We took a big step forward to advance and transform our work this year.
Quality services and engaged leadership have made the Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc. (CPC) a trusted voice for Chinese American, immigrant, and low-income families of New York City for more than 50 years. We are the largest Asian American social services agency in the United States.
Through 50 programs at 30 sites and with the help of more than 700 staff, we serve 60,000 people of all ages every year.
Letter from the Board Chair and CEO
CPC was founded in response to the end of the Chinese Exclusion years that coincided with the Civil Rights Movement, the War on Poverty, and the waves of immigrant families entering the U.S. Today, our growing and diverse community continues to face barriers, so, we remain committed as an inclusive, trusted, and vigilant advocate for all.
We are excited to announce Advancing Our CommUNITY, CPC’s organization-wide strategy to promote social and economic empowerment of our Chinese American, immigrant, and low-income community members. Thank you for your enduring support as we strengthen our services and develop the advocacy and leadership skills necessary to transform lives.
BY THE NUMBERS
Community Needs
Out-of-school-time programming, job opportunities, and other immigrant supports were identified by NYC's Department of Youth & Community Development (DYCD) as top areas of community need in our primary service areas of Chinatown, Manhattan, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and Flushing, Queens.
Half of NYC Asians, or more than 150,000 households, have insufficient income to meet the basic costs of living in New York City
25% live below the federal poverty level in our service areas
2 in 3 NYC Asian seniors are limited English proficient, and 1 in 5 don't speak English at all
70% of Chinatown households underutilize SNAP benefits
1 in 5 NYC Asians do not have a high school diploma
NYC has the largest population of Asians of any U.S. city at over 1.2 million, including more than half a million Chinese
CPC Impacts
281 families served by 11 free or affordable early childhood centers
204,722 meals and snacks provided through funds from the Child and Adult Care Food Program
100% of literacy program participants received bilingual books in their native language, including Albanian, Chinese, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish
5,054 young people served across 12 youth programs
2,490 young people worked 315,000 hours in summer jobs at 200 work sites
58% of youth attending University of Buffalo's Instant Decision Day were accepted on the spot
1,200 adults served this year through various education and career programs
925 adult literacy students studied across 37 English classes
263 seniors found employment through a work-based training program
400 special needs families provided respite and person-centered care
708 individuals provided HIV/AIDS support services
5,000 families screened for benefits like SNAP and Medicare
2,900 homebound individuals served through our Home Attendant Program
Immigrants served from more than 25 countries, speaking 19 languages
We are our community
CPC operates three community centers in New York City.
One in Manhattan's Chinatown, one in Flushing, Queens, and another in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
This year, we completed and opened a new Community Center in Flushing, Queens. It houses the Nan Shan Senior Center, a senior employment program, an adult literacy program, workforce training, after-school programming, a brand new early childhood education center, and services for families with special needs.
We embrace our community
We support our youth by nurturing their interest in the arts. More than 135 children from two public schools took part in a second year of arts programming, including live musical theater, and instruction in choral and musical instruments, thanks to funding from The Trinity Foundation. 161 families were provided with bilingual books through CPC's Ready Readers program funded by the Brooke Astor Fund for NYC Education.
We support our families with special needs by providing weekday case management and weekend activities, as well as respite for caregivers. In June 2017, we held the first-ever Family Support Conference for Chinese-Speaking Caregivers and Self-Advocates, bringing together more than 13 service providers and 100 families with special needs.
We empower our community
CPC's newest initiatives leverage our history as a trusted community advocate to confront hateful rhetoric and better serve all of our community members.
This year, we began a campaign called Advancing our CommUNITY that puts into practice a strategy to build coalitions and empower clients through engagement and education on immigrant rights, citizen rights, and voting rights.
Our staff received 40 hours of training through a grant from the ActionNYC Immigrant Outreach Capacity-Building program held by the Center for Neighborhood Leadership.
Hundreds of Know Your Rights cards were distributed to community residents and more than 20 Know Your Rights and voter workshops were held for staff and clients.
With the help of legal services partners, we assisted more than 1,000 people with immigration and naturalization services.
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