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   SOUTHERN CA
Asian American Drug Abuse Program (AADAP)
URL: http://www.aadapinc.org
Contact: - (323) 293-6284 -
ADAP, Inc. (Asian American Drug Abuse Program) serves people throughout Los Angeles County. Programs have expanded to include water conservation, HIV/AIDS outreach and cross training, Drug Court Services for the Inglewood Municipal Courts, tobacco education, and a for profit business venture, MTC Construction.
Keiro Senior Healthcare
URL: http://www.keiro.org
Contact: - (323) 980-7555 - contact@keiro.org
Since 1961, Keiro Senior HealthCare (Keiro Services), the largest healthcare provider serving the Japanese American community, has cared for over 60,000 seniors and provided peace-of-mind to their families. At Keiro Nursing Home, South Bay Keiro Nursing Home, Keiro Intermediate Care Facility, and Keiro Retirement Home, Keiro provides care in a culturally sensitive environment with familiar language, food, and values for seniors in their golden years. It has also offered education and resources through The Institute for Healthy Aging at Keiro targeting the 30,000 caregivers and 59,000 baby boomers in our community in recent years.
Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC)
URL: http://www.ltsc.org
Contact: - (213) 473-3030 -
For over 29 years, the Little Tokyo Service Center, a Community Development Corporation (LTSC CDC), has been an important resource for the residents of a diverse community. Founded in 1979, LTSC CDC is a nonprofit charitable organization serving Asian and Pacific Islanders throughout Los Angeles County who are in need, especially those facing language or cultural gaps, financial need, or physical disabilities.
NAPAFASA
URL: http://www.napafasa.org/about/main.htm
Contact: - (213) 625-5795 -
National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse (NAPAFASA) is a private, non-profit, 501(c)(3) membership organization dedicated to addressing the alcohol, tobacco, and other drug issues of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) populations on the continental U.S., Hawaii, the six Pacific Island jurisdictions and elsewhere. Founded in 1988, NAPAFASA involves service providers, families, and youth in efforts to reach API communities to promote health and social justice and to reduce substance abuse and related problems.
Orange County JA Association
URL: http://www.ocjaa.org
Contact: - (714) 283-3551 - network@ocjaa.org
The Orange County Japanese American Association (OCJAA ) is the only bilingual/bicultural non-profit organization in Orange County which has been providing multipurpose community/ social services and information to the Japanese American Community since 1986.
   CENTRAL CA
Central California Nikkei Foundation
URL: http://www.ccnf.org
Contact: - (559) 237-4006 -
Central California Nikkei Foundation is a California non-profit corporation created to serve the social, cultural, educational, economic and health needs of the Japanese-American community of Central California.
   NORTHERN CA
Asian America Communities for Ed.
URL: http://www.sfaacets.org/
Contact: - (415) 921-5537 -
AACE Educational Services is an Educational Talent Search TRIO program funded by the U.S. Department of Education since 1979. Over the past 26 years, AACE Talent Search has successfully assisted more than 55,000 students to graduate from middle and high school and gain acceptance into college. Our mission is to identify, select and assist low-income youth who have the potential to be the first generation of their family to graduate from high school and enroll in a 4-year college or university.
Asian Community Mental Health Services
URL: http://www.acmhs.org/index.htm
Contact: - (510) 451-6729 -
Asian Community Mental Health Services provides multicultural and multilingual services, empowering the most vulnerable members of our community to lead healthy, productive and contributing lives.
Asian Womens Shelter
URL: http://www.sfaws.org/2_home/home.html
Contact: - -
The Asian Women’s Shelter (AWS) was founded in 1988 to address the needs of women and children survivors of domestic violence, especially those who are immigrants and refugees. The women and children we work with every day personify the true meaning of courage, hope, and determination. They inspire our continued work to end violence in our families, our communities, and the world. Please support and join us in creating a future free from violence.
