QUESTION
What is being done to ensure documents at homeless shelters are provided in individuals' native languages?
1:26:53
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65 sec
The council member asks about documentation provided to individuals being transferred from homeless shelters being in their native language. The administrator responds that the Department of Homeless Services has documents in 12 languages and will follow up to ensure forms are provided in the appropriate language for each individual.
- The council member expresses concern about individuals signing away rights on forms not in their native language
- The administrator acknowledges they should ensure forms are given in the person's preferred language
- The administrator commits to following up on providing documents in native languages
Diana I. Ayala
1:26:53
Now that you remind to me.
1:26:55
I I would really appreciate it when you were looking into the 24 hours to where folks were being transferred out.
1:27:02
If whatever documentation they filled out was in their native language because I don't wanna have to I would love to to get to the bottom of that without having to foil that because I find that highly problematic that folks are if in fact, they are being provided with documents that are not in the native language and they're signing stuff that essentially gives away their rights.
1:27:25
They need to know that.
1:27:27
And, you know, there's no excuse for not ensuring that that's the case.
1:27:33
So if you could just add that to to the list of of things that you're gonna get back.
Joslyn Carter
1:27:38
Yeah.
1:27:39
Let me just say that we DHS and we have 12 languages.
1:27:45
Right?
1:27:45
So we should be making sure and we'll follow-up also a council member that we're using and we're making sure that we're giving forms in the language of, like, of people's choice.
1:27:56
I'm so absolutely a follow-up on that one.
Diana I. Ayala
1:27:59
Look, I I I think you guys are you guys have done the best that you can.
