Is your organization meeting the National CLAS Standard 2?
Standard 2 | Advance and sustain organizational governance and leadership that promotes CLAS and health equity through policy, practices, and allocated resources.
Purpose | Standard 2 helps to ensure that CLAS is embedded throughout every aspect of the organization, from the top down and from the bottom up. This standard is in place to ensure that appropriate resources and accountability needed to support and sustain initiatives are in place; to model an appreciation and respect for diversity, inclusiveness and all beliefs and practices; and to support a model of transparency and communication between the service setting and the populations that it serves.
Strategies for Achievement | The strategies are to identify and develop informed and committed champions of cultural competency throughout the organization in order to focus efforts around providing culturally competent care, and to implement strategies to recruit, retain, and promote at all levels of the organization a diverse leadership that reflects the demographic characteristics of the populations in the service area. For additional information, see “The Blueprint” an implementation guide to help you advance and sustain CLAS within your organization.
The Checklist | Work with your team to complete this Implementation Checklist for the National CLAS Standards to find areas of opportunity and create your CLAS Action Worksheet.
The Great Plains QIN team developed a simple video to outline the National CLAS Standard 2. If you have questions or would like technical assistance on how to implement the National CLAS Standards, contact a member of the Great Plains QIN Team.
Information adapted from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Healthcare: Access the Blueprint for Advancing and Sustaining CLAS Policy and Practice.