All local Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese translated materials can be found under the appropriate tabs above with their English counterparts.

The Toledo-Lucas County Health Department, the City of Toledo, and Lucas County are committed to ensuring meaningful access to individuals who do not speak English as their primary language and who have limited ability to read, write, speak, or understand English.

LEP residents are encouraged to the call the 24/7 to have COVID-19 medical questions answered by a nurse. The multilingual line is 419-291-5355.

Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese Facebook Live Sessions

Starting Wednesday 3/25/20 , County, City, and Health officials will hold Facebook Live COVID-19 Q & A’s in Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese to regularly update our largest Limited English Proficient (LEP) communities.

Facebook Live sessions can be viewed on TLCHD’s Facebook or on TLCHD’s YouTube Channel. sessions can be viewed onor on





Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

State of Ohio

Additional Multilingual Resources and Documents

According to the 2014 American Community Survey, the most recent year for Limited English Proficient (LEP) community member data, Lucas County has a population of 438,167 with 24,986 individuals who speak a language other than English and 7,105 individuals who are LEP.

The largest LEP populations within Lucas County speak:

Spanish 2,936

Chinese 1,060

Arabic 930

Lucas County is also home to significant numbers of LEP individuals who speak German, Guajarati, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Vietnamese, and various African languages. As a result, translation of documents will be prioritized for Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic and interpretation services will be available in additional languages by language access providers.