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CBO Grantees
(Last modified October 4, 2005)

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Asian Law Caucus
939 Market Street, Suite 201
San Francisco, CA 94103

Phone: 415-896-1701
Fax: 415-896-1702
Web site: http://www.asianlawcaucus.org

Contact
Name: Malcolm Yeung, Staff Attorney, Phone: 415-896-1701, x120, E-mail:  malcolmy@asianlawcaucus.org

Language Spoken: Chinese, Vietnamese


Asian-American Resource Center
1115 South E St.
San Bernardino, CA 92408
Fax: 909-383-7687
Web site: None

Contact
Name: Jamie Oh, Phone: 909-383-0164, E-mail: jamieoh@charter.net

Languages Spoken: Chinese, Korean,Khmer, Spanish


Boat People SOS
15029 Stockton Blvd.

Sacramento, CA 95820Phone:  (916) 456-5524
Fax: (916) 456-5528
Web site: www.bpsos.org

Contact
Name:   Nhi (Nisa) Cao, Email: nhi.cao@bpsos.org

Languages Spoken:


Cambodian Association of America

Kimthai Kuoch, Associate Executive Director
2390 Pacific Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90806
Office/Main: 562-988-1863
Fax:
562-988-1475 
Web site: None

Contacts
Name: Jenny Heng, Program Developer, Phone: 562-988-1863 Ext. 279, E-mail:
jennyrak@hotmail.com
Phone: 562-988-1863 ext.281
Name: VongBrown Marshall, Community Outreach Worker
Phone: 562-988-1863 ext. 270
Email: vong1052004@yahoo.com

Language Spoken: Khmer


Campaign for Social Justice
7949 Woodley Ave., Ste. 215A
Van Nuys, CA 91406
Phone: 818-376-8281 Fax: 818-375-5001
Web site:

Contact
Name: Casey McFall, Director, E-mail: socialjusticela@yahoo.com, Phone: (818) 376-9281

Name:  Ahmad Noorzayee

Language Spoken:  Armenian


Canal Community Alliance

Tom Wilson, Executive Director, E-mail: CCATom@aol.com
91 Larkspur St.
San Rafael, CA 94901
Office/Main: 415-454-2640 Fax: 415-454-3967
Web site: www.canalalliance.org

Contacts
Name: Gabriela Aragon, E-mail:  djgabby@canalalliance.org

Language Spoken: Spanish


Catholic Charities of San Jose
195 East San Fernando Ave.
San Jose, CA 95122
Office/Main:(408) 468-0100 Fax: 408-280-0106
Web site: www.ccsj.org

Contacts
Name:  Milton Cadena, Program Manager, Eastside Neighborhood Center

Phone: (408) 251-0217, E-mail: mcadena@ccsj.org

Name:  Louise Wen, Phone: 408-325-5254, E-mail: lwen@ccsj.org

Language Spoken: Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese


Central American Resource Center
2845 West Seventh St.
Los Angeles, CA 90005
Office/Main: 213-385-7800 Fax: 213-385-1094
Web site: www.carecen-la.org

Contacts

Name Elizabeth Yaeger, (213) 385-7800 zx139, E-mail:  eyaeger@carecen-la.org

Name: Elda Martinez, Corporate Media Relations, Phone: 213-385-7800 x127, E-mail: elda@carecen.la.org

Language Spoken: Spanish


Central California Legal Services
1999 Tuolumne St., Ste. 700
Fresno, CA 93721
Office/Main: 559-570-1200 Fax: 559-441-7215
Web site: www.centralcallegal.org

Contacts
Name: Manuel Romero, Phone: 559- 570-1258 , E-mail: mromero@centralcallegal.org
Name:  Nora Rivera, Phone: 559-570-1239, E-mail: nrivera@centralcallegal.org

Language Spoken: Spanish


Centro La Familia Advocacy

Margarita Rocha, Executive Director, Email: mrocha@centrolafamilia.org
2014 Tulare Street, Ste. 717
Fresno, CA 93721Office/Main:Phone: 559-237-2961
Fax: 559-237-2968

