
Entities that receive funding or assistance from the federal government and that must comply [...]

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Below a list of links to advocacy and information organizations.
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Latino Life Blog
Ethnic News Media
Pew Hispanic Center
National Council of La Raza
U.S. Census Bureau on Hispanics and Latinos
Hispanics in Philanthropy
Hispanics Across America
Inter-University Program on Latino Research

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Below a list of links to information on immigration and refugee issues.
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American Civil Liberties Union-Immigrants
Justice for Immigrants, Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform
Kentucky Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Kentucky Refugee Ministries
Kentucky Youth Advocates-Immigrant and Refugee Issues
National Conference of State Legislatures-Immigration
The Urban Institute-Immigration
Working Immigrants

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Below a list of links to business, professional, and political organizations.
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National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials
National Conference of State Legislatures-Immigration
Hispanic Business
Latinos and Media Project
National Association of Hispanic Journalists

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Below are links to information (national) on Hispanics and education.
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Status and Trends in the Education of Hispanics
American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education
National Task Force on Early Childhood Education for Hispanics
Scholarships for Hispanics

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Below a list of links to health information.
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National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
Kaiser Family Foundation Minority Health
U.S. Office of Minority Health
Hispanic/Latinos and Cardiovascular Health,
Hispanics and Lung Disease
Diabetes and Hispanics
Women’s Health Resources
Latina Health Information
American Cancer Society-Statistics for Hispanics
National Alliance on Mental Illness-En Espanhol
CDC–HIV/AIDS and Latinos
National Alliance for [...]

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(Latina Women’s Movement)
El Movimiento de Mujeres Latinas te invita a que te unas a nosotras. Nuestros grupos y actividades estan orientadas a la amistad, el apoyo, al compartir, y al aprender juntas.
Latinas Unidas: Todos los jueves a las 6.30pm
Grupo de Mujeres de Santa Rita: Todos los miercoles a las 7pm
Grupo de Mujeres de [...]

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Sample Card 1. Generic
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ATTENTION RECIPIENTS OF FEDERAL FUNDING
Please copy this card and put in my permanent record.
I speak limited English. In order to have equal access to and participate in your services, I require qualified language assistance in ______________________. Please call a [...]

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LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY (LEP) POLICY
OF
XXX
PROLOGUE
In 2004, XXX held three meetings of its ad hoc LEP committee, comprised of staff members from each office. The Committee was to perform an assessment of the needs of the LEP population and develop a policy so that those needs would be [...]

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To download this document,
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Commonwealth of Kentucky
Cabinet for Health and Families Services
Procedures on Providing Language Access to Customers
with Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
The procedures below apply to all Cabinet organizational units and all services that are provided by the Cabinet to Customers with limited English proficiency (LEP).
Background on Statute and Regulation
Section 601 [...]

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