Funding Opportunity: Health Insurance Marketplace Navigator Grants
U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Due June 7, 2013. Grant funding will support navigator programs in anticipation of the Affordable Care Act full implementation that starts in fall 2013.
Tag Archives: Cultural Competency
HHS Enhanced National CLAS Standards
Resource: Enhanced National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Downloadable blueprint that offers guidance and implementation strategies for the enhanced national CLAS standards.
Refugees from Congo Refugee Backgrounder
Resource: Refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Refugee Backgrounder
Cultural Orientation Resource Center at the Center for Applied Linguistics
Addresses the causes of the refugee crisis, life in the DRC and countries of asylum, and Congolese resettlement experiences.
Course In Immigrant and Refugee Health
Training: Free Online Course In Immigrant and Refugee Health
University of Minnesota Medical School
Six online lectures covering topics such as effective communication across cultures, domestic screening guidelines, immunization, and mental health in resettlement.
Language Portal: A Translation and Interpretation Digital Library
Resource: Language Portal: A Translation and Interpretation Digital Library
Migration Policy Institute
Hub for resources used to provide services to Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals that includes a Practitioners’ Corner and link to webinars.
Limited English Proficient Individuals in the United States
Resource: Limited English Proficient Individuals in the United States, by County
Migration Policy Institute
Data tables show estimates of the number and share of Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals – and the main languages or language groups they speak – across counties in the United States and Puerto Rico.
Title VI and Language Access
Resource: Title VI and Language Access
Lutheran Children and Family Services
Explains Title VI section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and how it requires agencies that receive public funding to guarantee Limited English Proficient clients are able to fully access their services.
Best Practices for Qualified Interpreters
Resource: Best Practices for Qualified Interpreters
Lutheran Children and Family Services
Outlines best practices for interpreters to follow when assisting staff of federally funded agencies while communicating with limited English proficient clients.
Resource: Cultural Aspects of TB
Resource: Cultural Aspects of TB Screening and Management
Ethnomed
Clinician resources, cultural profiles, and patient education materials on TB to help inform clinical practice.
Resource: TB Country Guides
Resource: Country Specific Guides on TB
Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center at University of Florida.
Guides for Cambodia, Haiti, Myanmar, Somalia, and other countries.