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APIFRN
Agencies by Neighborhood...
CHINATOWN
/ NORTH BEACH
The Chinatown/North Beach Cluster is comprised of the
APA Family Support Services as the Cluster Coordination Partner-CCP
(as well as the lead/fiscal agency of the APIFRN), Asian Women's
Resource Center, Chinese Newcomer Services Center, Kai Ming Headstart
Program, and Wu Yee Children Services. The five agencies have expanded
their programs to provide family support services, case management,
child care, pre employment training, computer classes, and Parent
Education workshops for families with children 0 to 5 years of age.
These agencies have demonstrated a long history of successful service
provision to the Chinatown/North Beach API families.
APA Family Support Services
Tel:
415-616-9797
E-mail: apa@apasfgh.org
APIFRN
Partners APA Family Support Services APA Family Support Services is
the CCP of the Chinatown/North Beach Cluster. APA provides the following
services: early identification and intervention services to high
risk Asian families, in home support services to provide infant
care knowledge, parent education, health services, psychological
assessment, supportive counseling and referrals to appropriate community
resources. APA also oversees a 6-language crisis hotline for monolingual
Asian families. With APIFRN funding, APA Family Support Center now
provides drop-in child care services, support groups and parenting
classes. As lead/fiscal agent, APA provides the overall coordination
of Network services, and employs a part time program director, a
full time case manager and a full time coordinator.
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, Cambodian, Tagalog, Vietnamese,
Laotian, and Thai.
Asian
Women's Resource Center
Tel: 415-788-1008
Web Site: www.gbgm-umc.org/awrc
E-mail: gummoonl@yahoo.com
Asian Women's Resource Center Asian Women's Resource Center provides
transitional housing for low-income women, counseling for new immigrants,
parent-child development workshops, parent education, infant, and
toddler classes to families in the Chinatown and other SF communities.
With APIFRN funding, AWRC has implemented a Pre Employment Training
series for women that includes child care services for children
ages 3 to 5 years old.
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin.
Chinese
Newcomers Service Center
Tel: 415-421-2111
Web Site: www.chinesenewcomers.org
Chinese Newcomer Services Center Chinese Newcomers' Services Center
has been providing employment and job placement for newly arrived
immigrants in the Chinatown community. As an APIFRN partner, CNSC
provided computer-training classes to over 30 API parents.
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, Toishanese, and Vietnamese.
Kai Ming Head Start
Tel: 415-771-3340
Kai
Ming Headstart Program Since 1975, Kai Ming Head start has been
serving Chinatown and North Beach communities. Through ongoing collaboration
with parents, Kai Ming provides comprehensive quality services for
children 3 to 5 years of age. The curriculum is designed to meet
each child's individual needs and the teachers are trained to provide
a variety of learning experience to foster intellectual, social,
emotional, and physical growth. With APIFRN funding, Kai Ming provided
additional parent education workshops for API families.
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Spanish.
Wu
Yee Children's Services
Tel: 415-391-4721
Web Site: www.wuyee.org
Wu
Yee Children Services Wu Yee provides full day infant and preschool
child care at four sites in Chinatown and Tenderloin communities.
These services include child care and family service information
and referral, parenting education, parent-education play groups,
child care provider education in service training and support services.
With APIFRN funding, Wu Yee has provided two trainings for APIFRN
partners to utilize the Asian Pacific Islander Parent Educational
Series (APIPES) curriculum at their sites. These workshops provide
trainers the skills and resources to teach parents to understand
child development issues., learn alternative discipline practices,
and culturally-sensitive parenting skills.
Languages: Cambodian, Lao, Mien, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Vietnamese.
