Southeast Georgia Communities Project

SEGCP has for 29 years, required all staff to become trained medical interpreters through the Bridging the GAP medical training curriculum. A 40 hour training

which allows continuation opportunities for trained interpreters. You never stop training, learning, and practicing. The training of an interpreter is never over.

SEGCP medical interpreter collaborates with local attorneys, primary healthcare clinics, AHEC's and local organizations to help with legal and medical

interpretation. SEGCP volunteer staff has 30 years of experience in legal interpretation. Although we lack the certification, we help clients out of court to seek

help and services with local attorneys. Medical Interpreter Training is not based on only 40 hours of education and tests, it requires continuing education

credits to keep interpreters in the loop with changes in laws and requirements for HIPPA. Staff at SEGCP has over 160 hours of medical training, plus volumes

of workshop hours on topics focused on proper presentation, client confidentiality, ethics training, and health education and prevention workshops to assure

proper outreach education information delivery.

Recently, Mental Health First Aid has become another part of our training due to the need of the many high risk encounters we face in our line of work. Our 

intention is to help those who need help, get help. For us, its a way to understand individuals in crisis situations and not judge, but help.