Online Sign Language Interpreter Referral Service
NCDHH launched an online interpreter referral service in 2007. Click on the link below to access the referral service, or consult the lower collection of links for instructions regarding the online program.
Interpreter Referral Service - Online Program
- How the Online Program Works - Agencies/Businesses*
- How the Online Program Works - Sign Language Interpreters*
- Information Needed When Making a Referral
- Nebraska Interpreter Services Brochure*
- Whom to Contact for Assistance
*Acrobat
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Information Needed When Calling the Sign Language Interpreter Referral Service
The following information is needed when requesting a Sign Language Interpreter:
- Date and time of the assignment
- Type of the assignment
- Location/duration of the assignment
- Number of deaf/hard of hearing clients
- Contact person's name and phone number
- Preferred Interpreter/Client preference
- Interpreters already contacted if any
Whom to Contact for Assistance
Sign Language Interpreter Referral Service
1313 Farnam on the Mall
Omaha NE 68102-1836
Phone:(402) 595-3991 v/tty
Toll Free: 1-877-248-7836 v/tty
E-Mail Address: interpreter.referral@ncdhh.ne.gov
or
omaha.office@ncdhh.ne.gov
The Sign Language Interpreter Referral Service staff is available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Referral Service is closed on the following state holidays:
- New Year's Day - January 1st
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Third Monday in January
- President's Day - Third Monday in February
- Arbor Day - Last Friday in April
- Memorial Day - Last Monday in May
- Independence Day - July 4th
- Labor Day - First Monday in September
- Columbus Day - Second Monday in October
- Veteran's Day - November 11th
- Thanksgiving Day - Fourth Thursday in November
- Day after Thanksgiving - Friday following Thanksgiving
- Christmas Day - December 25th