Meeting the Latest Challenge: Aligning Our Work with the Newly Enhanced Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Standards
Meeting the Latest Challenge: Aligning Our Work with the Newly Enhanced Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate (CLAS) Standards
This workshop will provide an overview of the concepts and principles of cultural and linguistic competence, and enable participants to meaningfully incorporate these critical components into their daily program operations. Participants will learn how to assess their services and align their work with the newly released, enhanced 15 National CLAS Standards.
Objective:
Through hands-on, highly interactive training modules, participants in this workshop will:
· Establish a working definition of culture, its role and purpose
· Explore personal values in relation to client or participant values
· Embed cultural outcomes in each step of their planning process
· Become familiar with the enhanced 15 National CLAS Standards and their function as an organizational framework
Register on-line at: http://LearningPartnership.elearning.networkofcare.org
If you need additional help registering, please call Learning Partnership at (408) 792-3900
Description:
On April 24, 2013, the Office of Minority Health introduced the new, expanded 15 National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Standards. The new standards are intended to set expectations and structures so that organizations are well prepared to meet the cultural needs of diverse communities and populations. Organizations must comply with the CLAS standards to be eligible for federal funding through the Affordable Care Act.