 DONORS & SUPPORTERS
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Supervisor Don Knabe, 4th District, presents Mariko Kahn, Executive Director, with a check to support the Y.E.S. Program in Long Beach. |
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Board members, Mona Miyasato and Wes Tanaka, Southern California Edison (right), made the 2007 Advisory Council Dinner a big success with their financial support. In the middle is Shaighn Kim, Board President. |
Over the years, PACS has received support from the following foundations:
Allstate Foundation
American Honda
Asian Pacific Community Fund
California Community Foundation
California Consumer Protection Foundation
The California Endowment
The Capital Group Companies
Chapman & Associates Charitable Foundation
City of Los Angeles Community Development Department
Dwight Stuart Youth Foundation
Entertainment Industry Foundation
The Gas Company
Jinwoo Communications Group
Josephine S. Gumbiner Foundation
Kaiser Permanente Foundation – WLA Community Benefits Foundation
Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center
LA Care Health Plan
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services
Los Angeles County Department of Probation
Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services
Los Angeles Times Family Fund
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Northrop Grumman Corp.
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Public Relations Society of America, Los Angeles Area Chapter
Raytheon Asian Pacific Professional Association
Raytheon Company
Ruderman Family Charitable Foundation
Santa Anita Park
Sidney Stern Memorial Trust
So Phi’s of Orange County
Paul Shishima
Southern California Edison
Torrance Jaycees
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Verizon Wireless HopeLine Program
Washington Mutual Bank
Weingart Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation
Westchester Rotary
Foundation News
Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Grant
In August 2009, PACS received a $40,000 grant from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation for its Van Transportation Project (VTP). The funds were used to purchase an eleven seat van with wheel-chair accessibility. PACS is so grateful for this gift. The VTP will increase access, improve efficiency and enhance services for PACS’s low income and at-risk clients. Key elements are:
- Increase the number of students who can participate in the YES Program
- Increase access to services for mental health clients who do not own a car or cannot successfully navigate the public transportation system
- Strengthen PACS’s ability to include clients in other activities that improve their mental health such as group events, family visits and advocacy opportunities
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Enhance family therapy visits. Often Asian families have large numbers of children with an extended family made up of aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and in-laws. From a cultural perspective, each “member” feels he/she has a right to be involved. From a therapeutic viewpoint, being able to transport the involved family members to a session can create better family unity, improve communication skills and increase the entire family’s support of the treatment plan. |
Videoconferencing Grants
PACS is proud to be the recipient of two important grants that together will enable the agency to increase access to mental health services byproviding bilingual and culturally competent psychiatric and mental health services when the therapist or psychiatrist is in a different physical location than the interpreter and/or client. In October of 2006, The California Consumer Protection Foundation awarded PACS $40,000 to purchase videoconferencing equipment to begin this exciting pilot project. Due to remodeling of all three locations as well as technical challenges, Phase I was implemented slowly.
During that time, other foundations were approached for the funding needed to complete this project. In September 2007, The California Endowment generously awarded a two year grant of $176,000. With this funding, PACS will be able to train staff, properly evaluate the project’s challenges and accomplishments, document the process for other agencies, hire the needed IT consultants and complete the installation, testing and usage of the equipment.
This cutting edge project will benefit underserved urban populations who are low-income and limited English speaking or monolingual with mental illness. As a form of telemedicine, it will increase access to mental health services and information through enhanced service delivery.
PACS gratefully acknowledges The California Endowment and The California Consumer Protection Foundation for its willingness to seek innovative ways to solve age-old problems.
"Paths to Wellness" Program
Through a grant from the West Los Angeles Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit Foundation, PACS provides assessment, linkage and short-term mental health services to Korean and Japanese speaking adults who live in the WLA and KoreaTown areas. Often the working poor do not have private insurance or qualify for Medi-Cal while linguistic barriers make it difficult for them to access help.
Some of the issues that bring people into the Paths to Wellness Program are conflicted interpersonal relationships, loss of a loved one or family member, and occupational or educational difficulties. Besides short-term counseling, PACS can link them to other agencies or community resources.
One case involved a 42 year old monolingual Korean man who showed post-traumatic stress symptoms from severe beatings he suffered while working as a security guard in Korea. Through counseling, he learned healthier ways to manage his stress and improve his coping skills.
Another case was a Japanese woman who had recently been hospitalized due to wrist cutting behavior. After an intake assessment in this program, it was determined that she needed more intensive and long-term treatment. As a result, she was transferred to PACS’s Field Capable Clinical Services (FCCS), qualifying due to the severity of her depression.
Japanese-speaking individuals should contact Yumiko Kodama, Program Coordinator at 310-337-1550, Ext. 2014. Korean-speaking individuals can contact Christine Park at Ext. 2013.
Support PACS by donating to the Asian Pacific Community Fund through Your Workplace Giving Program!
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Dominique Eugene, SFV Clinical site manager; Debra Fong, APCF Executive Director and May Ho, Financial Administrative Assistant |
In 1990, APCF was founded to establish a way for individuals to donate to API non-profits through workplace giving programs. Currently there are 29 affiliate agencies who are funded from APCF through an annual award. PACS is proud to be one of the lucky beneficiaries.
Many employers have a workplace giving program. Please make a payroll deduction or one time donation to APCF through your employer’s workplace giving program today. You can also make a direct donation to APCF.
Here are some of the workplace giving campaigns that APCF is registered with:
Kaiser Permanente
City of Carson
City of Los Angeles
City of Monterey Park
City of Santa Monica
County of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Unified School District
State of California
Federal Government – Combined Federal Campaign
If you would like to set up a Workplace Giving Campaign in your company/business or donate to APCF, please contact Debra Fong at dfong@apcf.org or (213) 624-6400 ext. 2. Their website is www.apcf.org.
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