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ETOE™ Scholarship
The purpose of the ETOE™ Scholarship is to promote the new CoreCHI-Performance™ certification. CCHI supports our CoreCHI™ certificants as they pursue a higher level of certification with the first performance credential for interpreters of all languages: CoreCHI-Performance™!
The purpose of the CoreCHI-Performance™ (CoreCHI-P™) certification is to offer healthcare interpreters of any language a valid national professional standard that assesses, in a monolingual format, their core professional knowledge and cognitive interpreting skills needed to perform the duties of the healthcare interpreter. Interpreters seeking the CoreCHI-P certification must pass two exams – the CoreCHI™ professional knowledge exam and the monolingual performance ETOE™ (English-to-English) exam, – and meet CCHI’s Language Proficiency for Interpreters eligibility requirements.
To learn more about the ETOE™ exam, visit https://cchicertification.org/certifications/preparing/etoe-description/.
The 2024 Fall Cycle scholarships are made possible thanks to the generous contribution from the HCIN (https://www.hcin.org/). We express our deep gratitude to Frank Puglisi, HCIN Executive Director, for being instrumental in providing the support.
The Health Care Interpreter Network (HCIN) is a mission‑driven, non-profit membership organization comprising dozens of hospitals and health systems nationwide. Their members share a commitment to eliminating barriers to care for patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) and those who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, and to elevating the profession of healthcare interpreting. HCIN connects hospital-based interpreter programs in a ‘co-op’ sharing model. This model allows organizations to access highly qualified hospital-based medical interpreters from participating entities, at a relatively low cost. It also provides hospital language access programs with the means to maximize staff efficiencies and control cost and quality of interpreter services. Additionally, HCIN operates an online continuing education platform for professional interpreters HCIN Learn at https://www.hcinlearn.org/.
Up to five (5) scholarships will be awarded to CoreCHI™ certificants who wish to earn their CoreCHI-Performance™ certification. The scholarship recipients must take the ETOE™ exam by June 30, 2025, otherwise, their scholarship is forfeited.
The Fall application cycle is between October 10 and November 12, 2024.
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What is the scholarship amount?
Each scholarship is $302 and covers the fee for one administration of the ETOE™ exam. Scholarship recipients must take the ETOE™ exam by June 30, 2025, otherwise, their scholarship is forfeited.
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Who can apply?
1. Scholarship applicants must reside in the U.S. or its territories (independent of their citizenship or immigration status).
2. Scholarship applicants must hold the CoreCHI™ certification that is active at least through 12/15/2024.
3. Scholarship applicants must meet the current CCHI requirements for language proficiency in the Language Other Than English (LOTE) for the CoreCHI-Performance™ candidates (for more info, see https://cchicertification.org/certifications/eligibility/linguistic-proficiency/).
4. Scholarship applicants must have worked as a healthcare interpreter for at least 3 months within the last 3 years, i.e., between October 1, 2021, and November 12, 2024.
5. Candidates for the CHI™-Arabic, Mandarin or Spanish certifications do NOT qualify.
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How to apply?
Please read and follow the instructions in the application. The ETOE Scholarship Application consists of 4 sections:
- Demographic information
- Statements of Eligibility and Release of Liability
- Applicant’s bio (200-400 words)
- Description of the applicants professional interpreting experience that addresses 3 specified areas (total length for all 3 topics: 500 – 1,000 words)
1. Each applicant must submit the complete application and proof of providing interpreting services in healthcare settings for at least 3 months within the last 3 years (i.e., between October 1, 2021 – November 12, 2024). (A statement from a supervisor, scheduler, or other person who can confirm your work in a healthcare setting is required as proof. The statement may be a signed letter or an email delivered to the applicant from the supervisor/scheduler’s email address; both must contain the name, email and phone number of the person confirming work experience.)
Both documents must be submitted electronically via email to scholarship@cchicertification.org as attachments (in PDF or MS Word format).
2. Make sure to follow the length requirements for each written answer. Applications of lesser length are not reviewed.
3. Only one application per person is allowed within a scholarship cycle.
4. Make sure to answer all questions, check all relevant boxes, and complete all sections, save this file with a name that includes your last name. Incomplete applications are not reviewed.
5. Applications received after the stated deadline are not reviewed.
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When to apply?
Applications for the Spring Cycle must be submitted via email between October 10, 2024 and 11:59 pm PDT on November 12, 2024.
Applications submitted outside these dates are not reviewed.
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How are winners selected?
- CCHI Scholarship Committee reviews the first 50 complete applications submitted within the announced deadline.
- Applicants must meet the Scholarship Eligibility Criteria described above.
- Applicants must agree to all terms of Section 2 of the application (check all boxes and sign).
- CCHI representatives may contact finalists for an over-the-phone/teleconferencing interview as part of the selection process.
- CCHI Scholarship Committee awards scholarships based on merit.
- Scholarships will be awarded to maximize the diversity of working languages.
- The number of scholarships awarded depends on the funds available and is subject to change. CCHI reserves the right to suspend or discontinue scholarship awards at any time and without any notice.
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When are winners announced?
The winners of the Fall Cycle scholarships are announced on December 15, 2024.
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Discover HCI Scholarship
CCHI’s “Discover Healthcare Interpreting” CoreCHI Scholarship program was suspended in 2024 to make way for new opportunities that will support CoreCHI interpreters in making the next step to CoreCHI-P Certification!