RICHMOND / WESTERN ADDITION
Coordinated by the Richmond Area Multi-Services (RAMS),
the Richmond/Western Addition Cluster of the APIFRN provides family
support services to API families in the Richmond and Western Addition/Haight-Ashbury
communities in San Francisco. RAMS, the Korean Center and Nihonmachi
Little Friends have long established track records of working with
Asian Pacific Islander families in providing mental health counseling,
youth services, and child care. With APIFRN funding, the Richmond
Cluster expanded program services to include parent education workshops
in Chinese Korean and Japanese languages, cosponsored training,
and cultural celebrations. RAMS also provides clinical case consultation
for APIFRN partners.
Richmond Area Multi Services, INC.
Tel: 415-668-5955
Web Site: www.ramsinc.org
As the Cluster Coordinating Partner, the Richmond Area Multi Service
agency provides the coordination of cluster activities and mentoring
for partner agencies. Founded in 1974, RAMS provides a wide range
of treatment modalities for all age groups: individual and group
therapy, case management, couple and family therapy, psychological
testing, psychiatric evaluation and vocational training. RAMS has
worked closely with many of the APIFRN partners and has provided
outreach and preventive services at Network sites. In addition,
RAMS provides clinical case consultation for Network partners working
with at-risk API families. Languages: Cambodian, Chinese, Lao, Vietnamese,
Korean and Japanese.
Korean Center, INC.
Tel: 415-441-1881
Well
known for providing employment and training services to the Korean
youth community, the Korean Center offers additional services including
computer, ESL, and citizenship classes, and a nutrition program.
With APIFRN funding, Korean Center has expanded its services to
provide parent education, case management, and outreach services
to families with children 0 to 5 years of age.
Languages: Korean, English
Nihonmachi Little Friends
Tel: 415-922-8898
Web Site: www.nlfchildcare.org
Nihonmachi
Little Friends, located in Japantown, has provided multicultural
child care to the community for over 20 years. The child care program
develops the child in all areas (cognitive, social, emotional, physical,
and linguistic) and incorporates Japanese bilingual/multilingual
activities throughout the day (such as music, stories, group time,
art, and celebrations of special holidays). With Network funding,
the agency provides parent education workshops, and bimonthly parent
respite nights for families in the community.
Languages: Japanese, English
SOUTH OF MARKET / MISSION
The South of Market/Mission Cluster provides family support services
to Asian/Pacific Islander families living in the South of Market/Mission
area. The community of predominantly Filipino families, newly arrived
immigrants, and young parents have numerous needs that are addressed
by the three APIFRN partner agencies: West Bay (CCP), South of Market
Child Care, and South of Market Health Center. With APIFRN funding,
the agencies have provided health consultation, parent education
and support groups, case management, cultural celebrations, and
immigration assistance to over 100 families and children.
West Bay Pilipino Multi-Service Center
Tel: 415-431-9336
Web Site: www.pilipinocenter.org
E-mail: wesbpil@aol.com
As
the Cluster Coordinating Partner of the South of Market community,
West Bay Pilipino Multi-service Corporation (WBPMC) provides social,
health, legal, and economic services to children, youth, and families
with a specific emphasis on the Pilipino population since 1977.
With APIFRN funding, WBPMC has provided coordination and case management
services to Filipino families with young children and has implemented
a Teen Parent Support Group.
Languages: Various Filipino dialects
South of Market Child Care, INC.
Tel: 415-391-0398
Web Site: www.southofmarketchildcare.org
The South of Market Child Care program has been providing child
care and family support to the families in the South of Market community
for over 25 years. The two SOMCC family-focused sites provide parent
education, parenting support groups, mental health, and social services.
With APIFRN funding, SOMCC has been able to offer 2 series of Parenting
Education Classes in Tagolog and case management services.
Languages: Chinese, Tagalog, and Spanish
South
of Market Health Clinic/FAC
Tel: 415-626-2951
The
South of Market Health Center provides medical services to the families
and children of the South of Market community. These services include
family health services, dental clinic, HIV testing/care, and community
health education, public health nurses, drop in nursing, and pregnancy
counseling. The APIFRN funding augments their health consultation
to Filipino parents with young children.
