PACIFIC ASIAN COUNSELING SERVICES
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Mission Statement
Pacific Asian Counseling Services (PACS) enriches the lives of children and families through counseling and caring. We provide culturally sensitive and language specific services with expertise in the immigrant Asian Pacific Islander populations.
About This Cause
In 1981 PACS was formed to respond to the underserved Asian Pacific Islanders (APIs) communities. As part of the model minority myth, APIs were not acknowledged to have social service, economic or educational needs. Since that beginning, PACS has served thousands of children and adults with mental health counseling, case management, parent education, community education and outreach, and school-based counseling services. Located at three sites, PACS covers a large section of LA County including, Long Beach (LB), Carson, the South Bay Cities, Hawthorne, Inglewood, South Central, West Los Angeles areas such as Mar Vista, Venice, Culver City, Santa Monica and Westchester, and the San Fernando Valley (SFV) including Van Nuys, Chatsworth, Granada Hills, and Canoga Park. One of the unique features of the organization is its multilingual and multi-cultural perspective. Language is one of the primary barriers to accessing services so the agency is committed to a staff that is bilingual in as many languages as possible. At any given time, services are provided in English, Spanish and up to eight different Asian languages such as Cantonese, Japanese, Khmer (Cambodian), Korean, Mandarin, Tagalog, Taiwanese and Vietnamese. The emotional well-being of individuals reflects the stability and health of a community. PACS believes that clients can recover from mental illness and integrate back into their families and community. The agency strives to work with clients so they obtain stable housing, access to benefits, food, medical care and employment. The staff is committed to compassionate care.