Contacts
Name: Wilfredo Rodriquez, Email:  wrodriguez@centrolafamilia.org

Phone:  559) 237-2961

Language Spoken: Spanish


Centro Legal de la Raza

Patricia Loya, Executive Director, E-mail: p.loya@centrolegal.org
1001 Fruitvale Avenue, 2nd Floor
Oakland, CA 94601
Phone: 510-437-1554 Fax: 510-437-9164
Web site: www.centrolegal.org

Contacts
Name: Mara Diaz, E-mail:  maradiaz@centrolegal.org

Language Spoken: Spanish


CHARO Community Development Corporation

4301 E. Valley Blvd.

Los Angeles , CA  90032
Phone:  323-269-0751 Fax: 323-266-4326

Web site: www.charocorp.com

Contact:
Name: Carmen Camacho, E-mail: ccamacho@charocorp.com

Language Spoken: Spanish


Chinatown Service Center
767 N. Hill St., Suite 400Los Angeles, CA  90012
Office/Main: 213-808-1700
Web site: www.cscla.org

Contact:
Pearly Mautner, E-mail:  pmautner@cscla.org, Phone: 213-808-1700 x282,

Language Spoken: Chinese, Vietnamese


Chinese Newcomers Service Center

Julia Ling, Executive Director, E-mail: cnscsf@yahoo.com
777 Stockton St., #104
San Francisco, CA 94108
Phone: 415-421-2111 Fax: 415-421-2323
Web site: www.chinesenewcomers.org

Contacts
Name: Terry Tse, Program Coordinator, E-mail: terrytse@chinesenewcomers.org

Language Spoken: Chinese


Concerned Citizens of South Central LA
4707 South Central Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90011
Office/Main: 323-846-2500 Fax: 323-846-2508
Web site: www.ccscla.org

Contacts:
Name: Juan Garcia, E-mail: juan_x1979@hotmail.com
Name: Noreen McClendon, E-mail: mmcclendon@sbcglobal.net

Name: Debora Parra, E-mail: debparra@hotmail.com

Language Spoken: Spanish


El Concilio of San Mateo County
1419 Burlingame Ave., Suite N
Burlingame, CA 94134
Main/Office: 650-373-1080 Fax: 650-373-1090
Web site: www.el-concilio.com

Contacts
Name: Oscar Tuesta, E-mail: otuesta@yahoo.com
Name: Contact: Victor Lopez, E-mail: vlopez800@yahoo.com

Language Spoken: Spanish


Filipino American Service Group, Inc.
 135 N.Park View Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026 USA
Office/Main:  213) 487-9804 / (213) 487-9805   Fax:  (213) 487-9806
Web site: http://www.fasgi.org/

Contacts
Name: Bernie Targa, E-mail: berniet@fasgi.org
Name: Pearla Vega E-mail:  perlav@fasgi.org

Language Spoken:  


Fresno Center for New Americans
4879 E. Kings Canyon Rd.
Fresno, CA 93727
Office/Main: 559-255-8395 Fax: 559-255-1656
Web site: www.fresnocenter.com

Contacts
Name: Blong Xiong, Coordinator, E-mail: blongxiong@fresnocenter.com
Name: Kia Vang, Coordinator, E-mail: maivkiab@hotmail.com

Language Spoken: Hmong


Home Start, Inc.
550 G Street
Chula Vista , CA 91910
Office/Main: 619-422-9208 Fax: 619-427-6954
Web site: www.home-start.org

Contacts
Name: Silvia Garcia, Program Coordinator, Phone: 619-422-9208 x5462, E-mail: sgarcia@home-start.org

Name: Monica Brambila, E-mail: Monica.Brambilla@national.k12.ca.us

Language Spoken: Spanish


Khmer Society of Fresno

Tia Lam , Executive Director, E-mail: tialam@pacbell.net
4729 E. Kings Canyon Rd., #114
Fresno, CA 93702
Main/Office: 559-252-0474 Fax: 559-252-3149
Web site:

Contacts

Name: Sovan Krib, Office Manager, E-mail: fosovan@hotmail.com

Language Spoken: Khmer


Korean American Coalition
3727 W. 6th St., Suite 515

Los Angeles, CA 90020
Phone: 213-365-5999 x133 Fax: 213-380-7990Web site: www.kacla.org

Contacts:
Name: Marc Lee, E-mail: marc@kacla.org

Language Spoken: Korean


Lao Family Community of Stockton
807 N. San Joaquin St., Ste. 211
Stockton, CA 95202
Phone: 209-466-0721 Fax: 209-466-6567
Web site: www.laofamilystockton.org

Contact
Name: Moua Lor, Coordinator, E-mail: mlor@laofamilyofstockton.org

Language Spoken: Spanish, Laotian


Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County

Audrie Krause, Executive Director

301 E. Canon Perdido Street

Santa Barbara, California  93101Phone: 805-963-6754 

Fax:  805-963-6756
Web site: www.lafsbc.org

Contacts:

Name: Ellen Goodstein, E-mail:  egoodstein@lafsbc.org

Language Spoken:  Spanish


Libreria Del Pueblo, Inc.

