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Tool card: National CLAS Standards
The National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services, published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health. Public. Permitted use: cite, link, follow as a frame for language and cultural access planning.

Outside source: A public source outside this program. Check the current source before relying on it. Source: HHS Office of Minority Health — https://thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/clas

CONTENT
Owner and publisher: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health. Status: public federal standards.
Purpose: fifteen standards for governance, workforce, communication and language assistance, and engagement, continuous improvement, and accountability.
Limits: standards, not a plan. Fidelity depends on local implementation and community review. Cultural material still needs sourcing and humility.
Program use: the language and cultural access planning aid uses the standards as its frame.

NEXT STEPS
• CLAS standards reference — program page /library/ext-clas
• Language and cultural access planning aid — program page /library/ja-language-cultural-access-planning

SOURCES
• HHS Office of Minority Health — The original source for this resource. https://thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/clas

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