RE: Interagency LEP Working Group - N ews

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FYI: Hablemos Juntos Project information.

Established in 2001, Hablamos Juntos is a project funded by the Wood Foundation, and administered by the Tomás Policy Institute, an affiliated research unit of the University of Southern California, School of Policy, Planning and Development and of the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy at Columbia University. The project's mission is to break down language barriers to health care by: --Increasing the availability and quality of interpreter services for Spanish-speaking patients in health care facilities --Providing useful health-care-related materials in Spanish --Developing easy-to-understand ways for non-English speaking patients to navigate health care facilities In 2002, Hablamos Juntos selected ten demonstration sites in ten states to design and test innovative approaches. Although the project is focused on health care, many of the ideas for improving access to services through language services are applicable to education settings. The implementation phase of the project continues until September 30, 2005. Documents and resources produced to date are available through the Hablamos Juntos Web site: http://www.hablamosjuntos.org/