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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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Summary
Nutrition label

91% Informative

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.

VR Score

95

Informative language

96

Neutral language

76

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

61

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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