Montgomery Community Media

During a Montgomery County Council meeting with state health department officials Tuesday, Councilmember Nancy Navarro highlighted Spanish-language translation concerns regarding PrepMod, the state’s COVID-19 vaccine appointment scheduling system. The county has received feedback about translation errors which lead to “basically, a complete barrier,” Navarro told state officials. When asking for an address, Navarro said PrepMod […]

Hundreds of residents are left out of the conversation when they can’t understand because of language barriers. However, Montgomery College is trying to address this issue by training bilingual interpreters. “Interpreters are needed in different areas of the community from school system to the police department to firefighters; MVA. So the idea is to have […]