County to develop limited plan for English proficiency

Published October 6, 2006 4:00am ET



Howard County wants to make all its agencies available to residents ? regardless of their language.

“The county has generally been responsive to the language and cultural needs of the foreign community,” said Roy Appletree, executive director of Foreign Born Information and Referral Network or FIRN. “There is a long way to go.”

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