Patricio Guillen, Executive Director, Email: patsguillen@hotmail.com

Jose Luis Mendoza, Controller, jmendoza.admin@libreriadelpueblo.org
251 Carousel Mall

San Bernadino, CA  92401
Phone: 909-888-1800 Fax: 909-888-6507

Web site:  http://www.libreriadelpueblo.org/

Contacts

Name: Ruben Martinez, Project Coordinator, E-mail: rmartinez.admin@libreriadelpueblo.org

Phone:  (909) 889-2799

Language Spoken: Spanish


Madera Coalition for Community Justice
117 So. Lake St.
Madera, CA 93637
Office/Main: 559-661-1879 Fax: 559-674-5674

Contacts
Name: Janet Sanchez, Program Coordinator, E-mail: bmoy@crla.org
Name: Yvette Garcia, E-mail: garciaytmcc@yahoo.com

Language Spoken: Spanish


Merced Lao Family Community, Inc.
855 West 15th Street
Merced, CA 95340
Phone: 209-384-7384 Fax: 209-384-1911
Web site: None

Contacts
Name: Paul Thao, E-mail: mercedlao@hotmail.com

Name: Judi Zoboli, Project Manager

Language Spoken: Hmong, Lao, Mien


Mexican American Community Services Agency
130 North Jackson Ave.
San Jose, CA 95116
Office/Main: 408-928-1122 Fax: 408-928-1169
Web site: www.macsa.org

Contacts
Name: Christina Soto, E-mail:  christina@macsa.org

Phone: (408) 846-5999 

Name: Pedro Ornelas, E-mail: pedroornelasmacsa@yahoo.com

Name: Dennis Grundhoefer, E-mail: marcogrun@yahoo.com

Language Spoken: Spanish


Mutual Assistance Network of Del Paso Heights
811 Grand Avenue, Suite A3
Sacramento, CA 95838
Fax: 916-564-8443
Web site:

Contacts

Name: Wilmer Brown, Jr., Director of Family Service, Phone: 916-927-7694, E-mail: manbandb@aol.com

Name: Kasoua Vang, E-mail: kasouavang@yahoo.com

Language Spoken: Spanish


People's Community Organization for Reform andEmpowerment

Joe Navidad, Executive Director
1610 Beverly Blvd., Suite. 2
Los Angeles, CA  90026

Phone:  213-241-0995

Web site:

Contacts:

Name: Christine Araquel, E-mail: people_core@hotmail.com
Name: Arturo Garcia, E-mail: prinzcut276@hotmail.com
Name: Jason Yap, E-mail: jasonyap@ucla.edu
 

Language Spoken: English and Tagalog


Public Law Center

Kenneth Babcock, Executive Director, E-mail: kbabcock@publiclawcenter.org,
601 Civic Center Drive West
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Main/Office: 714-541-1010 Fax: 714-541-5157
Web site: www.publiclawcenter.org

Contacts

Name: Hien Vo, Phone: 714-541-1010 x215, E-mail:

hvo@publiclawcenter.org

Name:  Ngoc Nguyen, E-mail:

Language Spoken: Multi-Asian.Vietnamese, Spanish


Santa Clara County Asian Law Alliance
184 Jackson Street
San Jose, CA 95112
Office/Main: 408-287-9710 Fax: 408-287-0864
Web site:   www.asianlawalliance.org

Contacts

Name: Holly Duong, Program Associate, E-mail, hollyala@pacbell.net

Name: Kristen Hatanaka. E:mail, kahatanaka@pacbell.net

Languages Spoken: Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese


Search to Involve Pilipino Americans
3200 West Temple St.
Los Angeles, CA 90026-4522
Office/Main: 213-382-1819 Fax: 213-382-7445
Web site: www.esipa.org

