Consortia
(SSG Led Community Collaborative Projects)
The following are special SSG-led
Community Collaborative Projects for which the agency has become well-known.
As the lead agency, SSG provides administrative, program and fiscal
support for these initiatives.
Collaborative partner agencies are recruited and selected for their
programmatic and community expertise.
We are grateful for the support and partnership of these agencies.
Each Collaborative Project is directed and managed by the designated SSG
Program or Division.
(Lead Agency:
APCTC/SSG)
Funded by the
Department of Children and Family Services since 1994, this Collaborative
Project provides child abuse prevention, education, and intervention and
treatment services through a team of bilingual and bicultural staff.
Collaborative Partners include: Cambodian Association of America (CAA),
South Asian Network (SAN) and the Center for the Pacific Asian Family (CPAF).
API Cares Program
– API Mental Health for Older Adults
(Lead Agency:
APCTC/SSG)
Launched in 2000, the APCTC/Cares Program (funded by The California Endowment) has provided an innovative, mental health counseling and case management program for under-served API older adults in LA County. This program also focuses on providing education and outreach to raise awareness of mental health needs of older adults. Collaborative Partners include: Asian and Pacific Islanders Older Adults Task Force (APIOATF), Chinatown Service Center (CSC), Korean Health Education Information and Referral (KHEIR), Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC), Thais, Inc. and United Cambodian Community (UCC).
(Lead Agency:
SSG)
Developed
in 1997 and funded by the Department of Mental Health, this project is an
innovative public/private partnership of six (6) mental health organizations
including the APCTC/SSG, AP Residential/SSG, Coastal Asian Pacific Mental
Health/DMH, Long Beach Mental Health/DMH, Western Region Asian Pacific Family
Services (WRAP), and Asian Pacific Family Center/Pacific Clinics.
The goal is to provide an effective, culturally competent,
community-based system of care as an alternative to the hospital-based system
for severely mentally ill Asian and Pacific Islander clients.
API
Tobacco Collaborative
(Lead Agency: Tongan Community Service
Center/SSG)
Initiated
by the Tongan Community Service Center in 1992, the Asian and Pacific Islander
Tobacco Collaborative provides tobacco prevention, education and cessation
services under funding from the LA County DHS/Tobacco Control Program.
Based on their success, the project gained support from the State
Department of Health Services/Tobacco Control Section in 1999 to expand efforts
in advocacy, policy change and youth leadership development state-wide.
Collaborative Partners include: Families In Good Health/St. Mary’s
Medical Center, Fil-Am Sports, Guam Communications Network, Korean Health
Education Information and Referral (KHEIR), Samoan Congregational Church Youth,
Samoan National Nurses Association (SNNA), Silverado United Methodist Church,
South Asian Network, Tala-Fungani Youth, and Youth-to-Youth Network PI.
ICM/CARES
– Care and Resource Management for Seniors
(Lead
Agency:
Older Adults Program/SSG)
Funded
by the LA County Community and Senior Services/Area Agency on Aging (AAA) since
1999, this innovative and effective collaborative provides integrated care
management services for various under-served South Asian, Southeast Asian and
Pacific Islander communities in Los Angeles.
The program has recently expanded to provide support services to family
caregivers.
Community partners include: Cambodian Association of America (CAA),
Federation of Filipino-American Associations (FFAA), Families in Good Health/St.
Mary’s Medical Center, Guam Communications Network (GCN), South Asian Network
(SAN), Samoan National Nurses Association (SNNA), and the Tongan Community
Service Center/SSG.
Integrated
Care System (ICS)/HOP
(Lead
Agency: Homeless Outreach Program,
HOP)
The
Integrated Care System (ICS) was created in 1992 and is a community-based
managed-care network of alcohol and drug treatment providers in South and
Central Los Angeles.
ICS provides comprehensive alcohol and drug treatment services including
case management, counseling, aftercare and alcohol drug free housing utilizing a
member network of over twenty-five agencies.
This Collaborative is funded by the Los Angeles Homeless Services
Authority (LAHSA), LA County Department of Mental Health and the LA County
Alcohol and Drug Program Administration (ADPA).
REACH 2010 HAPAS–
Health Access for Pacific Asian Seniors
(Lead
Agency:
Older Adults Care Program/SSG)
As
one of only four DHHS/Administration on Aging awardees in 2000, the HAPAS
Collaborative supported by both DHHS/Administration on Aging (AoA) and Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are part of the national effort in the
Racial and Ethnic Approach to Community Health (REACH 2010) to eliminate health
disparities. The populations served
are older adult Pacific Islanders, Southeast Asian and Pilipino communities.
The focus health areas include adult immunizations, diabetes Type II and
cardiovascular diseases. Collaborative
Partners include: Asian and Pacific
Islander Older Adults Task Force, Cambodian Association of America (CAA), Guam
Communications Network (GCN), Families In Good Health (FIGH)/St. Mary’s,
Federation of Filipino American Associations (FFAA), Orange County Asian and
Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA), Samoan National Nurses
Association, Tongan Community Service Center/SSG and UCLA/School of Public
Policy and Social Research/Department of Social Welfare.
REACH
2010 PATH for Women Project
(Lead Agency:
Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance)
Developed
in 1999 and funded by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Foundation (with
support from The California Endowment), the Promoting Access to Health (PATH) for Southeast Asian and
Pacific Islander Women Project
is a unique community based collaborative project aimed at increasing breast and
cervical cancer screenings for Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander women in Los
Angeles and Orange Counties.
Their groundbreaking efforts have garnered much acclaim locally and
nationally.
Collaborative Partners include: Families in Good Health/St. Mary’s
Medical Center, Guam Communications Network, PALS for Health/SSG, Samoan
National Nurses Association (SNNA), Tongan Community Service Center/SSG,
UCLA/School of Public Health, UC Irvine/Department of Environmental Analysis and
Design/School of Social Ecology.