The Office of Equal Opportunity is responsible for enforcing the University of Rhode Island Policy on Language Access and the Language Access Plan. In this capacity, the Office of Equal Opportunity provides technical assistance to individuals administering language access requests, and strategic leadership on the topic of meaningful language access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Consistent with the Policy on Language Access and our commitment to equal opportunity:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The University prohibits all forms of discrimination in all University Programs or Activities and Services. No person shall be denied equal access to Services based on their ability to communicate in the English language (Limited English Proficient [\u201cLEP\u201d] individuals) or due to hearing\/speech impairment (Hearing\/Speech Impaired [\u201cHSI\u201d] individuals).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This website and the language used have been introduced in alignment with the United States Department of Justice, Final LEP Guidance and the Title VI guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The policies and guidance documents below have been introduce to guide the administration of meaningful language access at the University of Rhode Island. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The following resources support the administration of language assistive services in alignment with State and Federal requirements. Faculty, staff, and all individuals hosting events on behalf of the university must familiarize themselves with these resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n *ATT USADirect is only to be considered as a last resort if unable to<\/sub><\/em> contract<\/sub><\/em> with<\/i><\/sub> a vendor vetted and approved by the State of Rhode Island<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The University will continuously review the quality of language assistive services following guidance from the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. Please review the sample assessment resource for details: Language Assistive Services Quality Assurance Practices<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Individuals with questions and qualified individuals with disabilities who need a reasonable accommodation to access these materials in an alternative format may email equalopportunity@uri.edu <\/a>or call 401-874-4009.<\/a> For TTY assistance, contact R.I. Relay Services at 711.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Office of Equal Opportunity is responsible for enforcing the University of Rhode Island Policy on Language Access and the Language Access Plan. In this capacity, the Office of Equal Opportunity provides technical assistance to individuals administering language access requests, and strategic leadership on the topic of meaningful language access. Consistent with the Policy on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5146,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2265","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/equal-opportunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/equal-opportunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/equal-opportunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/equal-opportunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/equal-opportunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2265"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/equal-opportunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3344,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/equal-opportunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2265\/revisions\/3344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/equal-opportunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Applicable Statutes, Regulations, and Policies<\/strong>
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Policies<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Language Access Policy<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
Language Access Plan<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
Policy and Procedures on Nondiscrimination<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
Resources and Vendors<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I SPEAK… \nLANGUAGE IDENTIFICATION GUIDE<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
INTERPRETING AND TRANSLATION SERVICES<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
SIGN LANGUAGE AND CART SERVICES<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
Sign Language Interpreter and Captioning Request Form<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
ATT USADIRECT*<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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