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o <br />(C) Departments whose primary mission or LOCUS is the provision of services, information, or <br />assistance [o thlN parties. These Departments have the potential for serving significant <br />LEP populations. <br />(D)Depadments whose mission or focus is m serve the legal, investigative, antl policy <br />needs of County Government in a manner that involves (antl in some cease is <br />dependent upon) interadiona wkh the public. including predictable and periotllc <br />interactions with itlentifiable LEP. <br />(E) Departments whose mission or primary function is to exercise supervision antl control <br />over special poPUlations known to contain significant numbers of LEP intlivitluals. <br />Criteria: <br />To tlelermine. what reasonable steps were necessary to develop a policy that provides LEP <br />persons with "meaningful access" [o County prdgiema antl services a number of factors should <br />be reviewed: <br />Assisting LEP intlivitlusl aeeking tlirem County services or benefits, ar where there is potential <br />for the direct jmposition of a burtlen onto the individual by the County: <br />• LEP persons shoultl be atlvised that they may choose either to secure the assistance <br />of an Interpreter of their awn choosing, at their. own expense, or a County Interyreler <br />provided by the relevant Department' Documentation that the service was offered end <br />the LEP person's election shoultl be tlocumen[etl in any written record generated with <br />' A LEP person may often look rn a bllingual lamly rnambar or frlentl or Omer person tneV are comfortable wirM1 (or <br />language asslsGnce, Mere may also beslmeOOn In wbiCba LEP person maywant[o rely on COUntyeupplle0 - <br />mtemrerme serviaaa. isoma avamvles wnare use of en inalvlauavs awn --mtemreter may de iustmea is wnsn an <br />Inaivitlual M1as to rweel or tlaecrlpe Informaton M a sensitive, wnfitlential or polentlally embeneasing nature <br />Sim-stly, InstenCes wM1ere a Oepanmenl's interest mayjueNy Me use of a County-supplletl intcrpreler Is wbere <br />precise, complete or acwraYe tanalefmn or Information is nestled) <br />t Language Assistance Principle <br />