Accessibility Statement
We want this site to work for everyone, including people using a keyboard, a screen reader, or a mobile device with zoom enabled. Here is what we've built toward — this is not a claim of formal certification.
What We've Built Toward
- Every interactive element is reachable by keyboard, with a visible focus indicator.
- Color contrast is checked against WCAG AA thresholds for text, buttons, and disabled states, not just decorative elements.
- Headings follow a sequential order on every page, for screen reader navigation.
- Motion is minimal, and respects a visitor's reduced-motion preference.
How This Was Tested
The commitments above are checked automatically every time this site is built, using automated accessibility-linting and color-contrast tools. We have also done further passes: we loaded the assistance application (including the eligibility screener and document upload step), the contact form, the referral form, and the event registration form in a real browser and examined the same structured accessibility information a screen reader uses, including what happens after a form is submitted with missing or invalid information and what the site currently shows while applications and referrals are closed. That work found and fixed a page shown for a broken link that was missing the site's normal styling. It also found that a form rejected for missing or invalid information did not clearly announce which fields needed attention to someone who cannot see the page — that has since been fixed: a rejected submission now shows a summary naming what needs attention, moves keyboard and screen-reader focus to it, and links to each affected field, checked the same way, by structured inspection in a real browser. We have not yet tested this site with someone actually using a screen reader or other assistive technology day to day, which can surface things automated and structural checks cannot. So this statement describes what has been built toward, checked by machine, and checked by structured inspection — not a completed accessibility audit with real assistive technology, and not a claim of certified conformance to any standard.