CLAS Learning Collaborative RFA

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CLAS Standards as a Catalyst for Prevention: A Learning Collaborative (CLAS Learning Collaborative) will give coalitions the skills to improve service delivery and integrate culturally responsive strategies into their organizational structures. The CLAS Learning Collaborative presents cultural competence not as a distinct knowledge base but as a framework to incorporate CLAS Standards, leadership development, and process improvement into an organization's inner workings.

Prevention Action Alliance (PAA), in collaboration with Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services, will provide coalitions with expertise and high-quality materials through the delivery of a two-day summit and learning collaborative. This approach will allow us to provide extensive, in-depth training beyond basic concepts of cultural competence. In addition to the two-day summit, three coaching webinars will be added so that each coalition can get the proper support to implement a CLAS Standards change project effectively.

Our training design will bring in a three-member training team specifically skilled in cross-cultural communication, cultural and worldview elements, community engagement, and process improvement to approach the complexities of holistically integrating cultural and linguistic strategies into organizational culture, policies, and operations.

CLAS Standards App Due 2.14.2025

Key Dates

Application Phase
  • Monday, January 13, 2025 | 5PM EST
    • Request for Application is released
  • Wednesday, January 22, 2025 | 1PM EST
    • Informational Webinar | Register Here
    • Questions about the RFA should be asked during the webinar.
    • Questions about the application or its submission should be directed to Burk Steinman at cbs@preventionactionalliance.org with the subject line "CLAS as a Catalyst for Prevention."
  • Friday, February 14, 2025 | 5PM EST
  • Monday, February 17, 2025 | 5PM EST
    • Applicants are notified of the selection decision via email
Learning Collaborative Phase for Change Management Team Members
  • March 5-6, 2025 | 8:30AM - 4:30PMĀ 
    • Learning Collaborative Summit Cultural Foundations and Cross-Cultural
      Communication
    • In-person at the Prevention Action Alliance Office, Columbus, OH
  • Thursday, March 27, 2025 | 11:00AM EST
    • March Coaching Session
    • Zoom Conference
  • Thursday, April 17, 2025 | 11:00AM EST
    • April Coaching Session
    • Zoom Conference
  • Thursday, May 8, 2025 | 11:00AM EST
    • May Coaching Session
    • Zoom Conference
  • Wednesday, June 25, 2025 | 9:00AM - 3:00PM EST
    • Project Presentation and Celebration
    • In-person atĀ the Prevention Action Alliance Office, Columbus, OH

Application Links

Below are links to all information for the CLAS Learning Collaborative Request for Application.

CLAS Standards as a Catalyst for Prevention is made available through Prevention Action Alliance by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
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