The Hispanic/Latino Advisory Council
Purpose:
The Hispanic/Latino Advisory Council provides insights and advice for improving the Marion County Treasurer’s services to the Latino and Spanish-speaking communities.
Current Members:
Claudia Fuentes
Juan Gonzalez
Teresa Marti
Ricardo Parra
Julio G. Tierno
Recommendations and Actions:
Reach out to the Hispanic/Latino community by:
1) Making Marion County Treasurer services more accessible to Spanish-speaking taxpayers.
· Providing customer service in Spanish.
2) Educating Latino/Hispanic taxpayers on available deductions, payment procedures and recognizing the signs of occasional unfair lending practices or unethical real estate agents.
· Distributing information flyers within the Hispanic/Latino communities at festivals, fairs and other gatherings.
· Providing Spanish-language press releases to Hispanic/Latino media outlets and community organizations.
3) Advocating for Spanish-language help guides for such State forms as mortgage and homestead deductions.
· Recommended to Governor Daniels to have forms and instructions available in Spanish.
· Currently discussing the issue of Spanish-language forms with the State of Indiana Department of Local Government and Finance.