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y <br />(CJ Departments whose primary missicn or focus is the provision of services, information, or <br />assistance to thirtl parties. These Departmentshave the potential for serving sign~cenf <br />LEP populations. <br />(D)Depertments whose mission or focus is to serve the legal, Investigative, antl policy <br />neetls of County Government in a manner that Involves (and in some cease is <br />tlepentlent upon) interactions wtth the public, including predictable and pedotlic <br />interadionswith itlaMiFlebIa LEP. <br />(E) Departments whose mission or primary function is to eneroise supervision and control <br />over special populations known to mnfain aigniFlcanl numbers of LEP intlivitluals. <br />Crlterla: <br />To determ ne whet seasonable steps wet necessary t0 develop: aPolirytheCprovibea LEP <br />persona wrth'meapingful access'to County programs antl services a numtierof haMOre should <br />6ereJiewetl,: <br />Assisting LEP intlivitlual seeking direct County services or benefits, or where there is potential <br />for the direct imposdion of a buNen onto the individual by the County: <br />• LEP persons should be advisetl that they may choose either to secure the assistance <br />of en interpreter of their awn choosing, at their own expense, or a County interpreter <br />provitled by the relevant DepartmenLa Doamentetion that the service was offered end <br />the LEP person's election should be tlocumentetl in any written record generetetl with <br />° A LEP person may Ofl¢n IMk IO ¢ bilinguBl family memb¢r p fii¢p0 or oNer perem Nay ere mmfOrlable with fw <br />language assistance, Mere may alw Ee slluatlon In wMCM1 a LEP persm may want la rely pn County-suppfetl <br />interpretive services. (Some exampleswbere use of an InOiNOUSI'S own Inlegreter may tle(uslXletl Is wpen an <br />intlivitlusl M1sa to reveal or tlascdbe'mfo~mallon ola aermNVe, wnFltlenlisl, or palanlislly embarrassing naNre <br />aimllatly, inardnces Vfi¢re a p¢parlmenea Interest mayfusfi(y the use pf a Cpunty aupplietl Inlerpreler Is where <br />predse, swnplele oracarale Vanslatlm or Infwmelion is nceEeO <br />1. Language Assistance Principle <br />