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•Rural Governments Often Fail To Communicate With Residents Who Aren’t Proficient in English - KFF Health News
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Rural America is largely white and predominantly English -speaking but has rapidly grown more diverse.
11 states and Washington , D.C. , have created broad policies targeted to their populations.
Implementing state and local language-access laws is a challenge, researchers say.
Not providing language access to people who need it is not only a violation of civil rights.
People living in rural areas may still benefit from a patchwork of resources through state agencies.
But gaps in the framework of federal, state, and local protections exist nationwide, Hofstetter said.
The degree to which local governments offer communications in languages other than English varies for several reasons.
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