Emergency Preparedness
Letter from Assistant Attorney General Kim to federal agencies regarding nondiscrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin: hurricane-related issues - December 12, 2005 (PDF)
Guidance
Prepared Remarks of Acting Assistant Attorney
General Grace Chung Becker at the Hawaii Conference on Language Access - March 28, 2008
Assistant Attorney General R. Alexander Acosta letter to recipients of federal financial assistance regarding
LEP materials - June 10, 2005
Letter from Assistant Attorney General Acosta
to state court administrators with information about new LEP materials - April 22, 2005
Letter to state court administrators from Deputy
Assistant Attorney General Loretta King regarding LEP Guidance - December 1, 2003
LEP Policy Guidance for DOJ Recipients
(PDF) - June 18, 2002
Implementation and Compliance
Executive Order 13166 Limited English Proficiency Resource Document: Tips and Tools from the Field (PDF)
Guidelines for Determination of Eligibility for Court-Appointed Interpretation and Translation Services
Supreme Judicial Court, State of Maine
It should be noted that, unlike the definition of limited English proficiency contained in the Department of Justice LEP Guidance, which derives its definition of LEP persons as "those individuals who have a limited ability to read, write, speak or understand English" from Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (which prohibits recipients from discriminating on the basis of race, color or national origin, and contemplates a close nexus between one's national origin and one's language), the Maine Judiciary definition of LEP includes individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. For further information on legal issues involving the deaf or hard of hearing
community, please visit ADA.gov, the website of the Disability Rights Section of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice.
Language Assistance Implementation Plan
for Federally Conducted Programs Pursuant to Executive Order 13166
Lost in Translation: Limited English Proficient
Populations and the Police by Bharathi A. Venkatraman, Attorney, Civil Rights Division, Coordination and Review Section, US Department of Justice.
Memorandum of Agreement between USA and Lake Worth,
FL Police Department - March 13, 2007
Memorandum of Agreement between USA and Town of Mattawa WA - March 18, 2008
Memorandum of Understanding
between the United States of America and the State of Maine Judicial Branch - September 29, 2008 - Press Release
One Example of a Plan for a Law Enforcement Agency - Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice. This example will not necessarily be appropriate to address the language access needs of every community or law enforcement agency and does not represent the entire implementation process of the city.
It is posted merely as an additional resource.
Planning Tool: Considerations for Creation of a Language Assistance Policy and Implementation Plan for Addressing
Limited English Proficiency in a Law Enforcement Agency (MS Word)
Coordination and Review Section
Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice
Planning Tool for Creating a Language Assistance Policy and Plan in a Department of Corrections
(MS Word)
Coordination and Review Section, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice
2007 Federal Interagency Conference on Limited English Proficiency
Press Release: Justice Department Hosts Conference on Federal Efforts to Increase Accessibility to Limited English Proficient Individuals March 15-16, 2007
Announcement for Organizations: Conference on Federal Efforts to Increase Accessibility to Limited English Proficient Individuals (español)
Conference Agenda PDF
Transcript of Remarks from Assistant Attorney General Wan J. Kim PDF