barriers

  • La FTC reduce barreras lingüísticas para combatir a los estafadores

    Mark Hedin Ethnic Media Services La Comisión Federal de Comercio (FTC) tiene una nueva estrategia para combatir el fraude. A partir de este otoño, su Language Access Initiative (Iniciativa de acceso a los idiomas) ofrece intérpretes que pueden recibir reportes de fraude y brindar asesoría en muchos más idiomas...
  • FTC Scales Language Barriers to Battle Scammers

    Mark Hedin Ethnic Media Services The Federal Trade Commission has a new strategy for battling fraud. As of this fall, its Language Access Initiative provides interpreters who can take fraud reports and provide advice in many more languages than just English and Spanish. At a Nov. 21 press briefing...
  • Overcoming Care Barriers During Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

    July is national minority mental health awareness month, spotlighting the unique struggles in health care settings for communities for color in the United States. Dr. Trenton James is a psychiatrist at Kaiser Permanente in Seattle. He said Black people are less likely to receive treatment for mental illness. “Black Americans don’t...
  • Eliminando obstáculos para los compradores de primera vivienda

    Ser propietario de una vivienda ha sido durante mucho tiempo una aspiración para muchos estadounidenses, y una de las formas más efectivas de crear riqueza generacional. Sin embargo, debido a los efectos de la actual pandemia de COVID-19, el aumento de las tasas de interés y las preocupaciones sobre...
  • Knocking down barriers for first-time homebuyers

    Owning a home has long been an aspiration for many people across America, and one of the most effective ways to build generational wealth. Yet, due to the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, rising interest rates, and housing affordability concerns, including the lack of affordable housing supply, homeownership...
  • Overcoming the Barriers to Change

    American Counseling Association The New Year is a time when many of us think about a new start, about changing something in our lives that hasn’t been making us happy or hasn’t been contributing to good health. It may be a commitment to stop smoking, to lose weight, to...
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