Pilot Project: Kansas and State Anything

pilot project: Meatpacking plants, the largest employers in western Kansas, have drawn a diverse population to the region, but the state offers exams only in English or Spanish, according to Metro News. The pilot project in Garden City that starts June 21 won't cost the state anything, because the translators will be volunteers. Kansas is launching a project to help immigrants in one meatpacking town get driver's licenses, by offering them free translators when they take their exams. This partnership affords immigrants and refugees more than just the ability to drive, said Benjamin Anderson, who came up with the idea. Anderson, the administrator of the Kearney County Hospital in Lakin, has championed the immigrant communities that have settled in western Kansas. It represents independence and, for many of them, it represents a sense of identity a feeling that 'I belong here.' ... And from a practical standpoint, this will result in safer drivers a safer environment on the roads because people will be driving legally. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.