| Dear Colleague, May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) Heritage Month. It is an opportunity to reflect and celebrate the important role that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders have played in our shared history.We continue to increase access to services and reduce barriers related to the language challenges that some members of AA and NHPI communities face. Recently, we published a new page, Outreach Materials for People with Limited English Proficiency (LEP), to promote our LEP services and materials in Chinese (simplified), Vietnamese, and several other languages. We’ve produced videos in multiple languages to help people obtain Social Security services and information in other languages. Additionally, we continue to offer our free interpreter services in more than 200 languages to help customers who prefer to conduct business in a language other than English.To view our publications available in languages other than English, please visit our Multi-Language Gateway.I encourage you to share this information, including the link to our AA and NHPI webpage, with your members, colleagues, affiliates, and other interested parties. Sincerely, Dawn Bystry Associate Commissioner Office of Strategic and Digital Communications oea.net.post@ssa.gov |
