What are Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services?

Find More information here: Recovery Day Policy Forum

September is National Recovery Month
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Bureau of Substance Abuse Services (BSAS) invites you to attend theirBSAS Recovery Day Policy Forum

September 26, 2013
Gardner Auditorium—State House
1:30pm — 3:30pm

National CLAS Standards
Culturally & Linguistically Appropriate Services

The 10th annual BSAS Recovery Day Policy Forum will focus on policies
and practices relating to national CLAS standards:
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services.

(Find more information here: NationalCLASStandardsFactSheet)

A panel discussion will explore how the
standards are being used to advance health equity, improve quality, and
help eliminate health care disparities.

Moderator: Julia Ojeda Recovery Support Services Coor., BSAS
Welcome: Hilary Jacobs Director, DPH BSAS
Keynote Speaker: Rodrigo Monterrey Statewide CLAS Coordinator, DPH
Presenter: Erica Piedade Director of Quality Assurance & Licensing,
DPH BSAS

Panelists:
Rita Nieves,
Bureau Director
Boston Public Health Commission – Bureau of Substance Abuse Services
Sue Schlotterbeck
Director of Culture and Language Services,
Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center
Billy Parks
Volunteer Coordinator, Everyday Miracles
Recovery Support Center