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African Services Committee
(ASC) was founded in 1981 by a group of African Refugees to
provide resettlement assistance to new African arrivals throughout
the New York metropolitan area. ASC provides relief and assistance
to a diverse ethnic, immigrant and refugee groups in need
of food, housing, medical care, legal services and other supportive
counseling. The agency seeks to improve the health and overall
self-sufficiency of new African arrivals who have come to
New York City seeking relief from political oppression, poverty,
war, famine and disease.
Alianza Dominicana, Inc. founded
in 1987, is a community-based agency in Washington Heights
(Manhattan). Made up of ten programs and six locations, the
agency's mission is to provide comprehensive services to people
who reside in or near Northern Manhattan and the Bronx.
Services include youth peer counseling,
training and support; support group meetings for substance
users, HIV support groups are provided in Spanish or bilingual;
legal advocacy, HIV affected child therapy and family counseling
is also available.
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