Health Share and CareOregon

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OHCIA is proud to partner with Health Share and CareOregon to increase access to health care interpreters in the Portland Metro area that includes Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties.

This program will increase language access services, improve patient safety, and enhance positive health care outcomes for members with limited English proficiency (LEP). The ultimate goals are to increase the number of credentialed Health Care Interpreters (HCIs) in Oregon, avoid losing HCIs already in the state registry, and improve the quality of health care for limited English proficiency members.

The major components of the project will include the following components:

Health Care Interpreter Training

  • Offering the 60-hour health care interpreter training course to new students who are committed to obtaining their qualification/certification with the state.

State Credentialing

  • Following students with an assigned case manager from the entry of the training program all the way through credentialing.

  • Reaching out to those credentialed HCIs and guiding them through the re-credentialing process.

Continuing Education Classes

  • Offering CEUs to credentialed HCIs that are in need to renew state credentials.

Case management

  • Providing HCIs case management services for those individuals identified as the best candidates to receive follow-up, mentoring, financial support assistance and assistance through the certification and credentialing process. E.g., individuals representing languages with higher interpreter needs, individuals residing in rural communities but providing virtual interpreter services for patients in the Metro region.

  • LOOKING SPECIALLY TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS THAT SPEAK THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGES:

Karen, Punjabi, Marshallese, Chuukese, Tagalog, Indigenous Mesoamerican languages such as Q’eqch’qe, Akateko, Mixteco Alto y Bajo and any others

$200.00 stipend

Students in this program who successfully complete OHCIA's 60-hour training and submit the state credential letter to OHCIA in a timely manner will receive a $200.00 stipend. The stipend is intended to cover expenses incurred by the students during the time they are studying and applying for state credentialing, such as child care, technology, time off work, unexpected expenses, etc.

LOOKING SPECIALLY TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS THAT SPEAK THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGES:

Arabic, English, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese, Karen, Punjabi, Marshallese, Chuukese, Tagalog, Indigenous Mesoamerican languages such as Q’eqch’qe, Akateko, Mixteco Alto y Bajo and all others.

 

In order to be considered, the candidate must meet the basic eligibility guidelines below to proceed with the pre-registration:

  1. Review Requirements, visit our 60-hour Training page to view OHCIA's requirements for participation in the 60-hour training program

  2. Must perform health care interpretation for patients being served in the Portland Metro area which includes Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties

  3. Must meet Language proficiency prerequisite (Oregon Health Authority language requirement)

If you meet the basic eligibility guidelines, please proceed to complete the pre-registration below, otherwise visit our website at www.ohcia.org for other scholarship opportunities.

If you still have questions, please contact Rene Chavez at r.chavez@ohcia.org for more information.