Common use of Meaningful Access Clause in Contracts

Meaningful Access. Providers and their subcontractors, providing services subject to 7 CFR §272.4(b) are required to take reasonable steps to ensure meaningful access to their services and programs by LEP Customers. Compliance involves the balancing of four factors: 1) the number and proportion of eligible LEP Customers, 2) the frequency of contact with LEP Customers, 3) the importance or impact of the contact upon the lives of the person(s) served, and 4) the resources available to the organization. This four-factor analysis (LEP Assessment) may be applied to the different types of programs or activities the Provider provides to determine the level of language assistance measures sufficient to assure full compliance or to demonstrate reasonable efforts.