Comments, Complaints & Settlements

Attached are documents relating to the settlement in August, 2017 of an Emergency Assistance language access complaint filed at MCAD (MIRA and MLRI vs. DHCD.)The documents are the Settlement (including the the EA Language Access Plan) and a summary of the major settlement provisions.

Attached are MLRI comments on MassHealth's Draft Language Access Plan. The Medicaid agency is required by law to provide meaningful access to its services to individuals who are not proficient in English. A language access plan should asses the language needs of the eligible population and…

Overview In August 2011, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) filed a complaint against Virginia Realty Company of Tidewater (“VR”) et. al. averring violation of the Fair Housing Act. VR adopted an explicit policy requiring English proficiency as a…

The attached December 2012 complaint was filed by Naomi Meyer of Greater Boston Legal Services under the Department of Transitional Assistance's Language Access Plan for failure to provide language access and copied to Ron Marlow with the Office of Access and Opportunity. The complaint is in…

The attached December 2012 complaint was filed by Naomi Meyer of Greater Boston Legal Services under the Department of Transitional Assistance's Language Access Plan for failure to provide language access and copied to Ron Marlow with the Office of Access and Opportunity. The complaint is in…

The attached complaint was filed by Naomi Meyer of Greater Boston Legal Services in October of 2012 under the Department of Transitional Assistance's Language Access Plan for failure to provide language access and copied to Ron Marlow with the Office of Access and Opportunity. The complaint is in…

Administration & Finance Bulletin #16, Language Access Policy and Implementation Guidelines, was updated and re-released on October 10, 2012 and required all agencies in the Executive Branch in MA to update their Language Access Plans. Greater Boston Legal Services drafted a letter to…

As DOJ describes in their April 23, 2012 press release, "The Department of Justice and the Department of Education reached agreement with the Boston Public Schools (the district) and its superintendent today to ensure that English Language Learner (ELL) students in Boston receive the services and…

This complaint was filed under the Department of Transitional Assistance's Language Access Plan and copied to Ron Marlow with the Office of Access and Opportunity. The complaint is in regards to a Spanish speaking, LEP individual who was denied an interpreter on multiple occations and susequently…

(NY) City Agencies' Compliance with Local Law 73 and Executive Order 120: Examining Progress and Work Still to be Done  

The attached complaint is a letter to the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity - United States Department of Housing and Urban Development regarding a low-income Spanish speaking mother who was discriminated against on the basis of national origin in violation of Title VI and Title VIII. The…

Haitian Multi-Service Center v. Gallant (Admin. Complaint 01-91-3034) (Office for Civil Rights, Dept. of HHS ) Petitioner alleged that DPW [now DTA]violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by denying limited- and non-English speaking persons equal access to DPW services. OCR informally…