LINC (Language-concordant Immigrant Navigation to Care) is a program that helps immigrant adults reach mental health care in their own language. This site holds its two tools: a navigation assistant you can ask questions in any language, and a library of plain, step-by-step guides for finding a provider, understanding paperwork, preparing for a visit, and using interpreters.

You have the right to a free, qualified interpreter for important health information. Ask the clinic for a free interpreter for anything important: insurance, consent, diagnosis, or treatment.

How it works

The assistant helps only with navigation, not diagnosis or treatment. It is grounded in the guides on this site, so its steps match what the guides say. A person you trust, such as a community health worker, reviews anything important before you rely on it, and the assistant points you to a professional interpreter when language quality matters.

In the full program, a trained community health worker uses these tools with you: together you find a provider that fits your language, insurance, and location, call them during the meeting, and book the appointment before you leave. The worker then follows up with you until your first visit. Everything on this site also works on its own, at your pace.

Languages

English is the source language. The community languages are translated from English and reviewed by people, because AI translation is less reliable in some languages, especially lower-resource ones.

Higher-resource Español中文العربية
Mid-resource Tiếng Việt한국어Tagalog
Lower-resource KreyòlአማርኛSoomaali
AI translation is most reliable in higher-resource languages, so lower-resource languages receive more human review.

LINC is launching first in English and the higher- and mid-resource languages Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, and Korean. More languages, including Vietnamese, Tagalog, and the lower-resource Haitian Creole, Amharic, and Somali, are being prepared with community reviewers and will be added.

In a crisis In crisis or thinking about harming yourself? Call or text 988 (interpreters available) or call 911 for an emergency.

Research prototype. Not a medical or legal service.