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stated objectives of developing skills in working with different cultural groups. Employees have <br />expressed their satisfaction with the training and have consistently rated the classes with Dr. <br />Meguid from "Very Good to "Excellent." <br />The County would like to complete Phase 2: Cultural Awareness Building training with Dr. <br />Meguid for all current employees. To accomplish this, the County will schedule up to 12 <br />additional cultural awareness building training classes in 2003-04. Attached is the proposed <br />training agreement with Dr. Meguid. <br />Dr. Henry Meguid is a Training Coordinator at the Duke Health System Education Services <br />Department and an independent consultant and trainer. He offers a series of workshops and <br />seminars on Developing Cultural Competence, Working Effectively with a Medical Interpreter, <br />Continuous Quality Improvement, concepts and methodologies, and Developing and Managing <br />High Performance Teams. He has successfully provided training and consultation to Orange <br />County in the area of achieving cultural competence since 2002. Among his other clients are <br />Wake County Health Services, Southeastern Region's AHEC, and Alamance County. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The estimated cost to complete the Cultural Awareness Building training <br />is $8,100. Funding was included in the approved 2002-03 budget for this purpose. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board authorize the Board <br />Chair to sign the attached agreement for training services with Dr. Meguid to provide cultural <br />awareness building training to County employees. <br />