[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 7, Volume 4]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 7CFR247.13]



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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE

 

    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

 

PART 247_COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 247.13  Provisions for non-English or limited-English speakers.



    (a) What must State and local agencies do to ensure that non-English 

or limited-English speaking persons are aware of their rights and 

responsibilities in the program? If a significant proportion of the 

population in an area is comprised of non-English or limited-English 

speaking persons with a common language, the State agency must ensure 

that local agencies inform such persons of their rights and 

responsibilities in the program, as listed under Sec. 247.12, in an 

appropriate language. State and local agencies must ensure that 

bilingual staff members or interpreters are available to serve these 

persons.

    (b) What must State and local agencies do to ensure that non-English 

or limited-English speaking persons are aware of other program 

information? If a significant proportion of the population in an



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area is comprised of non-English or limited-English speaking persons 

with a common language, the State agency must ensure that local agencies 

provide other program information, except application forms, to such 

persons in their appropriate language.