All Strategies
Strategy K: Provide funding to implement Toolkit objectives and strategies to support diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence.
Funding > Create and utilize funding sources to support diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence efforts
Provide funding to implement Toolkit objectives and strategies to support diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence. Consider seed or supplemental grants to dedicate staff time to realigning budgets, personnel, community relationships, language accessibility, cultural brokers, and grassroots changes to impact sustainable improvement in this area.
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Strategy L: Require funded research to include racial and ethnic groups proportional to their representation in the population at large. Encourage other federal funders to do the same.
Funding > Create and utilize funding sources to support diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence efforts
Require funded research to include racial and ethnic groups proportional to their representation in the population at large. Encourage other federal funders to do the same.
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Strategy M: In developing grant applications from any funder, identify and highlight area of RFP that addresses diverse populations, cultural and linguistic competence, and/or inclusion.
Funding > Create and utilize funding sources to support diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence efforts
In developing grant applications from any funder, identify and highlight area of RFP that addresses diverse populations, cultural and linguistic competence, and/or inclusion. Focus on those sections of the application, using the opportunity to strengthen partnerships with and address needs of underserved communities.
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Strategy O: Allocate core grant funding to diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence efforts to support all projects, in recognition of this core topic.
Funding > Create and utilize funding sources to support diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence efforts
Allocate core grant funding to diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence efforts to support all projects, in recognition of this core topic.
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Strategy P: Identify areas where progress can be made without additional funding, and take steps to make improvements in those areas.
Funding > Create and utilize funding sources to support diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence efforts
Identify areas where progress can be made without additional funding, and take steps to make improvements in those areas. When relevant funding becomes available, a record of progress in this priority area will be helpful to include in an application.
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Strategy Q: Review existing budgets in every funded project; realign where needed to allocate funds for diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence efforts in all projects.
Funding > Create and utilize funding sources to support diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence efforts
Review existing budgets in every funded project; realign where needed to allocate funds for diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence efforts in all projects.
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Strategy R: Use targeted funding, endowments, unobligated funds to create needed positions.
Funding > Create and utilize funding sources to support diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence efforts
Use targeted funding, endowments, unobligated funds to create needed positions.
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Strategy S: Apply for minority pipeline grant opportunities.
Funding > Create and utilize funding sources to support diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence efforts
Apply for minority pipeline grant opportunities.
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Strategy N: In developing budgets for grant applications, dedicate resources for participation by people who may not be literate, communicate verbally, or speak English.
Funding > Create and utilize funding sources to support diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence efforts
In developing budgets for grant applications, dedicate resources for participation by people who may not be literate, communicate verbally, or speak English. Dedicate budget lines to verbal and nonverbal language support including linguistic, interpreter, transcription, translation services, speech-to-text and text-to speech services. Dedicate resources to pay community members for their meaningful participation as content experts given their life experiences.
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Strategy U: Diversify leadership staff. Develop additional layers in organizational structure so there is a clear path for early career professionals to gain leadership experiences and enter leadership roles within AUCD central office.
Infrastructure > Develop infrastructure that supports diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence; and builds capacity to address and reduce inequities and disparities.
Diversify leadership staff. Develop additional layers in organizational structure so there is a clear path for early career professionals to gain leadership experiences and enter leadership roles within AUCD central office.
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Strategy A: Identify opportunities to empower young adults.
Personnel and Trainees > Establish mentorship programs to support professional development of staff, faculty, and trainees.
Identify opportunities to empower young adults.
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Strategy B: Self-awareness, self-reflection, and self-evaluation are essential. Deliberately and intentionally explore unconscious biases and attitudes.
Infrastructure > Create and promote a safe and inclusive environment in all settings (office, clinic, school, others).
Self-awareness, self-reflection, and self-evaluation are essential. Deliberately and intentionally explore unconscious biases and attitudes. Always ask what can be approached and delivered better, both individually and organizationally.
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Strategy E: Address diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence in values and attitudes within own organization.
Infrastructure > Create and promote a safe and inclusive environment in all settings (office, clinic, school, others).
Address diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence in values and attitudes within own organization. Develop definitions and value statement(s) collaboratively with all members of organization, including the “collective intelligence” of other external partners.
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Strategy F: Build an environment where self-disclosure is welcomed and valued, if people choose to self-disclose race, ethnicity, disability, sexuality, or any other cultural considerations.
Infrastructure > Create and promote a safe and inclusive environment in all settings (office, clinic, school, others).
Build an environment where self-disclosure is welcomed and valued, if people choose to self-disclose race, ethnicity, disability, sexuality, or any other cultural considerations. Leaders can self-disclose to set examples.
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Strategy Q: Intervene when issues of bias arise. Step in and speak up when seeing or hearing someone being culturally insensitive. This is everyone’s responsibility.
Infrastructure > Create and promote a safe and inclusive environment in all settings (office, clinic, school, others).
Intervene when issues of bias arise. Step in and speak up when seeing or hearing someone being culturally insensitive. This is everyone’s responsibility. Create a climate where people feel comfortable to challenge one another on attitudes not in support of diversity. Create culturally appropriate grievance and conflict resolution processes. Quote: “There was a training offered for staff on cultural competency. The speaker was a highly respected man in the community and had done this talk in years past. However, when doing this most recent training he went rogue and decided to talk about his own religious beliefs and made several culturally insensitive remarks. The auditorium was silent and no one knew how to respond. At question and answer time no one said anything. We held a public forum following this event and discussed what happened. The main thing we talked about is why didn’t anyone stand up and say anything? Why wasn’t this addressed at this time? We realize now where more training is needed.” – Bethany Sloane, DPT, Assistant Professor, Institute on Development & Disability, Oregon Health & Science University
Updated On 09/21/2018