Languages: Tagalog, English
NORTH OF MARKET / TENDERLOIN
North of Market/Tenderloin Cluster Asian/Pacific Islander
Family Resources Network With APIFRN funding, three agencies serving
Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian communities now are collocated
in the heart of the Tenderloin community. Since the creation of
the joint office, there has been a 50% increase of families utilizing
the culturally sensitive family support services available. The
Cambodian Family Services agency coordinates the activities of the
two cluster partners: Lao Seri Association and Vietnamese family
Services Center. The APIFRN funding has provided parent education
classes for families with children 0 to 5 years of age and additional
social services in the Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese languages.
Lao Seri Association
Tel: 415-674-6825
E-mail: laoseri@yahoo.com
The
Lao Seri Association emphasizes mutual assistance and community
development for the Lao community. The agency provides crisis hotline
coverage, translation services, and domestic violence education.
In its first year as a Cluster Partner, this program provided parent
education classes and crisis intervention to over 30 Laotian families
in the Tenderloin community.
Languages: Laotian, Thai, and English
Vietnamese
Family Center
Tel: 415-674-6820
The
Vietnamese Family Services provides individual and family information
and referrals, citizenship and ESL classes, translation and API
hotline coverage. With APIFRN funding, VSF has provided parent education
classes and drop in services with over 50 families participating
in the program. Languages: Vietnamese, English
VISITACION VALLEY/ BAYVIEW - HUNTER'S POINT
Located in the Southern part of the City, the Visitacion Valley/
Bayview/Hunter's Point cluster provides family support services
to the large Asian/Samoan communities in these neighborhoods. Family
Connections is the Cluster Coordinating Partner and coordinates
the activities of the cluster partners: Samoan Community Development
Center, Soul'd Out Productions, and Visitacion Valley Community
Center. The cluster partners provide child care, educational tutoring
and assistance, parent drop in services, counseling, and case management.
In the first year of implementation the cluster provided parent
education classes in Chinese and Samoan languages, cultural celebrations,
case management, and crisis intervention for API families.
Family Connections
Tel: 415-715-6746
Web Site:www.familyconnectionsportola.org
Family
Connections provides pre kindergarten child care, parent drop in,
ESL and nutrition classes, a legal clinic, after school programs,
Saturday Chinese school, computer training, job clubs, and individual
and family counseling. Located on San Bruno Avenue in Portola Valley,
the Family Connections offers much needed services and has become
an integral part of the community. With APIFRN funding, Family Connections
was able to provide Chinese parenting education classes and augment
its parent/child programs.
Languages Spoken: Cantonese, Spanish, English Samoan
Samoan Community Development Center
Tel: 415-841-1086
Web Site: www.samoancenter.org
The Samoan Community Development Center shares office space at McLaren
School and offers housing assistance and immigration services to
the Samoan families in the community. The site provides after school
program, youth services, and housing assistance. SCDC provided parent
education classes, outreach and information referral services to
over 30 Samoan families during the first year.
Languages Spoken: Samoan, Tongan
Soul'd
Out Productions
Tel: 415-920-0244
Soul'd
Out Productions, a new member of the cluster, provides recreational
and support services to Samoan families. The program also provides
educational activities to Samoan youths in the community. With APIFRN
funding, SOP will expand their parent/child activities and outreach
to Samoan families with young children.
Languages: Samoan, Tongan
Visitacion
Valley Community Center
Tel: 415-585-9320
The
Visitacion Valley Community Center has been providing support resources
to families in the Visitacion Valley neighborhood for over 20 years.
The program offers a variety of services that include a child care
program for children ages 2 - 12 years of age, parent education
classes, cultural celebrations, and emergency food assistance for
low income Valley residents. The APIFRN funding enables VVCC to
provide more bilingual information/referral services and parenting
workshops to Chinese parents. Languages: Chinese, English
SPECIAL NEEDS AGENCY
Asian
American Recovery Services, INC.
Comprehensive Outreach Project for Asian Substance Abusers
Tel: 415-541-9404, ext. 238
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