CLAS Learning Collaborative RFA

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.

Applications for the 2025 CLAS Standards as a Catalyst for Prevention: A Learning Collaborative are now closed. Check back for future dates!

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