According to a March 18, 2024, press release from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (HHS), nineteen U. S. stateshave effectively completed a review of linguistic compliance with Covid-19-like public health messages.
The review arose from considerations raised through the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) that states may have violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on national origin and limited domain. of English (LEP), among other characteristics.
Title VI requires entities receiving federal monetary assistance, in addition to state and local governments, to provide meaningful language to LEP individuals. This also applies to subrecipients of federal funds.
NHeLP alleged that emergency control and public conditioning agencies in 19 states failed to provide meaningful language access to LEP Americans during the winter of 2022 and spring of 2023.
HHS, the U. S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and the U. S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Liberties and Civil Liberties (HHS) and the U. S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office for CivilThe U. S. Department of Homeland Security and FEMA’s Office of Equal Rights reviewed Covid-19 messages from the following states: California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts and Michigan. , Montana, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.
The three agencies solicited and reviewed knowledge from all 19 states, and then sent educational materials to more than 10,900 state agencies and firm subrecipients explaining effective practices for assembly language access requirements.
Best practices arise from making plans to serve LEP communities before emergencies and mistakes occur; ensure that LEP communities understand how to apply for language services; and minimizing the use of translation devices (TMs) while “qualified” human translators to determine the accuracy of TM results.
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