Center For The Pacific Asian Family Inc

EMPOWERING ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER SURVIVORS AND COMMUNITIES TO END DOMESTIC & SEXUAL VIOLENCE

COMMUNITY PROGRAMS:CPAF OPERATES THE ONLY 24-HOUR ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER (API)-LANGUAGE CRISIS HOTLINE FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND THE ONLY RAPE CRISIS CENTER STATEWIDE TAILORED FOR API SURVIVORS. CALLERS RECEIVE IMMEDIATE CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES, INCLUDING SAFETY PLANNING, COUNSELING, AND REFERRALS TO MEDICAL, LEGAL AND OTHER SERVICES. CPAF RESPONDED TO 2935 CRISIS CONTACTS AND PROVIDED CASE MANAGEMENT AND INDIVIDUAL/GROUP COUNSELING SERVICES TO 124 CLIENTS, INCLUDING 61 CLIENTS (ALONG WITH 54 CHILDREN) IN PROJECT SAFE HAVEN, A NEW TEMPORARY SHELTER PROGRAM WITH INTENSIFIED SUPPORT SERVICES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.[CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O]CPAF'S PREVENTION PROGRAM TRAINED 18 PARENTING WITH NONVIOLENCE FACILITATORS (INCLUDING STAFF, PARTNER STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS) TO WORK WITH PARENT SUPPORT GROUPS TO BREAK THE INTERGENERATIONAL CYCLES OF VIOLENCE BY ENSURING CHILDREN GROW UP WITH NURTURING CARETAKERS. ALSO TRAINED 26 YOUTH TO BECOME PEER ADVOCATES AND CHANGE AGENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO PREVENT VIOLENCE. CPAF'S PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDED DOMESTIC/SEXUAL VIOLENCE ADVOCATE TRAINING TO VOLUNTEERS AND 19 COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, WITH 52 COMPLETION CERTIFICATES AWARDED FOR THE 65-HOUR TRAINING. MORE BROADLY, 5,886 PEOPLE WERE REACHED THROUGH ONLINE EVENTS, MEDIA OUTREACH, AND VIRTUAL TRAININGS, WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON JAPANESE-, THAI-, AND KOREAN-SPEAKING COMMUNITIES.

EMERGENCY PROGRAMS EMERGENCY SHELTER:CPAF OPERATES THE ONLY EMERGENCY SHELTER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT SPECIALIZES IN ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS IN THE API COMMUNITY. SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC OR SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND THEIR CHILDREN STAY IN CPAF'S SAFE AND CONFIDENTIAL SHELTER FACILITY FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS WHILE THEY MOVE FROM CRISIS TO SAFETY AND HEALING. 53 SURVIVORS AND THEIR CHILDREN RECEIVED 6,019 BED NIGHTS, AND COMPREHENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, CRISIS INTERVENTION COUNSELING, FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATION, AND ASSISTANCE WITH LOCATING PERMANENT OR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. 87% OF GRADUATES SUCCESSFULLY EXITED INTO TRANSITIONAL SHELTER OR FOUND SAFE AND PERMANENT HOUSING. 65% INCREASED THEIR INCOME PRIOR TO EXITING.

SHELTER PROGRAMS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING:CPAF OPERATES TWO TRANSITIONAL SHELTERS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, PROVIDING SAFE AND CONFIDENTIAL HOUSING FOR UP TO 12 MONTHS FOR SURVIVORS AND CHILDREN WHO WANT TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN NON-VIOLENT HOUSEHOLDS. SURVIVORS RECEIVE COUNSELING, CASE MANAGEMENT, PARENTING CLASSES, LIFE-SKILLS CLASSES AND LINKAGES TO PERMANENT HOUSING OPTIONS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES. CHILDREN ARE PROVIDED WITH COUNSELING, ACADEMIC AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AIMED AT ENHANCING PROTECTIVE FACTORS AND REDUCING RISK FACTORS. 56 SURVIVORS AND CHILDREN RECEIVED THESE SERVICES. MORE THAN 90% OF TRANSITIONAL PROGRAM GRADUATES FOUND SAFE AND PERMANENT HOUSING. MORE THAN 80% OF PROGRAM GRADUATES INCREASED THEIR INCOME UPON EXIT.