Promoting Equity in Healthcare Interpreting
Application Deadline Extended - PEHI Cohort 2 Training
For interpreters living or working primarily in: Louisiana, Michigan or North Carolina
Free Online Healthcare Interpreter Training Now Available
The PEHI Project
The Promoting Equity in Healthcare Interpreting project (PEHI) is a five-year Rehabilitation Services Administration grant-funded ASL/English training that will advance opportunities for Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing and DeafBlind patients to experience equitable healthcare by increasing the number and skills of ASL/English interpreters.
Keep your finger on the pulse of the PEHI Project
The project titled “Promoting Equity in Healthcare Interpreting” is funded by the U.S. Department of Education Rehabilitation Services Administration, Award Number H160D210007, 84.160D: “Training of Interpreters for Individuals Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Individuals Who Are Deafblind Program.” This grant was awarded to Idaho State University in Speciality Area 5, field initiated, in the topic area of interpreting in healthcare (to advance health equity.) The percentage of total costs for this project supported by U.S. Department of Education federal dollars is 100%. Idaho State University’s funding for this project in Year Three is $417,342.00.
The contents of this website were developed under a grant (H160D210007) from the Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3 and 3474).