Focusing on the diverse Asian American community, Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI)’s mission is to improve the health, mental health, and well-being of individuals and their families by providing an array of human services. AACI empowers the Asian American community by working collaboratively for equality and social justice. Programs include mental health and primary care health services, health education, HIV/AIDS testing and education, substance abuse treatment, programs for drinking drivers, a center for survivors of torture, programs and shelter for women and children who are domestic violence victims, a senior center, after-school youth programs, community advocacy, and English and citizenship classes.

Community Health Systems , Ethnic & Immigrant Centers , Family Services , Health , Human Services , Immigration

Aaci provides an array of high quality health and human services, sharing expertise about the asian community's needs and best service delivery practices, and providing asian leadership in advocating on key health and human services issues. Mental health servicesmental health counseling services include individual, group, and family counseling; case management; psychiatric assessment; and medical evaluation for children and adults. The center for survivors of torture provides clinical evaluation, treatment, and social services to survivors of torture from all countries. The calworks program provides a range of behavioral health and social services that are geared toward helping calworks clients achieve self-sufficiency. 1110 people were served during the year. health servicesthe primary care health center, a fully licensed federally qualified health center (fqhc), provides culturally competent primary health care services. The health center treats patients regardless of their ability to pay. 2585 people were served during the year. family violence servicesthe domestic violence program (asian women's home) provides individual and group peer counseling, a 24-hour crisis hotline, housing and employment assistance, case management, legal advocacy support, and an emergency shelter for battered women and their children. This program further reaches out to the community by providing media outreach and educational training workshops for professionals, paraprofessionals, and community groups. 1729 people were served during the year.

Silicon Valley residents. AACI specializes in serving Asian American individuals and families, especially immigrants and refugees.

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