Mental Health Resources:

Asian American Psychological Association
http://www.aapaonline.org
Founded in December 1972 by a group of Asian American psychologists and other mental health professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since its inception, the Association advocated on behalf of Asian Americans as well as advancing Asian American psychology.

Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum
http://www.apiahf.org
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) is a national advocacy organization dedicated to promoting policy, program, and research efforts to improve the health and well-being of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islander (AA, NHOPI) communities.

Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence
http://www.atask.org
The Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence, Inc. (ATASK) was incorporated in Massachusetts as a not-for-profit agency on April 15, 1992, to eliminate domestic violence and strengthen Asian families and communities. Since 1994, ATASK has operated New England's only multilingual emergency shelter and services for Asian victims of domestic violence and their children. The shelter program has served as a model for programs in Massachusetts, throughout the U.S., and internationally.

Asian Pacific American Heritage Association
http://www.apaha.org/
The Asian/Pacific American Heritage Association (APAHA) was formed in 1992 to promote awareness and increase understanding of the Asian/Pacific American culture and its diversity through education and celebration, focusing on May, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), and continuing throughout the year.

Asian Chamber of Commerce
http://www.asianchamber-hou.org
The Chamber has the dual purpose of promoting trade between Houston and Asia and to foster economic development in the Houston area Asian-American communities.

Asian Community Health Centers
http://spiral.tufts.edu/health_centers.html
A comprehensive resource directory that lists health-related service providers to meet an individual's needs.

Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
http://www.aapcho.org/
The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) is a national association representing community health organizations dedicated to promoting advocacy, collaboration and leadership that improves the health status and access of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders within the United States, its territories and freely associated states, primarily through their member community health centers.

Cancer Counseling, Inc.
http://www.cancercounseling.info/
Cancer Counseling, Inc. (CCI) was founded in 1982, and has expanded over the last 24 years. CCI remains the only local not for profit agency in the Gulf Coast Area that provides free professional emotional therapy and education for cancer patients and families regardless of age, race, gender, religion or socio-economic status.

Charles B. Wang Community Health Center
http://www.cbwchc.org/
The majority of the Center's clients are low income, uninsured or under insured Asian immigrants with nowhere else to turn for basic healthcare. In addition to providing comprehensive primary care services, the Center promotes the health of the community through innovative, award winning health education and advocacy programs, and by recruiting and training bilingual health care providers.

Collaborative for Children
http://www.collaborativeforchildren.org
Collaborative for Children is a non-profit organization that works to improve the quality of early care and education in the Houston area. Partnering with families and community-based organizations, the organization focus on young children, from birth to age six.

Houston Area Women's Center
http://www.hawc.org
The Houston Area Women's Center is a not for profit organization dedicated to supporting survivors of domestic and sexual violence, as well as providing prevention education to the community.

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
http://www.hogg.utexas.edu/
For over 65 years, the Foundation has accomplished its mandate through grantmaking to mental health service, research, public education, and policy projects in the state of Texas.

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS
http://www.unaids.org/en/default.asp
UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, brings together the efforts and resources of ten UN system organizations to the global AIDS response.

Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County
http://www.mhmraharris.org
MHMRA of Harris County is one of the largest mental health centers in the United States, serving more than 30,000 persons in the Houston metropolitan area who suffer from mental illness and mental retardation. MHMRA serves the "priority population" – adults who are diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illness, children with serious emotional disturbances, and people diagnosed with moderate to severe mental retardation.

Mental Health Association of Greater Houston
http://www.mhahouston.org/
The Mental Health Association of Greater Houston's (MHAHouston) mission is to promote mental health and to improve the care and treatment of persons living with mental illness through education and advocacy.

Mental Health America
http://www.nmha.org
Mental Health America is dedicated to promoting mental health, preventing mental disorders and achieving victory over mental illness through advocacy, education, research and service.

National Asian Women's Health Organization
http://www.nawho.org/
Founded in 1993, NAWHO has served as a powerful voice for the health of Asian American women and families, and have provided research and information about the health of Asian Americans to the public health field, as well as critically-needed health education to the Asian American community.

Richmond Area Multi-Services, Inc., (RAMS)
http://www.ramsinc.org/
Richmond Area Multi-Services, Inc., (RAMS) is a community-based, mental health agency located in the Richmond District of San Francisco. Founded in 1974 by the Richmond Asian Caucus and originally named "Richmond Maxi-Center", RAMS is committed to providing community-based, culturally competent and consumer-guided services that meet the mental health, vocational, social, residential, and educational needs of the local community.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
http://uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm
The Immigration Services and Benefits home page provides information on the services provided by USCIS to applicants, petitioners, authorized representatives, community-based organizations, and the general public.

United Way of Connecticut
http://www.infoline.org/Search/default.asp
online database of community services. This database contains information about the services of over 5,000 agency services available to Connecticut residents.