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Category: Language Access/Advocacy

  • Language Access/Advocacy

What Is Language Access? Why It Matters and How Organizations Can Get It Right

Language access isn’t about convenience—it’s about ensuring everyone can be seen, heard, and understood. Whether someone is visiting a hospital,...

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  • Language Access/Advocacy

Navigate AI Language Interpreting with Confidence: Introducing the SAFE AI Task Force’s Toolkit Part A

At CLI, we believe innovation should enhance, not compromise, the quality and fairness of language access services. That’s why we’re...

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  • Language Access/Advocacy

AI Speech Translation

Artificial intelligence (AI) speech translation promises to break down language barriers, but its effectiveness and reliability are still up for...

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A thoughtful doctor looks to the future with hope after reading the Section 1557 Final Rule.
  • Language Access/Advocacy

The 2025 Outlook on Language Access under Section 1557

Section 1557’s Final Rule is now in place, with new and reinstated regulations to prevent discrimination against individuals with limited...
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Following a natural disaster, people canoe through a street.
  • Language Access/Advocacy

When Your Disaster Plan Includes Language Access, You Keep Your Whole Community Safe

To keep non-English language preferent (NELP) community members safe, those in charge of disaster response and recovery efforts must ensure...
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Jorge Ungo of CCHI smiles during his interview.
  • Language Access/Advocacy

An Interview with CCHI Language Access Advocate Jorge Ungo, the One Who “Brings the People Together”

To mark CCHI’s 15-year anniversary, we spoke with language access advocate Jorge Ungo. Our conversation covered CCHI’s evolution, including the...
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A smiling ASL interpreter works with a client on the CLI MERFi video interpreting platform.
  • Language Access/Advocacy

Online ASL Interpreter Services: Improving Access with Sign Language Support

Online ASL services provide real-time communication that leads to successful meetings, appointments, webinars, interviews, calls, and more....
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  • Language Access/Advocacy

How CLI Is Preparing for HB 2359 Interpreter Requirements

CLI is keeping close track of Oregon HB 2359. We want to make sure our state’s most vulnerable residents can...
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A group of bilingual friends smile together under an umbrella on the beach.
  • Language Access/Advocacy

To Incite Change, Terms Like ‘LEP’ Need a 21st Century Upgrade

“LEP” is a staple term in government, the language industry, and, until recently, education. But it’s outdated, and people who...
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A woman holding an umbrella appears to float through the air in front of a wooden wall as she smiles and looks to the future.
  • Language Access/Advocacy

2023 Predictions: What’s on the Horizon for Language Access and Interpreting Services

Right now we’re wishing we had a crystal ball to help us forecast 2023. Instead, we’ll have to rely on...

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  • Language Access/Advocacy

CLI’s Language & Immigration Trends

More than 350 languages are spoken across the U.S. Do you know which languages are driving an increased demand for...
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An advocate for healthcare interpreters sits in an office and talks on the phone while looking over papers on Oregon HB 2359.
  • Language Access/Advocacy

Answers to Your Top 5 Questions about Oregon House Bill 2359

Oregon House Bill 2359 raises a lot of questions, not only for healthcare interpreters, but also for the healthcare industry...
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