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The Changing Game of Healthcare: Who Will Step Up to the Plate?
Changing the Game of Healthcare: Health Insurers What do the 2016 presidential elections and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have in common? They both have left American voters feeling neglected and misrepresented by the current choices. We’ve recently seen major health...
How Public Schools Limit Latino Students and Parents
As much as teachers and parents wish it were otherwise, Latino children are less likely than their peers to succeed in the public school setting. One factor behind this is that their parents are unable to access the predominantly English school environment. Quality...
Reaching LEP Asian and Pacific Islanders this Election Season
This election season many campaigns for politicians and ballot measures are looking at Asian Americans as a key voter group. The number of Asian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters almost doubled from 2 million in 2000 to 3.9 million in 2012. What’s more, almost half...
Are Your Health Benefit LEP Materials Accessible and Compliant?
A comprehensive health and benefits package is key to attracting and retaining the best workers in your industry. However, employee benefits packages are fraught with some of the most complex and challenging compliance regulations Human Resources faces today. Are your...
The Key to Combatting Disenfranchisement of Latino Voters
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Guest post by Avantpage intern Hannah Trumbull If fair and equal access to voting is a central tenet of a true democracy, then California’s democratic process is far from functional. The great state is home to 14.5 million Latino...
Georgia County Restricts Language Access, New York City Expands It
Two recent news stories highlight contrasting approaches to language access for recent immigrants with limited English proficiency. A local government agency in Georgia refuses to provide election documents in Spanish. Meanwhile a New York school district plans to...