What CHIA has to offer.

Three different types of membership:

       Student Membership

       Individual Membership

       Organizational Membership

For YOU, the interpreters interested in advancing your professional career, CHIA can help with:

• Participation in the on-line Healthcare Interpreter Registry and Annual Membership Directory to help you market your skills

• Access to job postings and bi-monthly email updates on local and national news concerning your profession and the field of health care

• Local interpreter seminars and educational workshops through our regional chapters

• Opportunities for continuing education at our two-day Annual Educational Conference

• Unlimited opportunities to network, promote your services and build your career

For YOU, the health care organizations committed to providing quality health care for the millions of California residents, CHIA can support your goals with:

• A tool to help assess and improve your organization’s language services with an emphasis on cost-effective results

• CHIA workshops on professional standards for staff interpreters and bilingual employees who interpret in clinical settings

• References and resources for training in-house staff to become qualified interpreters

• A forum for the exchange of best practices and updates on language access policies as well as new developments from the field

For YOU, the educators, CHIA can be a venue for: 

• Opportunities to conduct seminars and workshops through our regional chapters

• Opportunities to be on the national stage at our Annual Educational Conference

• Opportunities to market yourself and stay abreast of local and national news concerning through bi-monthly email updates

• Opportunities to network and expand your field as an educator across the state and nation

• Opportunities to participate in local and national academic efforts to advance the profession of healthcare interpreting

For YOU, the language services agencies, CHIA offers:

• Opportunities to search the on-line Healthcare Interpreter Registry and to post job openings and contract opportunities

• Opportunities to promote your products or services at our Annual Educational Conference

• Advertising and Vendor Discounts through various sponsorship and promotional programs during our CHIA Annual Educational Conference

• Website Listing and Access to Online features such as link on the CHIA website

• Participation in the online forum to demonstrate your commitment to support the professional advancement of health care interpreters