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Accessibility

Bradford County’s presence on the Internet has been established to communicate with the Bradford County staff, residents, visitors, and others general information about county events, programs, services, and projects. Content posted to the county website must be responsibly and professionally developed and meet the standards required of other county publications. The county website is not a forum for regularly posting information relating to Non-county events or organizations; however, events may be posted as requested and approved by the Commissioners if deemed beneficial to the general county population.

Website Accessibility

Using this Site

If you use assistive technology (such as a Braille reader, a screen reader, or TTY) and the format of any material on this Web site interferes with your ability to access information, please contact us. To enable us to respond in a manner most helpful to you, please indicate the nature of your accessibility problem, the preferred format in which to receive the material, the Web address of the requested material, and your contact information. Users who need accessibility assistance can also contact us by phone through the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 for TTY/Voice communication.

Accessibility Design Guidelines

Our website has been designed with the following accessibility guidelines in mind:

  • The standard font used throughout the site has been chosen to be easily legible.
  • Wherever possible, we use live text instead of graphics to reduce the download time of pages and increase your control.
  • Our pages are designed to display without horizontal scrollbars when they are viewed at a screen resolution of 1024×768 pixels.
  • No information is exclusively conveyed using color. This doesn’t mean that colors are not used to organize information; instead it means there are also other, non-color dependent ways of doing this.
  • All images and hyperlinks, where appropriate, have an alternative text attribute. This means when an image or hyperlink is conveying important information its content is described with an alternative text.
  • We have attempted specifically to comply with Section 508 referring to website accessibility standards.
  • If you have difficulty accessing the site or have any comments or feedback, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Accessibility Design Guidelines

Many popular browsers contain built-in accessibility tools.

PDF Reader

PDF reader software is required to view and print PDF documents that appear on this website. We recommend Adobe’s free PDF Reader software.

Flash Player

Flash player software is required to view the video content on this site. We recommend Adobe’s free Flash Player software.

County of Bradford
Notice Under
the Americans with Disabilities Act

In accordance with the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), the County of Bradford will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs, or activities.

Employment: The County of Bradford does not discriminate on the basis of disability in its hiring or employment practices and complies with all regulations promulgated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under Title I of the ADA.

Effective Communication: The County of Bradford will generally, upon request, provide appropriate aids and services leading to effective communication for qualified persons with disabilities so they can participate equally in County of Bradford’s programs, services, and activities, including qualified sign language interpreters, documents in Braille, and other ways of making information and communications accessible to people who have speech, hearing, or vision impairments.

Modifications to Policies and Procedures: The County of Bradford will make all reasonable modifications to policies and programs to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to enjoy all of its programs, services, and activities. For example, individuals with service animals are welcomed in the County of Bradford offices, even where pets are generally prohibited. The ADA does not require the County of Bradford to take any action that would fundamentally alter the nature of its programs or services, or impose an undue financial or administrative burden. Complaints that a program, service, or activity of the County of Bradford is not accessible to persons with disabilities should be directed to the Chief Clerk. The County of Bradford will not place a surcharge on a particular individual with a disability or any group of individuals with disabilities to cover the cost of providing auxiliary aids/services or reasonable modifications of policy, such as retrieving items from locations that are open