At least 67.3 million people in the United States speak a foreign language at home [2018, Center for Immigration Studies]. Here in the Indianapolis area, at least 13.5% of Marion County residents use a language other than English in their home. [U.S. Census Bureau]

If your organization serves the public, you’ve likely come into contact with community members who have language barriers—immigrants, refugees and the Deaf and hard of hearing community.

To better serve the community and open up your doors to more consumers, your organization can create a language access plan to be prepared to welcome and serve this large segment of our population. But the funds for this have to come from somewhere, right?

Join us on November 12th from 12 – 1 p.m. EST to:

• Understand how language support services are priced
• Learn how you can build a budget for language access planning
• Avoid common pitfalls of translation pricing and understand how to choose a vendor
• Consider building language resources into your grant proposals

🎥 This event will be recorded and a link to the recording will be shared with all registered participants.

🤟 An ASL interpreter will be provided for this event.

🤝 This event is free to attend, but we request that you consider an optional donation to our nonprofit partner for this event, American Red Cross Indiana Region.

More about the speakers:

Tiffany Hanson is an ultimate connector and avid community engagement enthusiast. With a background in marketing and public relations, Tiffany has found a niche in community outreach with a love of developing collaborative opportunities. She spends a majority of her daytime hours representing LUNA Language Services, engaged in opportunities to further language access initiatives for immigrants, refugees, and members of the Deaf and hard of hearing communities. In her “spare” time, she volunteers with fabulous organizations like the Diversity Roundtable of Central Indiana, the IPS Education Foundation, and the Indiana Latino Expo.

Una Hartzell-Baird is LUNA’s Director of Translation. She oversees the daily operations of the translation department. Her background as an interpreter gives Una excellent experience working with language service professionals. Like many on the LUNA staff, Una also acts as an interpreter for the Bosnian and Croatian languages. Una was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and relocated with her family to Indianapolis in 1995 through a refugee resettlement program. She earned her Bachelors of Science in Public Affairs: Nonprofit Management at the IUPUI School of Public and Environmental Affairs in 2009 and her Masters of Public Affairs in 2010.