Our Mission

The Asian American Family Services (AAFS), established as the Asian American Family Counseling Center, is the only community-based, non-profit organization of its kind in the Southwestern United States.

AAFS is dedicated to serving the mental health needs of the Asian American community in the greater Houston area by providing bilingual and bicultural counseling and support services.

 

Our Leadership

AAFS is governed by a Board of Directors composed of a diverse and representative group of community leaders and professionals who donate their time and talent to assist AAFS in carrying out its mission. read more

About Asian American Family Services

Recognizing the glaring lack of mental health services geared towards the rapidly growing Asian American population in the greater Houston area, AAFS was established in late 1994 to address the disparity in availability, accessibility and utilization of services. The name change in 2005 reflects the multi-disciplinary and multi-pronged approaches of the support and preventive programs developed to provide wrap-around services to its constituents.

With linguistically and culturally competent professionals, AAFS is uniquely capable in meeting the challenges of its constituents who are often immigrants and refugees from countries that have been devastated by wars. It is because of this prior trauma and challenges along one’s life journey, that the need for mental health services has grown, and will continue to grow for the indigent and underserved Asian populations


What We Do


Today AAFS conducts myriad interventions and prevention-oriented programs for thousands of families. The success of AAFS lies in innovative approaches in providing linguistically and culturally competent programs to the Asian American community in Texas.

Our staff speak Burmese, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean and Indian dialects. Our programs include:

  • Clinical and Mental Health Services
  • Family Support Services
  • Healthy Family First Programs
  • Children and Youth Programs
    Senior Programs
    Employment Services
  • Education and Training Programs
  • Stanley Sue Center for Cultural Competency
    Community Engagement and Advocacy