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Final Plan Highlights: The BOCC suggestions have been incorporated into a revised staffing plan and the primary duties and responsibilities for the Department, Attachments 1 (Key Changes from 1993 to Present) and 2 (Human Rights and Relations Departmental Plan) to the final plan remain unchanged. Changes are reflected in attachments 3 (Department of Human Rights and Relations Organizational Chart), 4 (Staffing Plan) and 5 (LEP Coordinator Classification), • The plan provides for more than the equivalent of a full-time position to women's issues including the issues of women of color, immigrant women, sexual minority women, disabled women and aging women through the Civil Rights Specialist, the Community Relations Specialist, the Limited English Proficiency Coordinator and the Director, The Director and Civil Rights Specialist will be chiefly responsible for attending all meetings of the Commission for Women and coordinating their agenda and active projects, with additional support for technical research and administrative coordination provided by other office staff. • The Department will incorporate a biennial report on the Status of Human Relations in Orange County, beginning in the 2005 calendar year. • The Department will continue working with local advocacy groups on day laborer and farm worker issues, Classification Plan Amendment: Previously, the LEP Coordinator position was the English as a Second Language (ESL) Coordinator position, The ESL Coordinator was responsible for recruiting, training and coordinating volunteers to engage in one-on-one tutoring in a time when such services were not widely available in the community, The position as realigned is responsible for improving access for LEP communities to Orange County Services. Examples of such programs include: Inventorying and assessing with each operating department, beginning with those providing critical services, the current ways in which services are provided to limited English proficient clients, the possible service barriers to such clients and the unmet needs to be addressed, Develop and support implementation of uniform initiatives Countywide to address oral information (information desks, telephone lines, reception areas), written information (forms, records, notices of free LEP Services), electronic information and signage. Develop and promote a "tool kit" of internal resources, including a standardized method for assessing language proficiency, for operating department use in responding to requests for translation and interpretation services. Personnel has conducted a classification review of the position's planned new duties and responsibilities. Based on this, Personnel recommends the position be classified as LEP Coordinator at salary grade 17 which has a hiring range of $37,039 to $48,125. Next Steps: With the Board's approval of the Final Report, the Department will • Recruit and hire for currently vacant Departmental positions including Civil Rights Specialist for Community Relations and Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Coordinator