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Wrriten Msfetlela: Each Department -shall ensure Ne Vanslatloroof 'Wital' wdlfen materials into the language of reguledY encdun[eretl LEP groupseligible lb tie served or to be affeUed by the-Deperbnenl's programs, 'Ykal'rlncldtles but Is noPlimRad to: wrMen noticesof rights, tlenial, lose, or decreases in benafiLS. antl'servtcesi notlces of tlleclplinery. action, consent-and- compldlnffomis; Intake formes application .for partlclpahon in-tleDaMtenf program or activity• and notices advising LEP pereone-qf free language assistance; The term Ydal° tlepentls upon the importance oPtlie program, service mkrma[idn or encounter ibwtvetl Large tlocumenfs may have-0oth vksl and ndn-yRai InfoPnatj6n. Wntterttrenelation. of only vitel'infotihahon rS reouiretll'An appmPHate:'Me of [humti' in da[armrmng vda4lpformatioh Irtatlotglmanl Wat requires bapslaiio~ is; o A Department should provide wntlea hanalation of vlNl doguments [pr each eligible LEP language grodpthat wrtstdules56'or 1,000, Whlchevar Is less,'of [he~pemo¢e elrglble b ~ba-6erVed fit bkely'N be aReUad`pr enmumered. Translation of other documents-,can be pmwded ofegyi o if therH ere fewer Nan 6p:~pelsons„In 2 labguaga group [fief reaches tM1e:5% tAgger, ek¢en tlepartine0ts do not ,1lavB ld trenslate,Yltal mete8als but afioultl ptowde vinHen nptlce In Ne pnmary (anpuageoi Ne LEP (dngUage gmuR of 1lielr fight fo receive comPeteOfol~l trehslabon oYShe wntten -. tedel's, free of cost. {?lea~a ogle Th~applle~dny tdrche wnNen treneleyEg of mformabgry li6viNl tlawmgnN. • Elecbonic Information. Unleae elreetly in place,each Deparment tha[mainfaineaweb page accessible tc members of the general pudic shoultl include infcrmation on the avallablllry of language eeaistence through or by Ne Department. Where dowmenls in languages other than English are plecetl on or accessible through the web page, information an their availability shoultl be Indutletl in [he eppropdate languages on the web home page or other inRiel point of access. • Slgrrage. Where sgnagawithin a publicly-accessible bulltling maintained or atlministered by a Department Is pmvitletl in English, it will also be provltleQ at e minimum and ae soon es reasonably prectlcal, in the Mro most common non- Engllsh languages spoken in the County where, basetl on available date, more than 25 % of the people within Nat language group speak English less than well.° 8ignage in fewer languages is warrented where cumen[ tlemographic tlata establishes that the population potenl'lally servetl by [he Department or taUlily tloes no[ include more than ane language mincdty group Shat satlsfles the 26% Uantlartl. Each Department will tlevelop ealgnege implementation tlmefable IndutlinA, where approPdale, reasonable tleleys neceasitetetl by the lack of current tlata on LEP populations. (8ignage in erkical service arcsa a.9. 088, Health, Register of Deeds, are on-geing pbrsuant to June 5, 2001 Board direetlon.) 3. DepartmentSpedgc LenguaAe Assistance Indiafivea. In atltlltlon to Na undone language Initiatives appllwble to the tlepartment engaging In progams and activities warranting language assistance measures, departments will implement edtlitional language assistance meaeuras warranted by Nelr particular programs, aUivities, entl/or ° "AValleOle tlera" indutlea but is not limiletl to language entl tlemoprapM1ic census infmmatlon petlaining to Orange County.