Last Updated: April 7, 2025

Our Commitment

The Arce Scholarship Fund is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

Conformance Status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) define requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA.

The Arce Scholarship Fund website is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Accessibility Features

Our website includes the following accessibility features:

• Semantic HTML structure with appropriate headings and landmarks
• Keyboard navigation for all interactive elements
• Alternative text for images
• Sufficient color contrast
• Resizable text without loss of functionality
• Form labels and error messages
• Focus indicators for keyboard navigation
• Skip to main content link
• ARIA attributes where appropriate

Limitations and Alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of the Arce Scholarship Fund website, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions:

• PDF Documents: Some older PDF documents may not be fully accessible. We are working to remediate these documents. If you encounter an inaccessible PDF, please contact us and we will provide the information in an alternative format.
• Third-Party Content: Some content provided by third parties may not be fully accessible. We are working with our partners to improve the accessibility of this content.
• Videos: Some older videos may not have captions or audio descriptions. We are working to add these features to all videos. If you need access to information in a video that is not accessible, please contact us.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the Arce Scholarship Fund website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers:

• Phone: +1 (223) 367-1933
• Email: accessibility@arcescholarship.org
• Postal address: 5323 Anita St, Dallas, TX 75206, United States

We try to respond to feedback within 3 business days.

Assessment Approach

The Arce Scholarship Fund assessed the accessibility of our website by the following approaches:

• Self-evaluation
• External evaluation using automated tools
• User testing with assistive technologies

Technical Specifications

Accessibility of the Arce Scholarship Fund website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• WAI-ARIA

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Browser and Assistive Technology Compatibility

We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, including:

• Browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge (latest two versions)
• Screen Readers: NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, TalkBack
• Operating Systems: Windows, macOS, iOS, Android

Additional Resources

For more information about web accessibility, please visit these resources:

• Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Continuous Improvement

The Arce Scholarship Fund is committed to continuous improvement of our website's accessibility. We regularly review our website using automated tools and manual testing, and we address accessibility issues as they are identified.

This statement was created on April 7, 2025, and will be reviewed and updated annually or when significant changes are made to the website.