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National Limited English
Proficient (LEP) Advocacy Task Force
Mission Statement
The National LEP
Advocacy Task Force advocates for the rights of
individuals in the U.S. described by the federal
government as (LEP). Although there are alternative
proactive terms that describe such language status, we
will reluctantly retain
the term "LEP" since it is
utilized in
federal legislation, policies,
and a variety of other legal
documents.
The
Challenge
LEP individuals often are delayed equitable access to
and participation in the public policies, programs,
services, and benefits to which they are legally
entitled.
Our Purpose and Mission
The National LEP Advocacy Task Force supports the laws,
regulations, and policies prohibiting discrimination on
the basis of national origin because of language and
cultural differences.
Our mission is to take active steps through networking,
collaboration, education, and administrative and legal
advocacy to encourage recipients of federal funding and
public accommodations to:
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Comply with the legal obligations to provide
linguistically and culturally appropriate services. |
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Recognize, validate and develop the tremendous human
resource potential that our national diversity affords
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What
We Do and How We're Organized
We organize our advocacy efforts through Task Force
Membership and Committees made up of area-specific
leaders, experts, and practitioners. Current committees
include Education, Health and Public Benefits,
Judiciary, Housing, Interpreter Standards, Migrant
Labor, Employment, Disabilities, AIDS, and Child
Advocacy.
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We
invite you to learn more about our work. |
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New to all of this? Visit "LEP 101"
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Visit our
Committees page
for a list of contacts and a description of the
committees. |
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Find late breaking information on our
News and Alerts
pages. |
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Learn about
Case Law and current Office of Civil Rights (OCR)
Complaints and Agreements.
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Learn about and share examples of Promising Practices
of policies, programs and services inclusive of
diverse Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals.
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Visit our
National Resource Directory.
to find individuals
willing to share their expertise. (The Resource
Directory is not restricted to Task Force
Participants)
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Visit our
"Promising Practices"
section to see actual policies and procedures for the
provision of qualified language assistance. |
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Learn about and share your experiences regarding
effective
Advocacy
strategies. |
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Consider
Joining the Task
Force. "The National LEP Advocacy
Task Force is restricted to stakeholders who actively
support our mission. All persons, organizations,
and/or agencies with a potential or apparent conflict
of interest are not appropriate participants." |
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Members Only |
We also offer Related Links to relevant government
sites, organizations and resources and welcome your
ideas of resources to include. Feel free to contact us
with your questions, comments and/or resources.
Kathy
Poulos-Minott is the Coordinator of the National LEP
Advocacy Task Force.
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