viaLanguage Announces 2011 Healthcare Translation Grant Program
viaLanguage will award $3,000 of in-kind translation services to innovative organizations that strive to improve healthcare access for underserved, limited English speaking (LEP) communities.

PORTLAND, OR, June 25, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- viaLanguage, a leader in healthcare translation and website localization services announces today an August 31st, 2011 application deadline for their annual Translation Grant Program. The annual donation program will award $1,500 of in-kind translation services to two separate innovative organizations that strive to improve healthcare access for underserved, limited English speaking (LEP) communities.

"At viaLanguage, we truly believe in the importance of building community. Our team is passionate about giving back, and this grant is just one of the many ways we do so by helping decrease disparities in healthcare for underserved communities here in the US," said Chanin Ballance, CEO of viaLanguage. "We are excited to open up our grant this year to support two innovative healthcare organizations in their efforts to remove language barriers and improve the health for their local LEP communities."

To be eligible, applicants must be actively working to improve access to health or healthcare for its Limited English Speaking (LEP) communities. Eligible organizations must be headquartered in the US and include a program with one or more of the following focus areas: health education, accessing healthcare, disaster & relief services, environment, science & technology, voluntarism & community outreach and youth advocacy & programs. The recipient of the viaLanguage Translation Grant will be selected the week of September 16th, 2011.

For additional information and an application, visit vialanguage.com/2011_grant.php.

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