CISANI

AAU
1588 South Major Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
801-467-6060

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Asian Association of Utah (AAU) is a private, non-profit, community-based organziation fromed in 1977 and has been providing multiple social services for the past 27 years. This mission of AAU is to assist immigrants and refugees in their adjustments by accessing social and educational services and retaining their cultural identities. Treatment services cover areas in mental healt, substance abuse, domestic violence and other court-referred cases. Prevention programs include parenting classes, case management services for school dropouts, tutoring, summer school, and HIV and tobacco prevention. Education and emplyment services consist of English classes, pre-employment training, employment referral services, work-place support, emplyer outreach, and health intervention. In fiscal year 2004, we serve a total of 1,200 clients in various programs.

The agency is well known in the community and need immigrants and refugees heavily utilize services. Close working relationships are developed with school districts, juvenile courts, police departments, immigrant and refugee community organizations, resettlement agencies, state protective services, alcohol and drug prevention and treatment programs and many others. An excellent understanding of communities' needs enhances effectiveness in reaching out to specific populations to provide appropriate services. Bilingual workers with cultural understanding are keys in serving diverse language groups. in additiona to Asians and Pacific Islanders, AAU programs are requested to be extended to many community groups, including refugees from Africa, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East.

As a community base social service provider, the most strenuous challenge is to offer effective ervices that generatemeasurable and long-term outcomes for clients. Working relationships with various departments of the University of Utah are proven to be instrumental in bringing much needed objectivity and expertise in program planning, implementation, and evaluation.

BHMWA
6 Street Martin’s Place
London, WC2N4JJ, United Kingdom
020.7925.0755

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The BHMWA was formed during 1985 in the very centre of London with 200 to 300 members. It was created in memory of the late Bishop R.O. Hall of Hong Kong who has completed many great charitable things steered by his Christian faith for numerous needy Chinese in the colony during 1933 to 1966. His Chinese name ‘Ho Ming Wah’ given to him means that ‘Hall’ who understands the Chinese.

The BHMWA Centre is at the basement of the S. Martin-in-the-Fields church in Trafalgar Square, London. Because of this generous support from the Church that the BHMWA has been able to operate at a prime site of the City of London so near its China Town where the very people it serves gathered.

With a comparative small operating budget, yet through the devotions of the volunteers, staff and directors giving much of their spare time and resources, the Centre was able to help many Chinese people with their needs. But in 2003, through a lot of hard work and preparation, all the people of BHMWA came together and produced the first ever three hours theatre performance at a public hall in London, which was very well received by the audience.

I can see that the light of Bishop Hall will continue to shine on the BHMWA allowing it to reach many people in London, not just their physical well-being, but their spiritual fulfillment too.

CASL
2141 South Tan Court
Chicago, Illinois 60616
312.791.0418

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Founded in 1978 with a staff of one, the Chinese American Service League (CASL) is now the largest and most comprehensive social service agency in the Midwest dedicated to serving the needs of Chinese Americans. Each year the agency’s programs reach more than 15,000 clients who live primarily in the Chinatown, Armour Square, and Bridgeport areas of Chicago. Addition clients from across Chicago, Midwestern states use CASL’s services.

Housed in the Kam L. Liu Building, with over 200 multilingual and multicultural professional and support staff, CASL’s $6.9 million annual budget supports programming that mostly serves newly-arrived immigrants who often do not have formal education, possess few transferable job skills, and know little of the world around them. Since many of these individuals do not speak English and sometimes have no family or friends in the area, CASL becomes their instant family, friend, and teacher.

CASL exists as a nonprofit community-based social service agency for the purpose of strengthening the physical, economic, and mental health of all ages and backgrounds of the Chinese community in the greater Chicago area. This goal is achieved through comprehensive programming offering activities that 1) upgrade the family’s economic level, 2) strengthens family structures, 3) ease the cultural transitions of individuals and families into American society, and 4) advocate for affecting positive systemic social change.

CASL’s four service departments - - Child Education and Development Services, Elderly Services, Family and Community Services, and Employment and Training – offer a range of programs to a variety of families and individuals aged less than one year to over 100. CASL also spearheaded the building of a $6.7 million Senior Housing Project. This building, completed in January 1998, houses over 130 elderly in a caring, supportive atmosphere.

CCC
5855 Sovereign Drive
Houston, TX 77036
713.271.6100

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Established in 1979 as a Chinese language school, the Chinese Community Center plays a leading role in welcoming newcomers to America living in the southwest Houston area. A 501(c)(3) organization, the Center became a member agency of the United Way in 1991 and has grown to be the largest Asian-led social service agency in the southwestern U.S. The Center offers a diverse array of services to serve the complete family through cultural, educational and social service programs.

