ASIAN WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC
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Mission Statement
The Asian Women’s Christian Association is a 501 (c) not-for-profit organization with over 3 decades of service to the communities of Northern New Jersey that serves through Asian American women's leadership. The AWCA maintains a wide variety of programs for the Asian American community. These programs include the areas of senior empowerment, youth empowerment, adult continuing education, and social service and outreach.
About This Cause
The Asian Women’s Christian Association is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit community service organization in Teaneck, New Jersey, with a mission: AWCA, centered on the love of Christ, provides families with the resources to become healthy, contributing members of society through education, social, and home care services. The organization began as a homemakers’ club in 1980 to assist the underserved Korean immigrant population at the time. The founders joined various YWCA programs in that era to expand the reach of the programs. The senior center, family service center, and social service outreach were developed at this early stage. By 1990, the first facility was opened in Fort Lee, NJ as part of the Bergen YWCA. Throughout the 90s, the Korean immigrant population increased in the area, and community resources were in demand. The AWCA developed programs to address these needs: Citizenship & Permanent Residency Assistance, Flower Arrangement Class, Grace Academy (senior center), Korean Family Service Center (counseling services), Social Welfare Service, Cooking Class, Women’s Chorus, etc. The growing demands of the community necessitated a larger facility and hence the formal establishment of the AWCA in Palisades Park, NJ as an independent 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization in 2000. At that time, the Grace Academy was the only program of its kind to provide free senior empowerment services to Korean seniors in Bergen County, NJ. Membership grew rapidly, parallel to the need for low-cost mental health services, like that of the KFSC (Korean Family Service Center). Both programs exceeded the maximum capacity of the facility, and the AWCA relocated once again to meet this need. In 2004, the AWCA opened its doors at the current facility in Teaneck, NJ. The next decade showed a rapid expansion of programs and services. The Social Service Information and Referral, Continuing Education, Grace Hotline, and SAT Scholarship Class programs were established, along with the Angel School and ISoriMoa Children’s Chorus mergers with the AWCA. The changing needs of the community propelled the continued development and advancement of the AWCA. Now AWCA primarily provides but is not limited to, social services, education, and home care services to communities based in Bergen County, New Jersey. 1) Social Services: AWCA is a County-funded social service agency that offers consulting to the community at no cost. 2) Education and Enrichment: - Asian Senior Center AWCA Senior Center is the first and the longest-running Korean and Asian (Japanese, Chinese) senior center in New Jersey. We promote healthy aging, independence, and well-being of our seniors, with a focus on brain health and dementia prevention. - Youth & Young Adults AWCA is committed to raising youth as servant leaders through volunteerism and the selective AWCA Youth Leadership program. 3) Homecare Service: AWCA Homecare Agency is the first licensed Korean and Asian home care agency in New Jersey. We train certified Korean and Chinese home health aides (CHHA) who serve with a mission to care for each patient like family with humility and compassion. 4) Media: - The AWCA LIFE YouTube channel promotes higher accessibility and engagement to our audience nationwide. - AWCA Radio Broadcast “Finding Happiness with AWCA” covers the NJ/NY/CT Tri-State region to guide those who cannot access services due to time and travel constraints. 5) Recent Highlights of AWCA: - In Census 2020, AWCA was the only Asian organization that was officially selected by the state. - AWCA distributed 10,000+ meals to the local community during the pandemic. - AWCA LIFE YouTube has 4,300+ subscribers and 600,000+ views since its launch in 2020. - AWCA SAT program has offered scholarships to 255 disadvantaged high school students since 2009. Asian-embodied | Women-led | Christ-inspired | NJ-rooted