1. VCE’s Strategies to Reach LEP Audiences
LEP Plan

2. Educate and Inform Our Staff

3. Unit Survey of LEP Contacts
A significant number of units are experiencing contact with LEP persons (43% of units that participated in the survey).
FCS agents followed by ANR agents have the greatest needs.
Publications in Spanish are in the greatest demand.
Actions:
Associate Directors reviewed and selected pubs for translation if not existing elsewhere
Non-existing publications in Spanish prioritized and scheduled for translation and printing each year.
Created a compilation of pubs in Spanish posted on the intranet

4. Spanish Language Resources

5. Spanish Language Forms and Indicia

6. Educational Content in Spanish
Translating two pubs/program area/year

7. Educational Programs in Spanish

8. Spanish Language Training of VCE Faculty and Staff

9. Other Ways VCE has Provided Language Services
Utilizing existing staff and interns with language skills
Hiring PAs/Faculty and Staff with second language skills
Paying for interpretation services
District Offices purchasing language interpretation equipment

10. Remote Language Interpretation Service for Walk-in Clients
Telephone-based interpreter for over 200 languages
Piggybacking another state contract
Use of “I Speak Cards” to ID language
Limited to walk-in clients conducting Extension business
No translation at this point
Funded from state-level funds