APA's Core Programs for Families and Children...

* Parent Support (Prevention) which includes outreach and engagement, parenting education, support groups, health education, kinship support, School Readiness Initiative (SRI), Early Literacy, SRO (Single Room Occupancy) Project, Economic Self-Sufficiency Project, Family Ambassador Project, and Parenting Radio Project;

* Home Visitation (Early Intervention) services are provided by bilingual and bicultural staff which include In-Home Visitation, Early Head Start and Universal Newborn Home Visitation;

* 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;

* 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. Currently, APA provides training to Child Welfare workers in the SF Department of Human Services, to pediatric interns at San Francisco General Hospital and to other Bay Area agencies.

 

 

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