National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Community Checklist The enhanced National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care provides a structure designed to improve an organization’s ability to advance health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate health care disparities by providing a blueprint for individuals and health and health care organizations to implement culturally and linguistically appropriate services. Your community coalition can utilize this checklist as a in addition to completing the questions at the conclusion to assist in planning for improvement. Planning or Practices 1 or More Efforts and Formal Have Begun Activities Policies or Not Yet to Initiate Take Place CLAS Standards Procedures Addressed or Better for this are in Place Address Standard with Regular this but Are Not Oversight Standard Formalized Principal Standard: Provide effective, equitable, understandable, and respectful quality care and services that are responsive to diverse cultural health beliefs and practices, preferred languages, health literacy, and other communication needs. Governance, Leadership, and Workforce: Advance and sustain organizational governance and leadership that promotes CLAS and health equity through policy, practices, and allocated resources. Recruit, promote, and support a culturally and linguistically diverse governance, leadership, and workforce that are responsive to the population in the service area. Educate and train governance, leadership, and workforce in culturally and linguistically
National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Community Checklist The enhanced National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care provides a structure designed to improve an organization’s ability to advance health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate health care disparities by providing a blueprint for individuals and health and health care organizations to implement culturally and linguistically appropriate services. Your community coalition can utilize this checklist as a in addition to completing the questions at the conclusion to assist in planning for improvement. CLAS Standards Not Yet Addressed Planning or Efforts Have Begun to Initiate or Better Address this Standard Practices and Activities Take Place for this Standard but Are Not Formalized 1 or More Formal Policies or Procedures are in Place with Regular Oversight Principal Standard: Provide effective, equitable, understandable, and respectful quality care and services that are responsive to diverse cultural health beliefs and practices, preferred languages, health literacy, and other communication needs. Governance, Leadership, and Workforce: Advance and sustain organizational governance and leadership that promotes CLAS and health equity through policy, practices, and allocated resources. Recruit, promote, and support a culturally and linguistically diverse governance, leadership, and workforce that are responsive to the population in the service area. Educate and train governance, leadership, and workforce in culturally and linguistically