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| Last Updated: August 18, 2016 |
Department of Justice LEP Guidance for Recipients and Agencies
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| LEP Guidance for DOJ Recipients |
2002 LEP Guidance for DOJ Recipients - June 18, 2002
2000 LEP Guidance for DOJ Recipients - August 16, 2000
| Language Access Guidance Materials |
Common Language Access Questions, Technical Assistance, and Guidance for Federally Conducted and Federally Assisted Programs- August 15, 2011
Language Access Assessment and Planning Tool for Federally Conducted and Federally Assisted Programs- May 9, 2011
Letter from Assistant Attorney General R. Alexander Acosta to recipients of federal financial assistance regarding LEP materials - June 10, 2005
Executive Order 13166 Limited English Proficiency Resource Document: Tips and Tools from the Field - September 21, 2004
| State Courts |
Language Access Guidance Letter to State Courts from Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez - August 16, 2010
Letter from Coordination and Review Section Chief Merrily Friedlander to Indiana Courts - Coordination and Review Section - February 4, 2009
Letter from Coordination and Review Section Chief Merrily Friedlander to the National Center of State Courts regarding the Model Judges Bench Book on Court Interpreting - February 21, 2008.
Letter from Assistant Attorney General Acosta to state court administrators with information about new LEP materials - April 22, 2005
Letter from Deputy Assistant Attorney General Loretta King to state court administrators regarding LEP Guidance - December 1, 2003
Letter from Assistant Attorney General Ralph Boyd to Massachusetts Administrative Office of the Trial Courts concerning funding for court interpreters - April 12, 2002
| Corrections |
U.S. Department of Justice proposed consent decree with Orleans Parish Prison requires language assistance services for Spanish-speaking LEP inmates. See pages 34-37 (PDF) – December 2012
Letter from Deputy Assistant Attorney General Loretta King to State Departments of Corrections- July 15, 2008
Planning Tool for Creating a Language Assistance Policy and Plan in a Department of Corrections- Federal Coordination and Compliance Section
| Police and Sheriff's Departments |
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona denies Maricopa County and Sheriff Arpaio's Motions to Dismiss, ruling that "longstanding case law, federal regulations and agency interpretation of those regulations hold language-based discrimination constitutes a form of national origin discrimination under Title VI." See pages 6-8 (PDF) – December 12, 2012
Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and the Palm Beach County Florida Sheriff's Department - May 11, 2010
Memorandum of Agreement between USA and Lake Worth, FL Police Department - March 13, 2007
Lost in Translation: Limited English Proficient Populations and the Police by Bharathi A. Venkatraman, Attorney, Civil Rights Division, Federal Coordination and Compliance Section, April 2006.
Planning Tool: Considerations for Creation of a Language Assistance Policy and Implementation Plan for Addressing Limited English Proficiency in a Law Enforcement Agency- Federal Coordination and Compliance Section
| Guidance to State and Local Government |
Prepared Remarks of Acting Assistant Attorney General Grace Chung Becker at the Hawaii Conference on Language Access - March 28, 2008
Letter from Assistant Attorney General Ralph Boyd to Georgia Attorney General - July 11, 2002
| Guidance for Federal Agencies |
Memorandum to Federal Agencies from Attorney General Eric Holder Reaffirming the Mandates of Executive Order 13166 - February 17, 2011 (EO 13166 Resource Page)
Enforcement of Nondiscrimination Laws in Programs and Activities that Receive American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding Memorandum from Attorney General Eric Holder– September 27, 2010
Prepared Remarks of Acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King to the Federal Interagency Working Group on Limited English Proficiency - April 20, 2009
2008 Federal Interagency Conference on Limited English Proficiency Bethesda, Maryland, September 3, 2008
- Press Release
- Welcoming letter to participants from Acting Assistant Attorney for Civil Rights Grace Chung Becker
- Top Tips from Responses to the Survey of Language Access Strategies used by Federal Government Agencies
2007 Federal Interagency Conference on Limited English Proficiency Bethesda, Maryland, March 15-16, 2007
- Press Release
- Announcement for Organizations: Conference on Federal Efforts to Increase Accessibility to Limited English Proficient Individuals (Español)
- Conference Agenda
- Transcript of Remarks from Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Wan J. Kim
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