Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency Clause Samples

Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency. Beneficiary acknowledges that Executive Order 13166, “Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency,” seeks to improve access to federally assisted programs and activities for individuals who, because of national origin, have Limited English proficiency (LEP). Beneficiary understands that denying a person access to its programs, services, and activities because of LEP is a form of national origin discrimination prohibited under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Department of the Treasury’s implementing regulations. Accordingly, Beneficiary shall initiate reasonable steps, or comply with the Department of the Treasury’s directives, to ensure that LEP persons have meaningful access to its programs, services, and activities. Beneficiary understands and agrees that meaningful access may entail providing language assistance services, including oral interpretation and written translation where necessary, to ensure effective communication in the Beneficiary’s programs, services, and activities. Beneficiary agrees to consider the need for language services for LEP persons when Beneficiary develops applicable budgets and conducts programs, services, and activities. As a resource, the Department of the Treasury has published its LEP guidance at 70 FR 6067. For more information on taking reasonable steps to provide meaningful access for LEP persons, please visit ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇. Beneficiary acknowledges and agrees that compliance with the assurances constitutes a condition of continued receipt of federal financial assistance and is binding upon Beneficiary and Beneficiary successors, transferees, and assignees for the period in which such assistance is provided.
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Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency. Executive Order13166 seeks to improve access to federally assisted programs and activities for individuals who, because of national origin, have Limited English Proficiency (LEP). Recipients and subrecipients of HUD funds shall take reasonable steps to ensure meaningful language access to their programs and activities to persons with LEP. As an aid to recipients and subrecipients, HUD published Final Guidance to Federal Financial Assistance Recipients Regarding Title VI Prohibition Against National Origin Discrimination Affecting Limited English Proficient Persons (LEP Guidance) in the Federal Register on January 22, 2007 (72 FR 2731). The LEP guidance and additional information is available here: Federal Register.
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Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency. Subrecipient acknowledges that Executive Order 13166, “Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency,” seeks to improve access to federally assisted programs and activities for individuals who, because of national origin, have Limited English proficiency (LEP). Subrecipient understands that denying a person access to its programs, services, and activities because of LEP is a form of national origin discrimination prohibited under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Department of the Treasury's implementing regulations. Accordingly, Subrecipient shall initiate reasonable steps, or comply with the Department of the Treasury's directives, to ensure that LEP persons have meaningful access to its programs, services, and activities. Subrecipient understands and agrees that meaningful access may entail providing language assistance services, including oral interpretation and written translation where necessary, to ensure effective communication in the Subrecipient's programs, services, and activities. Subrecipient agrees to consider the need for language services for LEP persons when Subrecipient develops applicable budgets and conducts programs, services, and activities. As a resource, the Department of the Treasury has published its LEP guidance at 70 FR 6067. For more information on taking reasonable steps to provide meaningful access for LEP persons, please visit ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇. Subrecipient acknowledges and agrees that compliance with the assurances constitutes a condition of continued receipt of federal financial assistance and is binding upon Subrecipient and Subrecipient successors, transferees, and assignees for the period in which such assistance is provided.
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  • Services and Information for Persons with Limited English Proficiency A. Grantee shall take reasonable steps to provide services and information both orally and in writing, in appropriate languages other than English, to ensure that persons with limited English proficiency are effectively informed and can have meaningful access to programs, benefits and activities. Meaningful access may entail providing language assistance services, including oral interpretation and written translation, if necessary. More information can be found at ▇▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇/. B. Grantee shall identify and document on the client records the primary language/dialect of a client who has limited English proficiency and the need for translation or interpretation services and shall not require a client to provide or pay for the services of a translator or interpreter. C. Grantee shall make every effort to avoid use of any persons under the age of 18 or any family member or friend of the client as an interpreter for essential communications with a client with limited English proficiency, unless the client has requested that person and using the person would not compromise the effectiveness of services or violate the client’s confidentiality and the client is advised that a free interpreter is available.

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  • Access to Records; Discussions With Officers and Accountants On an annual basis, or upon the occurrence of a Material Adverse Change, the Servicer and the Seller shall, upon the reasonable request of the Insurer, permit the Insurer or its authorized agents (provided that no Insurer Default shall have occurred and is continuing): (i) to inspect, audit and make copies of abstracts from, the books and records of the Servicer and of the Seller as they may relate to the Obligations, the Contracts, the obligations of the Servicer or of the Seller under the Transaction Documents, and the Transaction; (ii) to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Servicer or of the Seller with the chief operating officer and the chief financial officer of the Servicer or of the Seller, as the case may be; and (iii) with the Servicer’s or the Seller’s consent, as applicable, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Servicer or the Seller with the Servicer’s or the Seller’s independent accountants, provided that an officer of the Servicer or the Seller shall have the right to be present during such discussions. Such inspections and discussions shall be conducted during normal business hours and shall not unreasonably disrupt the business of the Servicer or the Seller. The books and records of the Servicer shall be maintained at the address of the Servicer designated herein for receipt of notices, unless the Servicer shall otherwise advise the parties hereto in writing, and the books and records of the Seller shall be maintained at the address of the Seller designated herein for receipt of notices, unless the Seller shall otherwise advise the parties hereto in writing. The Insurer agrees that it and its shareholders, directors, agents, accountants and attorneys shall keep confidential any matter of which it becomes aware through such inspections or discussions (unless readily available from public sources), except as may be otherwise required by regulation, law or court order or requested by appropriate governmental authorities or as necessary to preserve its rights or security under or to enforce the Transaction Documents, provided that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Insurer to make such information available to its regulators, securities rating agencies, reinsurers, credit and liquidity providers, counsel and accountants.

  • Proposed Policies and Procedures Regarding New Online Content and Functionality By February 1, 2017, the Division will submit to OCR for its review and approval proposed policies and procedures (“the Plan for New Content”) to ensure that all new, newly-added, or modified online content and functionality will be accessible to people with disabilities as measured by conformance to the Benchmarks for Measuring Accessibility set forth above, except where doing so would impose a fundamental alteration or undue burden. a) When fundamental alteration or undue burden defenses apply, the Plan for New Content will require the Division to provide equally effective alternative access. The Plan for New Content will require the Division, in providing equally effective alternate access, to take any actions that do not result in a fundamental alteration or undue financial and administrative burdens, but nevertheless ensure that, to the maximum extent possible, individuals with disabilities receive the same benefits or services as their nondisabled peers. To provide equally effective alternate access, alternatives are not required to produce the identical result or level of achievement for persons with and without disabilities, but must afford persons with disabilities equal opportunity to obtain the same result, to gain the same benefit, or to reach the same level of achievement, in the most integrated setting appropriate to the person’s needs. b) The Plan for New Content must include sufficient quality assurance procedures, backed by adequate personnel and financial resources, for full implementation. This provision also applies to the Division online content and functionality developed by, maintained by, or offered through a third-party vendor or by using open sources. c) Within thirty (30) days of receiving OCR’s approval of the Plan for New Content, the Division will officially adopt and fully implement the amended policies and procedures.

  • Selection of Subcontractors, Procurement of Materials and Leasing of Equipment The contractor shall not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or disability in the selection and retention of subcontractors, including procurement of materials and leases of equipment. The contractor shall take all necessary and reasonable steps to ensure nondiscrimination in the administration of this contract. a. The contractor shall notify all potential subcontractors and suppliers and lessors of their EEO obligations under this contract. b. The contractor will use good faith efforts to ensure subcontractor compliance with their EEO obligations.