Bridging the Gap Interpreter Training
Monday, February 22, 2010  -  Friday, February 26, 2010
West Seattle

Bridging the Gap Training of Trainers
Monday, April 12, 2010  -  Friday, April 16, 2010
West Seattle, WA

National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations
Monday, October 18, 2010  -  Thursday, October 21, 2010
Baltimore, Maryland

CCHCP at the International Medical Interpreter Association (IMIA) Conference
Ira SenGupta and Rose Long presented at the recently concluded 2009 Annual Conference of the International Medical Interpreters Association (IMIA) on Sunday, Oct 11 in Boston, MA. Ms. SenGupta spoke on Language Access' Role in Recruitment and Retention in Cancer Clinical Trials. Rose Long presented on Language Access and its Role in Environmental Justice.
, 10/12/2009

2009 Symposium of the National Association of Social Workers, Iowa Chapter
Ira SenGupta presented the keynote speech -From Cultural Bump to Cultural Congruence: Enhancing Cultural Competence in Health and Human Services- at the recently concluded 2009 Symposium of the National Association of Social Workers, Iowa Chapter in Des Moines. The theme of the annual symposium was -Growth, Change, and Competency in a Culturally Diverse World. About 300 social workers attended the meeting ON April 17, 2009 ably coordinated by Kelli Soyer, Executive Director of NASW, Iowa Chapter.
CCHCP, 06/01/2009

CCHCP Presented at National WIC Association's 26th Annual Conference
Ira SenGupta, Executive Director, recently presented on Cultural Competency and Working Effectively with Interpreters at the 26th Annual Conference of the National WIC Association in Nashville, Tennessee. A rich diversity of people access WIC (Women, Infant and Children) services bringing with them worldviews and approaches to diet and nutrition, pregnancy, breastfeeding, alcohol and drug use, family planning, and healthcare that may be different from the WIC staff who serve them. More than 900 WIC staff and administrators attended the conference on May 24 to 27 at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville.
CCHCP, 06/17/2009

Bridging the Gap Training at the Alaska Immigration Justice Project
On March 9 to 13, 2009, Rose Long, Director of the Bridging the Gap (BTG) Interpreter Training Program at CCHCP, presented the week-long training to 23 participants. The class was a very diverse group, languages represented were Laotian, Yup'ik, Spanish, Tagalog, Arabic, Korean, Nuer, Russian, Hmong, Vietnamese, Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian, Portuguese, and Mandarin. Barb Jacobs, Program Manager of the Language Interpreter Center (LIC) of the Alaska Immigration Justice Project (AIJP)successfully coordinated this training. In 2007, the Municipality of Anchorage awarded the Mayor's Community & Non-profit Organization Diversity Award to AIJP. AIJP is dedicated to protecting the human rights of all Alaskans by providing comprehensive immigration legal services and language interpreter services throughout Alaska. Robin Bronen is the Executive Director.
CCHCP, 05/28/2009

The Rationale for Cultural Competency in Health & Social Services

The Challenge: according to the 2000 Census data, the population of the United States grew by 13 percent over the last decade, and increased in diversity at an even greater rate. Racial and ethnic minorities are among the fastest growing of all communities in the country, and today comprise approximately 34 percent of the total U.S. population. It is projected that, by 2030, 40 percent of the population will be non-White.

The Institute of Medicine's 2002 report noted, “evidence of racial and ethnic disparities in health care is, with few exceptions, remarkably consistent across a range of illnesses and healthcare services.”

There are federal and state mandates to help end these disparities ranging from the Joint Commission's requirements for language access and cultural competency to the fourteen Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) standards and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Each year CCHCP provides trainings in linguistic and cultural competency in numerous health and social service settings around the country. Our trainings target three crucial arenas of a health care system: the staff who provide care, the administrators who coordinate the delivery of care, and the policy-makers who regulate the form and manner of its delivery.

Please click here to see our current training schedule for Cultural Competency offerings.

Cultural Competency Training Schedule
Schedule of upcoming cultural competency trainings offered by the CCHCP.

Cultural Competency Training Programs
Overview of the cultural competency training curriculums used by the CCHCP.

Assessment Tools
A bibliography of valuable cultural competency assessment resources.