CULTURAL SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS

Asian American Civic Association
87 Tyler Street, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02111
1 (617) 426-9492
TTY: 1 (617) 426-9157
Fax: 1 (617) 482-2316
http://aaca-boston.org/
The Asian American Civic Association (AACA), formerly the Chinese American Civic Association, has been serving the immigrant community since 1967. Since its inception, AACA has evolved into a comprehensive non-profit agency which addresses the educational, workforce development and social service needs of immigrants of all ethnicities and economically disadvantaged residents of the Greater Boston area.

Mailing: 885 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111
Site: 38 Ash Street, Boston, MA 02111
1 (617) 635-5129

BCNC strives to provide the support and resources needed for participants to integrate into American society, while preserving the community’s rich culture. The organization’s family-centered approach underlies all its work and encompasses eight programs that serve infants, toddlers and preschoolers; school-aged children and youth; parents and grandparents; new immigrants; and those who are born here.

178 Tremont Street, 2nd Floor
Boston, MA 02111
1 (617) 348-6565
http://www.bostonabcd.org/centers/boston-hispanic/
Provides a wide-array of social services and supports including: fuel assistance, tax assistance, career development counseling, emergency food pantry assistance, violence preventing training and workshops for seniors.

El Centro del Cardenal (Part of Catholic Charities)
185 Columbia Rd.
Dorchester, MA 02121
1 (617) 506-6600
http://www.ccab.org/el_centro.html
GED program for youth ages 14-21 and a career pathways program for both youth and adult career development.

Association (ECMAA)
552 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 202
Cambridge, MA 02139
1 (617) 492-4232
Fax: 1 (617) 492-7685
Email: btamene@netscape.net
Provides culturally and linguistically appropriate services and referrals regarding education, employment, health, housing, family and social services, cultural orientation, interpretation and translation, advocacy, citizenship and civic action.

1464 Blue Hill Avenue
Mattapan, MA.02126
1 (617) 298-8076
http://www.haphi.org
Provides a wide range of services including: English as a Second Language classes, citizenship courses, elder services, food distribution, [physical fitness activities, family services, youth recreation programs, youth development and anti-drug programming.

185 Columbia Avenue
Dorchester, MA. 02121
1 (617) 506-6600
http://www.ccab.org/hmsc.html
Provides social services including adult education, elder services and family services (including domestic violence, cultural and legal differences and the role these factors play in regards to discipline, school truancy and parenting skills) support for newly arrived and long-term resident Haitian immigrants and refugees.

La Alianza Hispana
409 Dudley Street
Roxbury, MA 02119
1 (617) 427-7175
http://www.laalianza.org
Email: info@laalianza.org
Provides family support services, mental health counseling, adult and elderly services, senior recreation, workforce development and educational services.

1046 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
1 (617) 864-7600
Fax: 1(617) 864-7621
http://www.maps-inc.org
Provides a wide-array of services for Portuguese-speaking families and individuals including: domestic violence prevention & intervention, breast cancer awareness, citizenship assistance, public safety, elder services, English classes, HIV/AIDS case management, HIV counseling & testing, mental health services, Portuguese language courses and youth programs.

203-205 Green Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
1 (617) 522-0700
Fax: 1 (617) 522-6300
http://www.sdcboston.org/
Multi-service agency providing adult literacy, youth programs, newcomer orientation & acculturation program, housing advocacy and search assistance, employment services, legal assistance, health education and community referrals.

The Vietnamese American Initiative for
Development (Viet-AID)
42 Charles Street
Boston, MA 02122
1 (617) 822-3717
http://www.vietaid.org
Email: vietaid@vietaid.org
Provides diverse services aimed at community development including affordable housing services, small business technical assistance, child care, youth programming and economic development.

1590 Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester, MA 02122
1 (617) 825-1861
Provides a wide range of bilingual/bicultural mental health, child welfare, educational support and social services to Vietnamese youth and their families. Services include: Diagnostic evaluation; individual and family therapy; after-school and summer programs for youth; Vietnamese Girls Club; Intensive Family Intervention; Intensive Adolescent Intervention; Mental Retardation/ Developmental Disabilities Services.