"Those who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers."Like flowers, families thrive and grow when they are nurtured and given a solid foundation. Many Korean Americans turn to the Korean American Family Service Center (KAFSC) for that nurturing and support.
KAFSC is a small community-based agency that provides culturally and linguistically sensitive services to strengthen families and help them be emotionally healthy and secure.
KAFSC operates out of the Koreatown area in the heart of Los Angeles’ Mid-Wilshire district.
Founded in 1983, the organization specializes in preventing and curbing the proliferation of family violence and dysfunction within the county’s Korean American population. The agency targets Korean American men, women and children primarily from low-income families who must rely on resources offered through social service programs.
Through a grant from the Weingart Foundation, KAFSC was able to hire a full-time bilingual project manager to provide community outreach and counseling for the agency’s existing and newly established programs, such as:
- Batterers’ Treatment Program for domestic violence perpetrators.
- Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention and Intervention Program.
- Youth and Family At-Risk Services Program, which provides counseling, parenting classes, mentor services, crisis intervention, case management and a school-based curriculum for preventing relationship violence.
- Project SUCCESS (Services Unified to Create Confidence, Empowerment & Self-Sufficiency), which offers counseling, English classes, parenting education, mentoring, business/entrepreneur training and children’s enrichment activities.
- Parenting Education Program.
Through these programs, KAFSC nurtures families so they may form a beautiful garden of healthy, happy, self-sufficient individuals.