SNAP Language Access Study
The study investigates how state agencies administering SNAP comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by providing language access for individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP).
Despite compliance requirements, there is very little existing research on how SNAP state agencies are implementing these requirements and providing language access services to individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP). The purpose of this study was to help fill this knowledge gap and understand the steps state agencies take to ensure that individuals with LEP have meaningful access to SNAP, determine whether state agencies understand existing guidance on the language access requirements, understand state agencies’ perceptions of the resources available to properly implement LEP plans, policies, and procedures to meet federal regulations and guidance, and finally understand how language access policies, plans, procedures, and operations function at the local level.
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