Sign Language Interpreter Referral Service

Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (NCDHH) offers a service to assit you in your search for sign language interpreters.

1. On-line Interpreter Request Program
• Online Program User Guide's
  • Agencies
  • Interpreters
2. Contact the Interpreter Referral Staff
• Email - ncdhh.referral@nebraska.gov
• Phone - Lincoln 402-471-3593 / Toll Free 1-800-545-6244
  
3. Consult the after-hours emergency list
   
4. Court related requests, contact Maureen Larsen at 402-213-8018 or maureen.larsen@nebraska.gov

Rates for interpreters are negotiated between the interpreter and the hiring contact. NCDHH does not become involved in any negotiations or communication regarding costs or any other billing issues regarding interpreter services.

Title III of the Americans with Disability Act states:

“ Public accommodations must furnish auxiliary aids when necessary to ensure effective communication, unless an undue burden or fundamental alteration would result.”

Additional Information

• Code of Professional Conduct
• Comment / Complaint Form
• Grievance Procedure
• Hours of Interpreter Referral Staff
• Information needed when placing a request for a sign language interpreter
• Interpreter Log Sheet (for interpreters contracted for more then 30 hours a year with NCDHH)
• Interpreter Services Brochure
• Standard Practices for Interpreting
• Who to contact for more assistance