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APA's Core Programs for Families
and
Children...
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Parent Support (Prevention) which includes
outreach and engagement,
parenting education, support groups, health
education, kinship support, Early Literacy and Economic
Self-Sufficiency Project;
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Home Visitation (Early Intervention) services are
provided by
bilingual and bicultural staff;
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Clinical
Services (Crisis Intervention) which include bilingual
counseling, school-based mental health services,
Safe Start Violence
Prevention, API Parental Stressline, Enhanced Visitation,
case management,
intake and assessment;
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Community Development which includes the 27-agency Asian
and
Pacific Islander
Family Resources Network (APIFRN), a successful
collaboration of linguistically and culturally competent
family
resource centers in 6 geographic neighborhoods serving 8 API
groups
throughout San Francisco.
The Family
Support
Center located in Chinatown provides programs and services
to support
the growth and development of all family members - adults,
youth
and children. Read an interview with an APA heroine, a HOME
VISITOR. They bring the services
of APA Family Support Services
into the homes of at-risk families. Learn about the SUPPORT
GROUPS that provide a safe place and the comfort
of knowing
you are not alone in this world.
Confidential COUNSELING
is available to families or to individual family
members. The
API HOTLINE
is a resource to parents and youth in times of
stress and crisis.
Trained hotline volunteers can help you in
Cambodian, Cantonese,
Laotian, Mandarin, Samoan, Tagalog and Vietnamese.
The APIFRN
is a collaborative network of 27
AGENCIES dedicated to serving the Bay Area Asian and
Pacific
Islander communities.
There
are more services available:
- INFORMATION AND REFERRAL
APA links clients with appropriate services in the
community.
This service begins when a client calls or drops-in. APA
also
refers clients to other agencies providing
culturally sensitive
support to Asian families like parenting education
classes, support
groups, counseling, child care, housing or
employment training.
- TRAINING FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS
APA trains service providers in mainstream organizations
about
Asian cultures and values to increase cultural
awareness.
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