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Willem Materials. Each Departmentshall'ensure the trensletion of Yital"written • materiels into the language of regularly enwuntered LEP groups eligible lobe served or to tie affected by the Depadment5 progrms,:::"Vital` includes but is not limitetl b: wnlten notlce¢ofnghk,aeniel, lose; Or deaeseas In beneRts and seriws; notices of diwiplineryedtlom; wnsent antl!complaimt forms: intake foime;appliwfion for padlcipation in department' pmgmm or ectivity;.and notices atlvlsingLEP perspns: of heeJanguage eeelafance; The tarot "vital" depends uppotheampodance'of the program; service mformetion for enco¢nter InvbN¢d Lalge:documen[s may have both vtlal antl'eoh--vital Information. 1Vntten trenslatioaiof Doty vital ibfortneaoe srequiretl. An approprale "rule of thumb":in detemunimg yitaltmfortna[lon In a:dodumenl (hat requires trenslation ie: o A Depadmenl shoutl provlGe wrtttenttensladon of vital tlocuments fo( each ellglbleiEP Iaanguage gbupthal wnsYWtes.5ya or 1 Ogg. whichever le leas. pf the persons ¢Ilglble~. tttl be served or likely b 5e aRected-or eircoun[eretl. Translatiamof oNer tlppurtlenta can be provltletl.orally; o If theresie Fewer [Kan 6D:person3 m s language grouR That=reachesthe 5% trigger IfJ"en tlepartments rib not bave.lo- lrenslate mtel mei_anale but should promEe w{itten nbhcfl In thapnmeylanguage of the LF~ language group o[ thep right w receive wmpetedl pf91 translafioRONhe wntt¢n iriafeiiets; flee of cDE[. E Please note: Thl9. eppllse balytb the written tran@laflpp of Inlortnaaorovi,mfal tlownien[s. Electronic Information. Unless already in place. sash Department that maintains a web page aweeaible to membere of the generel public should indutle Information on the availability of language assistance thrwgh or by the Depadmenl Where tlocuments in languages other then English ere placed on or accessible through the web page, infortnetlon on their availability ahoultl be inclutletl in the appropriate languages on the web home page or omer indial point of access. • Signage. Wheresignage wthin apubliGy-accessible building maintainetl or administered by a Department is provitletl in English, i[ will also be provltled, at a minimum and as soon as reasonably practical, in the lwc rtwst wmmon non- English languages spoken in the County where, basetl on available tlete, mare than 25 % of the people within that language group speak English less then well.` Signage in fewer languages is warantetl where current tlemograpMC tlata es[abllshes that the population potentially served by the Depadmenl or facility does not inGUtle more than one language minority group that satisfies the 25% atandaN. Each Department will tlevelop a signage implementation timetable Including, where appropriate, reasonable tlelays newsshaletl by the IaGC of current tlata on LEP populations. (Signage in critical service areas a.g. D55, Health, Register o1 Deeds, are on-going pureuanl to June 5, 2001 Bpartl tlirectionJ 3. Department-Specific Language Assistance Inrfiatives. In addition to the unJOrtn language Initiatives applicahle to the tlepartment engaging in programs antl activities warrenting language assistance measures, departments will implement additional language assistance measures warrentetl bytheir particular programs, activities, antllor "'hvelleUla Oe@- IOClutles but Is not Ilmltetl m IenBuaBe antl tlemopraPbla census Inbrma~lon penalning w Omn9e County.