US: Study Finds Language Help for Immigrants Lacking

[Francis Hult]

New York Times

 

Study Finds Language Help for Immigrants Lacking

 

New York is, of course, a city of immigrants. But for residents who speak little English and need government assistance, it is in Manhattan, the heart of the city, that they are least likely to get help applying for food stamps, subsidized medical care and other public benefits in their native language, according to a study released on Wednesday. 

 

In fact, the quality of the help a person gets - or whether he gets it at all - depends to a great degree on where the person lives and what language he or she speaks, the study found.

 

Full story:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/study-finds-language-help-for-immigrants-lacking/

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