Advance Equitable Access to State Services by Eliminating Language Barriers Across Agencies

State agencies play a vital role in helping people meet basic needs, from accessing unemployment benefits to avoiding eviction and navigating the child welfare system. However, nearly one in four Massachusetts residents speaks a language other than English at home, and most state services remain English only, creating significant barriers that prevent hundreds of thousands of families from accessing the support they need.

An Act relative to language access and inclusion H.3384/S.2622 (filed by Representatives Madaro and González and Senator DiDomenico), would address this crisis by standardizing and enforcing language access policies and practices at select state agencies to ensure all residents have equal access to the services and information they need.

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