HANDS United

HANDS Uniteds mission is to reduce language deprivation among Deaf and hard-of-hearing children in immigrant families by addressing the language and cultural barriers that often prevent effective communication and access to essential services. We empower families by providing comprehensive support that includes multilingual American Sign Language classes English ASL instruction for newly arrived Deaf individuals enrichment workshops school and IEP advocacy immigration and legal resource connections community support programs and employment readiness services. In addition we strengthen the professional ecosystem that serves Deaf communities by offering interpreter and translation services professional development workshops and media resource development. As part of our commitment to equitable access we also support and provide pathways for the certification of foreign sign language interpretersparticularly for those coming from countries where no formal certification syste