Contacts:

Name: Peter Corpus, Director of Development
E-mail, pcorpus@esipa.org

Name:    Amirah May Limayo, Community Educator, E-mail, alimayo@esipa.org

Name: Teresa Vallante, E-mail, tvallente@espia.org

Language Spoken: Tagalog


Self-Help for the Elderly
407 Sansome St.
San Francisco, CA 93111-3123
Fax: 415-296-0313
Web site: www.selfhelelderly.org


Conact
Name: Cassandra Chan, Phone: 415-982-9171 x115, E-mail: ccchan@selfhelplderly.org

Language Spoken: Chinese


South Asian Network
Hamid Kahn, Executive Director, E-mail: hamid@southasiannetwork.org
1173 S. Pioneer Blvd. Ste. I 2nd Fl
Artesia, Ca 90701
Main/Office: 562-403
-0488 Fax: 562-403-0487
Web site: www.southasiannetwork.org

Contacts
Name: Marc Lee, Email: marc@southasiannetwork.org

Languages Spoken: Urdu, Hindi, Bengali


Thai Health and Information Services, Inc
1717 N. Gramercy Pl.

Hollywood, CA 90028
Main/Office: 323-466-5966
Fax: 323-466-9964
Web site:  

Contacts
Name:
Kim Buranasombati, E-mail:

Name: Sermsiri Phludthura, E-mail

Languages Spoken: English, Thai


Victory Resource Center
990 West Mill St.
San Bernardino, CA 92410
Phone: 909-383-0795 Fax: 909-383-1597 or 909-383-9077
Web site:

Contacts
Name: Sally Camacho
, E-mail:  vrc_sbno@yahoo.com

Name: Noreena Espinoza, E-mail:  vrc_sbno@yahoo.com

Name:  Ariana Urbina, E-mail:  vrc_sbno@yahoo.com

Language Spoken: Spanish


Vietnamese Community of Orange County
1618 W. First Street
Santa Ana, CA 92703
Main/Office: 714-558-6009 Fax: 714-558-6120
Web site: www.vncoc.org

Contacts
Name:  Anh Nguyen, Interim Director of Operations
Phone: (714) 558-6009
E-mail: vncoc@aol.com
Name: Xuan Vo, Branch Manager
Phone: (714) 839-4441/ Ext. 256
E-mail: vncoc.tele@sbcglobal.net

Language Spoken: Vietnamese


Watsonville Law Center

Dori Rose Inda, Center Director, E-mail: Watsonvillelaw@cbridges.org
521 Main St., Suite H
Watsonville, CA 95076
Main/Office: 831-722-2845 Fax: 831-761-3295
Web site: http://www.communitybridges.org/watsonvillelawcenter.html

Contacts
Name:  Henry Martin, Attorney, E-mail: HenryM@cbridges.org

Language Spoken: Spanish

 


Lead Agencies

Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California (APALC)
1145 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Main/Office Ph: (213) 977-7500
Fax: (213) 977-7595
Web site:
http://www.apalc.org

Contacts

Kevin Chu

Consumer Rights Project, Assistant

E-mail: kchu@apalc.org

Juliet Stone, Supervising, Attorney, Asian Language Legal Intake Program/
Communities for Telecom Rights,E-mail:
jstone@apalc.org

Latino Issues Forum (LIF)
160 Pine Street, Suite 700
San Francisco, CA 94111
Fax: (415) 284-7210
Web site
:http://www.lif.org

Contacts

Ana Montes, Director of Technology and Consumer Education
Ph: (415) 284-7208, E-mail:
anamontes@lif.org

Maximiliano Garde, Legal Advocate
Ph: (415) 901-1216, E-mail:
maxg@lif.org

Daniel Luna, Legal Intern
Ph: (415)547-9122, E-mail:
dluna@lif.org

Utility Consumers’ Action Network (UCAN)
3100 – 5th Ave., Ste. B
San Diego, CA 92103
Main/Office Ph: (619) 696-6966 Web site:
http://www.ucan.org

Contacts

Michael Shames, Executive Director, E-mail: mshames@ucan.org

Dr. Sue A. Macomber, Consumer Telecommunications and Education, E-mail: smacomber@ucan.org

 

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