African Services Committee

Legal assistance: immigration and hiv legal and advocacy Services. Assisted immigrants in accessing and defending their rights, through immigration andemployment discrimination cases, asylum cases and deportation defense, vawa and anti-trafficking cases, citizenship applications, family visas, custody and child support cases, for over 1,200 cases in the 2017 fiscal year.

Social Services: such as hiv case management were provided to over 500 clients diagnosed with hiv, who received comprehensive entitlements counseling and support from our other Services, including access to our food pantry, housing placement Services, legal Services and client support groups. English as a second language classes were provided to African immigrants who strive to become independent and self-reliant. We provided english as a second language (esl) classes to 120 immigrants during the 2017 fiscal year.

HEALTH SERVICES: THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES HIV, VIRAL HEPATITIS (B and C), GONORRHEA,CHLAMYDIA,SYPHILIS, AND TUBERCULOSIS SCREENING. ASC PROVIDES TESTING,COUNSELING, EDUCATION, PREVENTION AND LINKAGE TO CARE SERVICES. OVER 2,000 PEOPLE RECEIVE TESTING,PREVENTION AND COUNSELING SERVICES AT OUR TESTING CENTER in the US, AND OVER 25,000 RECEIVED TESTING, PREVENTION, AND COUNSELLING SERVICES AT OUR CLINICS IN ETHIOPIA, ANNUALLY. CHRONIC DISEASE SCREENING: THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED VISION,HYPERTENSION, AND DIABETES SCREENING THROUGH INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH SCREENING OPEN TO ALL. LINKAGE TO PRIMARY CARE, INCLUDING MEDICAL ESCORT AND INTERPRETATION, HIV PREVENTION TRAININGS AND OUTREACH: OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS HELPED IMMIGRANT PATIENTS TO ENROLL IN LOW-FEE HEALTH CARE, PROVIDE HOSPITAL ESCORT AND MEDICAL INTERPRETATION TO OVER 500 PATIENTS PER YEAR. In ETHIOPIA, OVER 1600 PATIENTS ARE PROVIDED ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT FOR HIV AT ASCS CLINICS.