Chinese Service Center of Los Angeles

Address: 767 North Hill Street, Ste. 400
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213.808.1700

In 1971, Chinatown Services Center (CSC) opened its door with one bilingual worker and a few volunteers who assisted newly-arrived Chinese immigrants with information, translation, and other basic social services. The Center, now the largest Chinese American community organization in Southern California, has grown to an annual budget of $5.8 million and a staff of over 100 employees. Services are provided in several Chinese dialects, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Spanish and English. Benefiting each year are over 10,500 people, who reside not only in Chinatown and Los Angeles, but also in the suburban San Gabriel Valley community experiencing major growth in the Chinese community.

CSC consists of six major departments, including Social and Community Services, Workforce Development Department, Family Health and Dental Clinic, Counseling, Youth Center and Community Economic Development.

CSC started its first employment training program in 1975. A certified full service center, our Chinatown WorkSource Center is the only such Center in Los Angeles to earn the City’s highest rating for outstanding performance for the entire 18 months it has conducted such evaluation.

CSC opened its licensed Family Health Clinic in 1980, an now offers comprehensive prenatal care and primary health care as well as preventive health education.

In 2003, the Center added a dental clinic, providing low-cost and affordable bicultural dental services.

In 1984, the Counseling Program began providing linguistically and culturally appropriate counseling, parenting and batterer’s education, and case management services.

CSC added a satellite office in Monterey Park in 1992 to support expansion of the Social Service and Counseling Programs in the San Gabriel Valley. Youth programs and services across the various departments found a centralized home in the opening of our Youth Center in 2001.

In 1999, CSC officially created its Community Economic Development Program to build community and promote social and economic investment in the Chinatown community. CSC began with affordable housing, completing Casanova Gardens in 1999 with 27 low-income apartment units and Cesar Chavez Gardens in 2003 with 47 units.

The Small Business Assistance Program was established in 1999, and the CSC launched its first Child Development Center in 2003. Located on the site of Cesar Chavez Gardens, it provides childcare services at a free and/or reduced rate to 48 children, aged 2 ½ to 5 years old, from low-income families.