How may a recipient determine the language service needs of a beneficiary?
Recipients should elicit language service needs from all prospective beneficiaries (regardless of the prospective beneficiary’s race or national origin). If the prospective beneficiary’s response indicates a need for language assistance, the recipient may want to give applicants or prospective beneficiaries a language identification card (or “I speak” card). Language identification cards invite LEP persons to identify their own language needs. Such cards, for instance, might say “I speak Spanish” in both Spanish and English, “I speak Vietnamese” in both Vietnamese and English, etc. To reduce costs of compliance, the federal government has made a set of these cards available on the Internet. The Census Bureau “I speak” card can be downloaded. Download the “I speak” card here. The State of Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office, and the American Translators Association have made thei
Recipients should elicit language service needs from all prospective beneficiaries (regardless of the prospective beneficiary’s race or national origin). If the prospective beneficiary’s response indicates a need for language assistance, the recipient may want to give applicants or prospective beneficiaries a language identification card (or “I speak” card). Language identification cards invite LEP persons to identify their own language needs. Such cards, for instance, might say “I speak Spanish” in both Spanish and English, “I speak Vietnamese” in both Vietnamese and English, etc. To reduce costs of compliance, the federal government has made a set of these cards available on the Internet. The Census Bureau “I speak” card can be found and downloaded at http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/cor/13166.htm. The State of Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office, and the American Translators