Asian Youth Prevention Services
URL: http://www.jcyc.org/programs/ayps.htm
Contact: Ramon Calubaquib - - rcalubaquib@jcyc.org
The goal of the Asian Youth Prevention Services (AYPS) Program is to prevent, delay and reduce the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs (ATOD) among Asian youth in San Francisco. The AYPS program is a partnership of the seven Asian and Pacific Islander youth service providing organizations that make up the AYPS Consortium. Along with JCYC, members of the AYPS Consortium include:
1) Asian American Recovery Services, Inc. (AARS)
2) CYC (formerly the Chinatown Community Center)
3) Filipino American Development Foundation/Filipino Community Center (FADF/FCC)
4) Korean Center, Inc. (KCI)
5) Samoan Community Development Center (SCDC)
6) Vietnamese Youth Development Center (VYDC)
Independent Living Skills Program
URL: http://sfilsp.org
Contact: - (415) 934-4202 -
The Independent Living Skills Program (ILSP) is designed to help youth in foster and out-of-home placements prepare for independent living as adults by providing them with the skills and resources necessary to become self-sufficient. The SF ILSP offers intensive emancipation planning to foster youth ages 14-18 and an Aftercare program for young adults ages 18-21. Services are open to youth ages14-21 in foster care or out-of-home probation placements.
Japanese American Services of the East Bay
URL: http://www.jaseb.org
Contact: - (510) 848-3560 -
Japanese American Services of the East Bay, Inc. (JASEB) provides assistance and services for seniors and their families in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. JASEB operates a senior center and lunch program, provides information, assistance and case management services, owns two community homes in which the care and supervision of residents are the responsibility of the families in these exempt from licensing facilities, and is the co-sponsor of a HUD-subsidized congregate apartment building.
Japanese American Youth Services
URL: http://www.jcyc.org/programs/jays.htm
Contact: Erika Tamura - - etamura@jcyc.org
The Japanese American Youth Services program is designed to foster leadership development and engage participants in activities that support their personal development. The goal of the program is to empower youth by supporting their development as resources for themselves, their peers, their families and their community. The program is comprised of 2 components: 1) a youth leadership council and 2) a summer youth leadership team.
Kimochi, Inc.
URL: http://www.kimochi-inc.org
Contact: - (415) 931-2294 - kimochikai@kimochi-inc.org
Created by “Kimochi” or “feeling” for elders, Kimochi, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that provides culturally sensitive care for seniors primarily serving the Japanese American community.
Kokoro
URL: http://www.kokoroassistedliving.org/templates/System/default.asp?id=39813
Contact: - -
Kokoro is a community with a vision. Our vision is to promote and enhance the independence and security of older adults by nourishing the body, mind and spirit.

Kokoro helps seniors thrive in a community that offers a warm and comforting sense of culture, community and family. The name 'Kokoro' says it all: a Japanese term often translated as 'heart,' but meaning much more; including mind, spirit and essence of the individual.
San Francisco College Access Center
URL: http://www.jcyc.org/programs/sfcac.htm
Contact: - - info_sfcac@jcyc.org
The San Francisco College Access Center’s (SFCAC) mission is to provide culturally competent comprehensive college preparation information and assistance. Although open to the community, the program targets students who are low income and the first of their family to enroll in college. SFCAC is a collaborative program focusing on service coordination, enhancement, and expansion.
Yu-Ai Kai
URL: http://www.yuaikai.org/
Contact: - (408) 294-2505 - Yu-Ai_Kai@yuaikai.org
Yu-Ai Kai, a Japanese American Community Senior Service, located in Japantown San Jose, is committed to serving seniors with an array of activities and programs. We offer a well-balanced senior day care program, a nutritious lunch service, social services, a transportation program and countless classes and trips for all our seniors
   PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS)
URL: http://www.acrs.org/
Contact: - (206) 695-7600 -
Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization offering a broad array of human services and behavioral health programs to Asian Pacific Americans in King County. ACRS is the largest multiservice organization serving all the different Asian Pacific American communities - immigrants, refugees and American born - in the Pacific Northwest.
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