Here’s the current Washington State resources and opportunities for the interpreters to check out:

• Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Services (ADWAS)

  • Community events

  • Board Meetings

• DeafBlind Services Center (DBSC)

  • Communication Facilitators

  • Co-Navigators

  • Professional to Professional Services

• Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth (CDHY)

  • Educational Interpreter Mentorship Program

  • Family Retreat

• Deaf Spotlight

• Events

• Festivals

• Voiceovers / CDIs for videos

• Hearing, Speech and Deaf Center (HSDC)

• In-house competency screening

• RID testing location

• Mentoring (Deaf and hearing interpreters)

• The Insightful Interpreter

• The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc- DeafBlind Program

• DeafBlind Retreat

• DeafBlind Community Classes

• Medical Interpreting Task Force (MITF)

• Purple, Sorenson, and Convo VRS 

• Washington State DeafBlind Citizens, Inc (WSDBC)

  • Meetings

• Washington State Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (WSRID)

• Scholarships

• CMP

If you see any resources and/or opportunities that would support the interpreters’ career longevity, please forward to terpswa@gmail.com and we will add them to this list above. Thank you in advance!