{"id":9030,"date":"2021-09-13T17:33:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T17:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/?post_type=cde-knowledge-base&#038;p=9030"},"modified":"2025-08-27T09:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:21:15","slug":"direct-advocacy-tools","status":"publish","type":"cde-knowledge-base","link":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/knowledge-base\/language-access\/direct-advocacy-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Direct advocacy tools"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9030\" class=\"elementor elementor-9030 elementor-10562\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c453634 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default tf-sticky-section tf-sticky-no\" data-id=\"5c453634\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tf_sticky&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78afb04e\" data-id=\"78afb04e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1494484b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1494484b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Direct advocacy tools<\/strong><\/h3><h4><b>Language identification cards and posters<\/b><\/h4><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mn.gov\/dhs\/general-public\/about-dhs\/lep\/lep-resources.jsp\"><b>Minnesota Department of Human Services<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: This is a fairly comprehensive list of resources for Limited English Proficient individuals, including language interpreter cards, interpreter posters and other tools<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phila.gov\/documents\/language-access-cards\/\"><b>City of Philadelphia<\/b><\/a>: language access cards in 11 languages for access to services in the City of Philadelphia. You can request printed versions of the cards from the Office of Immigrant Affairs<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdss.ca.gov\/inforesources\/forms-brochures\/translated-forms-and-publications\/i-speak-cards\"><b>California Department of Social Services<\/b><\/a>: these I Speak cards in 16 different languages are for persons with limited English proficiency to carry and\/or for service providers to place in their files. The double-sided cards (English on one side and one of 16 languages on the other) request language assistance services for the individual<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.masslegalservices.org\/system\/files\/library\/5948_You_have_a_right_to_an_interpreter_poster_20060130.pdf\"><b>Massachusetts Legal Services<\/b><\/a>: Interpreter services poster that informs the individual they have the right to an interpreter at no cost to them, and instructs them to point to their language and wait while an interpreter is called. Or you\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.masslegalservices.org\/content\/interpreter-poster-editable\"><b>make your own version <\/b><\/a>of this poster<\/li><\/ul><p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/cde-knowledge-base\/identifying-spoken-language\/\"><b>identifying spoken languages section <\/b><\/a>for additional tools and ideas.<\/p><h4><b>Spanish language or translated materials<\/b><\/h4><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotpeachpages.net\/lang\/index.html\"><b>Hot Peach Pages<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has domestic violence information in 70 languages<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/site\/ocdv\/programs\/download-outreach-materials.page\"><b> New York City Mayor\u2019s Office to to End Domestic and Gender Based Violence <\/b><\/a>has domestic violence materials translated in other languages<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ovc.ojp.gov\/sites\/g\/files\/xyckuh226\/files\/pubs\/existeayuda\/about\/products.html\"><b>OVC &#8211; Existe Ayuda Toolkit on Sexual Violence<\/b><\/a> offers material in Spanish regarding Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nnedv.org\/mdocs-posts\/technology-safety-planing-with-survivors-spanish\/\"><b>Technology safety plan in Spanish<\/b><\/a> by NNEDV<\/li><\/ul><p>Esperanza United has developed a variety of<a href=\"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/knowledge-base-test\/\"><b> tools and products in English and Spanish<\/b><\/a> for working with Latin@ families.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fcf082c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default tf-sticky-section tf-sticky-no\" data-id=\"fcf082c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tf_sticky&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-08f0dc6\" data-id=\"08f0dc6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7c262b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7c262b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">Last updated 2021<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Direct advocacy tools Language identification cards and posters Minnesota Department of Human Services: This is a fairly comprehensive list of resources for Limited English Proficient individuals, including language interpreter cards, interpreter posters and other tools City of Philadelphia: language access cards in 11 languages for access to services in the City [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17871,"template":"","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]"},"media_category":[146,228,235],"media_tags":[266,291],"class_list":["post-9030","cde-knowledge-base","type-cde-knowledge-base","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","media_category-esperanza-united-departments","media_category-toolkits","media_category-language-access","media_tags-free","media_tags-training-and-technical-assistance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cde-knowledge-base\/9030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cde-knowledge-base"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cde-knowledge-base"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cde-knowledge-base\/9030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36830,"href":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cde-knowledge-base\/9030\/revisions\/36830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"media_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_category?post=9030"},{"taxonomy":"media_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_tags?post=9030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}