The Center’s childcare and youth programs serve over 1,000 participants, who represent 23 countries and primarily come from low to moderate-income households. Adult literacy and job training programs offer English as a Second Language, General Educational Development, financial literacy, and specialized courses. Senior programs provide access to employment, recreation, social services, and health care, including the HOPE Clinic for the underinsured.

Currently our Center is going through an exciting time as we are preparing to move into a larger facility. In response to a significant increase in clients and the continued expansion of services, the Center initiated a Capacity Building Campaign in fall 2003. The goals are twofold: to purchase and renovate a 57,000 square foot, two-story building in the heart of southwest Houston’s “Chinatown” community and to establish a program endowment.

In addition to expanded space for programs, the new facility will make possible an Asian commerce center, to provide language and cultural training, office space for 10 community non-profit organizations, a multilingual library and resource center , an enhanced multimedia technology lab, a gymnasium and auditorium, and a senior day care center.

Thanks to the generous contributions of corporations, foundations, government agencies, the United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast, and individuals in the community, the Chinese Community Center has been able to serve the Houston community for 25 years.

CICS
#310-3852 Finch Ave. E.
Scarborough, Ontario MIT 3T9 Canada
416.292.7510

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A number of enthusiastic students volunteered to provide information and interpretation services to the Chinese residents under the University Settlement House in downtown Toronto in 1968. This service component became independent and was known as the Chinese Interpreter and Information Services in 1974. The agency renamed as Chinese Information and Community Services in 1988. Anticipating changes of community infrastructure and demographic needs, the agency changed its name to Centre for Information and Community Services of Ontario (CICS) in 1998 to reflect its current and future program directions.

CICS is a diverse and inclusive multi-service agency that strengthens communities by providing cost effective, culturally sensitive and professional services empowering immigrants and refugees to settle and integrate into Canadian society as full and active citizens.

Settlement Services: Information and referral, Telephone enquiries, 24-hour Settlement Information Hotline, Newcomers’ Orientation, Information Workshop/Displays and Information Tours, Form-filling Services, Interpretation/Translation, Needs Assessment and Para-Professional Counseling, Bridging newcomers to other human services sector, Settlement Workers in Schools (SWIS).

Employment Services: Employment counseling, Job Search Workshops, Job vacancies information and job matching, Trade certification, Employment resource centre, Job-related workshops and training courses.

Community Services: Education, social and vocational activities to all age groups, Youth Leadership Training, Social and mutual support groups for women and seniors, Community visit and trip, Supportive Counseling, Public Education, Volunteer Training and Placement.

Early Years Services: ParentSmart and StudentSmart school readiness training, Children literacy program, Parent-child interactive activity, Parenting group and workshop, Parenting resource centre, Information and referral.

Language Training: English as a Second Language classes, English conversation/listening and speaking skills, English classes with special focus, Citizenship Preparation.

CIN
3330 Midland Ave., Ste. 229
Scarborough, Ontario M1V 5E7 Canada
416.979.8299

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The Chinese Interagency Network of Greater Toronto (CIN) is an umbrella organization of 33 social and health service agencies. CIN came together as a necessity for Chinese serving organizations to share resources, coordinate services and provide an active voice for Chinese Canadians on their needs in Toronto. Its member agencies provide a wide range of vital services to the Chinese Canadian community including social and health services, settlement programs family counseling services, language classes, recreational programs, employment service, legal services, special services for Aids and disabled persons and advocacy.

CIN began its operation in 1984 and was incorporated in August 1991 with the following objectives:

• To build a coalition of social service agencies serving the Chinese-speaking communities in the Greater Toronto and other areas of Ontario
• To coordinate the delivery of services to the Chinese speaking community
• To advocate for better funding, services and policies for the benefit of the clients of the Network’s member agencies and for the benefit of the Chinese-speaking community in general
• To train staff, develop volunteer programs, share information, identify needs, gaps, coordinate program planning and develop strategies with respect to serving the Chinese-speaking community, and
• To educate and inform the public about the needs and concerns of the Chinese-speaking community.

CISC
611 S Lane St
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-624-5633
Fax: 206-624-5634

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Bridging cultures, communities and generations; Creating opportunities for Chinese immigrants and their families to succeed.

Chinese Information and Service Center is the leading provider of services to the Puget Sound Chinese community. A registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, CISC provides vital assistance to King County’s Asian community by bridging client needs with vital social and support services. Our holistic approach aims to provide both long and short-terms solutions to the various problems immigrants face when transitioning into their new lives. We help create opportunities for immigrants and their families to succeed.

