Colorado Language Connection

What Colorado Language Connection does

Colorado Language Connection (CLC) is a non-profit fee-for-service language services provider headquartered in Aurora, Colorado, operating as a component of Aurora Mental Health and Recovery (AMHR). Founded in 1998 and rebranded under AMHR in 2016 after a prior affiliation with Asian Pacific Development Center, CLC delivers interpretation, document translation, transcription, and language proficiency assessment across more than 75-80 languages including American Sign Language, supported by a HIPAA-compliant Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) platform and over-the-phone interpretation channels alongside on-site interpreters serving the Denver Metro area and Colorado. The training division delivers the CCHCP-licensed Bridging the Gap 40-hour medical interpreter curriculum plus 24-hour Mental Health and 64-hour variants, qualifying graduates for NBCMI and CCHI national certification, alongside shorter workshops (Cultural Competency, Language Access Planning, Best Practices, Refugee 101) priced per group session. CLC monetizes through per-assignment interpretation fees, transaction-based phone and VRI services with a one-hour minimum, individual training tuition, and group-training contracts ranging from $2,500 to $15,000 per session, targeting healthcare providers, legal and court systems, schools, and social service organizations via direct enterprise sales, referrals, and a small digital footprint (website, Facebook, Twitter, monthly newsletter).

Name

Colorado Language Connection

Legal name

Colorado Language Connection

Website

https://coloradolanguageconnection.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Colorado Language Connection is a non-profit, AMHR-affiliated language services provider in Aurora, Colorado, offering in-person, video remote, and phone interpretation plus translation and CCHCP-licensed medical interpreter training across 80+ languages to healthcare, legal, education, and social service organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Language Interpretation Services

NAICS

Translation and Interpretation Services (541930), Language Schools (61163), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Interpretation, Translation & Language Access Training (Community Interpreting) (EDAAADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Language & Cross-Cultural Training (BPACANAL), Teacher-Led Conversation Exchanges (Language Partner Matching & Facilitated) (EDAMAFAN)

Keywords

• Language interpretation services
• Document translation services
• Medical interpreter training
• Video remote interpreting
• Language proficiency assessment

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Interpretation Services: Fee-for-service interpretation provided through in-person, video remote, and phone channels. Services are billed per assignment or hourly with a minimum one-hour interpreting requirement for VRI.
2. Translation Services: Document translation services for corporate and personal documents in multiple fields.
3. Training Programs: Bridging the Gap medical interpreter training (40-hour, 64-hour, and 24-hour mental health modules), workshops, and professional development courses. Training offered in-person, virtual, and hybrid formats.
4. Language Proficiency Assessment: Oral and written language proficiency testing in more than 85 languages, used for interpreter certification and training admission.
5. Transcription Services: Conversion of video and audio recordings into documents.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Colorado Language Connection provides professional interpretation services through three delivery modalities (in-person, video remote interpreting, and over-the-phone), complemented by document translation, transcription, and language proficiency assessment covering more than 80 languages including American Sign Language. The organization also offers interpreter training programs, including the licensed Bridging the Gap medical and mental health interpreter curriculum, cultural competency workshops, and language access planning training for organizations.

