Language Access for New Americans (LANA) improves access to services for refugees and immigrants with limited English proficiency by improving the quality and increasing the number of interpreters and translators in Maine.
LANA was formally launched in January, 2005.
LANA Programs:
- Centralized Interpreter Directory
- Interpreter Training
- Trainings for Service Providers and Businesses
Our Funders
- Betterment Fund
- Broad Reach Fund
- Fisher Charitable Foundation
- Hannaford
- Maine Community Foundation
- Maine Department of Public Safety
- Maine Medical Center
- River Rock Foundation
- Sam L. Cohen Foundation
- United Way of Greater Portland Foundation
LANA Advisory Board
- Molly McMahon, Community Counseling Center
- Maureen Clancy, Mercy Hospital
- Malvina Gregory, Catholic Charities Maine RISinterpret
- Regina Phillips, Maine DHHS Office of Multicultural Affairs
- John Shoos, United Way of Greater Portland
- Beth Stickney, Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP)
- Cindy Tack, Maine Medical Center
- Rachel Talbot Ross, City of Portland
- Carl Toney, University of New England Center for Transcultural Health
- Meryl Troop, Sign Language Interpreter and Civil Rights Advocate
- Grace Valenzuela, Portland Public Schools Multilingual & Multicultural Center