Federal Agency LEP Guidance

The obligation not to discriminate based on race, color, or national origin requires public schools to take affirmative steps to ensure that limited English proficient (LEP) students, now more commonly known as known as English Learner (EL) students or English Language Learners (ELLs), can…

45 CFR Part 92 Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities Summary: This final rule implements Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (Section 1557). Section 1557 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in certain health…

Overview In 2000, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (“CLAS”) Standards. These standards sought to provide guidance for the provision of high-quality health care services that meet the needs…

The DOJ Language Access Plan complies with language access obligations under Executive Order 13166 and recommits the Department to a consistent approach while improving accessibility to Department programs and activities for limited English proficient (LEP) persons.  DOJ Plan adheres to the Attorney…

Title VI applies to agencies that recieve federal funding, if you have questions as to whether a particular agency receives direct federal funding, click the "Go to Website" link below. It is important to remember, that even agencies and organizations that are sub-grantees and receive…

DOJ and Interagency Working Group on Limited English Proficiency (IWG) worked together to design a video titled, Overcoming Language Barriers: Creating Language Access Policies, Plans, and Procedures. The video is designed as a training tool to help federally-funded and federally conducted programs…

"In June of 2002, DOJ issued guidance relating to language assistance pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000d, et seq. (Title VI) and its accompanying regulations. The guidance focused on recipients of DOJ financial assistance (primarily law enforcement agencies,…

On August 11, 2000, President William Clinton signed Executive Order 13166, "Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency" on August 11, 2000.  The Executive Order requires Federal agencies to do an assessment of the services they provide, identify any…

This Memorandum from the Office of the Attorney General Eric Holder reemphasizes the obligation that federally funded agencies have to provide language services. The Department of Justice conducted a language access survey in 2006 of federal agencies regarding language access, the results of the…

The Administrative Conference of the United States and the Department of Justice put together a workshop for federal agency representatives to explore challenges and solutions to LEP individuals in administrative hearings and proceedings in hopes of helping them fulfill commitment to Executive Order…

Executive Order 13166 required each federal agency that provides financial assistance to develop an LEP guidance for its recipients on the obligation to provide meaningful access to limited English proficient (LEP) individuals. EO 13166 also requires each federal agency to create a federally…

The Interagency Working Group on Limited English Proficiency (LEP), led by the Federal Coordination and Compliance Section of the Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, has issued a Language Access Assessment and Planning Tool for Federally Conducted and Federally Assisted Programs…

HUD's expanded Limited English Proficiency (LEP) website features factsheets, housing brochures and other forms in Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Cambodian, Chinese, Farsi, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese, in addition to English  The HUD site offers brochures on…

The United States Department of Justice issued their LEP Guidance titled,Guidance to Federal Financial Assistance Recipients Regarding Title VI Prohibition Against National Origin Discrimination Affecting Limited English Proficient Persons, on June 18, 2022 in the Federal Register…

The Limited English Proficiency section of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services website.  It includes links to HHS guidance issued in 2013 on the Title VI Prohibition Against National Origin Discrimination as it Affects Persons with Limited English Proficiency, as well as other federal…

National standards from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health.  The standards are primarily directed at health care organizations and seek to make practices more culturally and linguistically accessible.

Summary of Food Stamp law pertaining to bilingual services, prepared by the National Center for Law and Economic Justice.