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Project

Cultural & Linguistic Competency and Refugees with Disabilities Roundtable CoP

Center:

AZ-Sonoran UCEDD

Fiscal Year:

2024

Contact Information:

Jacy Farkas
[email protected]
520-626-2207

Project Description:

In collaboration with 10 other states and led by Georgetown University, the goal of AZ's COP is to increase the number, diversity, and capacity of formal and informal leaders to transform their state/territorial developmental disabilities systems by: 1) Advancing and sustaining cultural and linguistic competence through values, policy, structures, and practices and 2) Responding effectively to the growing cultural and linguistic diversity among people with DD and their families in their states. Building on this work, the state's team evolved to the CLC and Refugees with Disabilities Roundtable group focused on building capacity to improve accessibility of information, resources, and services including plain language and language translations, staff trainings, and service access.

Keyword(s):

diversity, culture, language, equity, refugee

Core Function(s):

Developing & Disseminating Information, Continuing Education/Community Training

Area of Emphasis

Quality Assurance, Other - Cultural Diversity

Target Audience:

Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Adults with Disabilities, 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, Reservation, Rural/Remote, Territory, Geographic Area - Other, Other

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

State

Funding Source:

COVID-19 Related Data:

N/A

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