Product overview

Colorado Language Connection offers a comprehensive suite of language services centered on professional interpretation, translation, and interpreter training. The core service portfolio includes three interpretation delivery modes—in-person, Video Remote Interpreting (VRI), and over-the-phone—complemented by document translation, transcription, and Language Proficiency Assessment services supporting over 80 languages including American Sign Language. The company's training division provides Bridging the Gap medical interpreter certification programs (40-hour and 24-hour mental health tracks), specialized workshops for professional development, cultural competency and language access planning training for organizations, and community-focused Refugee 101 workshops. Additionally, monthly interpreter support group meetings address mental health resilience among language professionals. All services are delivered by trained human interpreters with no AI-powered capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 40-hour Bridging the Gap training qualifies for national medical interpreter certification prerequisites (NBCMI, CCHI)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Aurora Mental Health and Recovery (AMHR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerColorado Language Connection is a fee-for-service component of Aurora Mental Health and Recovery (AMHR). Proceeds from CLC services help sustain community programs offered by AMHR, creating a self-supporting non-profit organization. CLC email addresses and business operations reference AMHR domain.
• Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLicensed by The Cross Cultural Health Care Program to offer Bridging the Gap Medical Interpreter Training in Colorado. CCHCP created the Bridging the Gap curriculum used by CLC for 40-hour, 64-hour, and 24-hour mental health interpreter training programs.
• National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters (NBCMI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLC's Bridging the Gap training qualifies as prerequisite for NBCMI national certification. NBCMI offers certification exams in Spanish, Mandarin, Russian, Cantonese, Korean, and Vietnamese.
• Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLC's Bridging the Gap training qualifies as prerequisite for CCHI national certification. CLC's 24-hour Mental Health Interpreter Training offers 20 CE hours accredited by CCHI. CCHI offers certification in Spanish, Mandarin, and Arabic.
• International Medical Interpreters Association (IMIA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLC's 24-hour Mental Health Interpreter Training offers 2.4 CEUs accredited by IMIA/NBCMI Education Registry.
• Asian Pacific Development CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerColorado Language Connection was originally a division of Asian Pacific Development Center. Historical affiliation referenced in training materials and historical content. Training facility located at Asian Pacific Development Center location.
• State Court Systems (Colorado, Arizona, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple state judicial branches have approved CLC workshops for CEU credits for court-certified interpreters, including trauma-informed interpretation, child abuse reporting, and ethics workshops.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• GLOBO Language Solutions: GLOBO provides interpretation and translation services to healthcare, legal, and government clients across multiple modalities — comparable mid-market peer to CLC's service mix and customer verticals.
• TransPerfect: TransPerfect offers a broad language services portfolio including interpretation, translation, and interpreter training/testing — comparable to CLC's diversified service mix but at global enterprise scale.
• United Language Group: United Language Group offers interpretation, translation, and localization services with healthcare and government specialization — a comparable diversified language services peer overlapping CLC's verticals.
• Lionbridge: Lionbridge is a global translation and interpretation provider with significant presence in document translation, localization, and interpreter training — overlapping with CLC's translation and training services, though at much larger scale.
• AMN Healthcare Language Services (Stratus Video): AMN's Language Services division (formerly Stratus Video) provides video remote interpretation across 200+ languages with a heavy healthcare customer base, directly competing with CLC's VRI platform and healthcare customer segments.
• LanguageLine Solutions: LanguageLine Solutions is the largest U.S. provider of interpretation and translation services, offering over-the-phone, video remote, and in-person interpretation across 200+ languages — directly competing with CLC across all three delivery modalities and overlapping heavily on healthcare and legal customers.
• Certified Languages International (CLI): CLI provides over-the-phone, video, and in-person interpretation primarily to healthcare, government, and business customers — a near-perfect service-line overlap with CLC's interpretation offerings.
• CyraCom International: CyraCom is a major healthcare-specialized interpretation and translation provider offering phone, video, and onsite interpretation. CLC's strong healthcare vertical focus and HIPAA-compliant VRI service directly overlap with CyraCom's core healthcare interpretation offerings.

Emerging players

• Smartling: Smartling is a translation management platform serving enterprise localization needs with technology-led delivery. Partial overlap with CLC's document translation business; less direct overlap on interpretation but competes for enterprise language services budgets.
• Sorenson Communications: Sorenson is a leading provider of ASL interpretation and communication services for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community. Overlaps with CLC's ASL interpretation capability but is a specialized leader in that sub-vertical.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/CLCTranslate
• Facebookfacebook.com/CoLanguageConnection
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/coloradolanguageconnection

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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