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Project

National Center for Cultural Competence

Center:

DC-Georgetown University Center for Child & Human Development, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2014

Contact Information:

Tawara Goode
[email protected]
202-687-5387

Project Description:

The mission of the National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) is to increase the capacity of health care and mental health programs to design, implement and evaluate culturally and linguistically competent service delivery systems. The NCCC fulfills its mission through: (1) training, technical assistance and consultation; (2) networking, linkages and information exchange; and (3) knowledge and product development and dissemination. Major emphasis is placed on policy development, assistance in conducting cultural competence organizational self-assessments, and strategic approaches to the systemic incorporation of culturally competent values, policy, structures and practices within organizations.

Keyword(s):

cultural and linguistic competence

Core Function(s):

Training Trainees, Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information

Area of Emphasis

Quality Assurance, Health-Related Activities, Other - Cultural Diversity, Other - Leadership, Other

Target Audience:

Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN, Legislators/Policy Makers, General Public

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Limited English, Geographic Areas, Empowerment Zone, Reservation, Rural/Remote, Urban, Territory

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

State, Regional, National

Funding Source:

Federal

COVID-19 Related Data:

N/A

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