Consulting Services

The Multicultural Development Institute, Inc. (MCDI) provides technical assistance, training, workshops, speaking engagements, message development, workforce solutions for staff, managers and executives and expert content on cultural and linguistic responsiveness and on health disparities. MCDI’s services are tailored to assist organizations meet regulatory standards, clinical requirements, improve services or become disruptive innovators in their field, work towards eliminating health disparities and achieving health equity.

The Multicultural Development Institute can help businesses thrive by being ahead of the competition in their work to eliminate health disparities, achieve health equity and properly implement social and racial justice policies and practices in order to help all individuals achieve physical and mental wellness.

Speaking Engagements

  • Keynote
  • In person or virtual

  • National and International Consulting and Technical assistance

Consulting and Technical Assistance
 
  • Develop and deliver an Organizational Cultural and Linguistically Responsive Assessment

  • Develop and Implement a Cultural and Linguistically Responsive Plan

  • Build Cultural and Linguistically Responsive capacity

  • Implement Cultural and Linguistically Responsive initiatives that follow the National CLAS Standards

  • Identify technical assistance and training needs and review the need of materials or courses to be developed or adapted

  • Develop SWOT analysis as it relates to Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness

  • Achieve Cultural and Linguistically Responsive Compliance with accrediting or licensing organizations

Trainings (short list) – Two hours, four hours, full day or multiple days

  • Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness

  • Implicit bias

  • Cultural humility

  • Ethics of cultural competence

  • Cultural competence and the Strategic Prevention Framework Policy Analysis

Policy Analysis

  • Review organization’s Cultural and Linguistically Responsive policies and make recommendations for improvement

  • Assess policy issues and trends, compile qualitative and quantitative data, prepare analyses, conduct literature reviews, identify policy or program alternatives.

  • Organize and/or conduct focus groups, technical groups, or consultations

Messaging

    • Develop and deliver Cultural and Linguistically Responsive content and products

    • Develop and deliver multilingual campaigns, initiatives, or outreach (local, state or national)

    • Research evidence-based methods to reach target audiences,

    • Design and develop products in multiple languages and formats

Workforce

    • Support Cultural and Linguistically Responsive capacity building and workforce development

    • Provide linguistic proficiency examinations