The Office of Language Access (OLA) provides centralized oversight, coordination, and technical assistance to State agencies (the executive, legislative and judicial branches of Hawai‘i’s state government) and organizations that receive state funding, regarding the implementation requirements of Hawai‘i’s Language Access Law.

The goal of the OLA is to ensure that no person is denied access to State or State-funded services due to their limited ability to speak, read, write or understand the English language.

  • Language Access Advisory Council Meeting Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 9:30 am to 11:00 am, Director’s Conference room 320, third floor, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR)
  • Language Access Law Forum Friday, January 25, 2013 at 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm at the William S. Richardson School of Law, Classroom 2, UH Manoaorange torch