In 1972, a group of energetic college and high school students, themselves immigrants from China and Hong Kong, became aware of the lack of support for many Chinese immigrants, particularly seniors in the Chinese community. These part-time volunteers utilized their bilingual skills to help individuals locate and apply for vital government programs and services. Their dedication and vision created the groundwork for CISC

In the following years, CISC has grown to serve more than 4,500 individuals each year and now has 30 full-time staff members who speak 9 dialects of Chinese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Malay and English. We continue to open doors to community resources by providing cultural orientation, job training, senior day care, English instruction, youth activities and other valuable services enabling families, seniors and youth to positively participate and thrive in our community.

For more information please visit www.cisc-seattle.org.

CNSC
777 Stockton Street Ste. 104
San Francisco, CA 94108
415.421.2111

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The mission of Chinese Newcomers Service Center (hereafter, CNSC) is to provide multilingual services that help Chinese immigrants adapt to life in the United States. CNSC services as a bridge between the two cultures: enhancing the physical, mental social and economic well being of immigrants, thus facilitating their effort to become self-sufficient, contributing members of the community.

Over the course of its 35 years of serving the community, the Center has been proactive in assessing its changing client populations and their changing needs. It has met and continues to meet the needs of its clients, both newly arrivals and old-timers, with appropriate programs and services.

Located in the heart of San Francisco Chinatown since 1969, CNSC has recently expanded to satellite sites in the northwest quadrant (Richmond District) and southeast quadrant (Visitation Valley).

CNSC serves over 18,000 clients a year.

CNSC provides assistance to new immigrants to find the services they need, including job preparation and placement, job training for housekeeping work, information and referral, translation services, emergency assistance (crisis intervention), filling of forms, immigration and naturalization services, English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) and computer classes, community educational workshops, asset building, free food distribution, volunteer income tax assistance and information and referral to other services. We have also recently initiated a youth-serving program providing academic support and computer-based project learning.

Every year, CNSC coordinates Free Food Distributions before the holidays, like the Moon Festival, Thanksgiving, and Chinese New Year. On October 12, 2004, bags of 10 lb rice were given out to 4,500 low-income households, mature clients, physically challenged clients, and victims of crime of altogether 16 non-profit organizations in the City.

CNSC is proud to be one of the partners of the CISANI group and looking forward to working with them closely.

CPC
150 Elizabeth Street
New York, NY 10012
212.941.0920

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Founded in 1965, the Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) is one of the largest nonprofit providers of educational, social, and community services for Asian American in the U.S. It now serves over 6,000 people daily through 70+ programs in 28 locations citywide. It administers community services, child care, youth services, employment and training, senior services, housing, cultural services.

CPC’s mission is to improve the quality of life of Chinese Americans in New York City by providing access to services, skills and resources toward the goal of economic self-sufficiency and integration into the American mainstream.

Beginning with Head Start and after-school youth programs, by the early 1970’s CPC had opened 9am-6pm childcare centers for the children of parents working long shifts, and opened its first senior center to serve isolated seniors whose working children could not look after them. Later, CPC began to offer-readiness skills training and ESL to help immigrants find work outside Chinatown.

In the 1980’s, CPC became the first Chinese-American not-for-profit developer in Greater NY, constructing two buildings with 270 subsidized low-income units for seniors, also creating jobs. CPC also began to help youths find summer jobs to explore their career options, and began offering bilingual home care services to senior citizens.

As immigrants began moving into the outer boroughs in the late 1970’s, CPC set up Queens and Brooklyn offices.

In 2000, CPC began to help disadvantaged college-bound youth get into good colleges. After 9/11, CPC launched relief services to help dislocated workers apply for entitlement benefits, serving 3,100 clients, more than any other community program. CPC’s one-stop 9/11 employment assistance program trained 814 workers and placed 52%.

Recently, the employment and training division received business and trade school licenses, and the Chung Pak daycare center was the first in Chinatown to receive accreditation.

CPSSD
8775 Aero Drive Suite 138
San Diego, CA 92123
858.505.9906

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Chinese Professional Services began in 1987 with the purpose to provide a central point of information resource for those wishing to broaden their exposure or gain insight into the Chinese market in North American and Asia. We provide cultural, educational, and informational assistance to both the Chinese and American business communities, governmental agencies, non-profit organizations, professional organizations, and individuals.

We provide a myriad of services: Interpretation, Translation, Immigration Services, Business Consulting, Marketing, Information and Referral Services, and Food Handling Classes.

Our staff members speak English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Toishan, Taiwanese, and German. We have expertise and experience in many fields, including: business, law, education, engineering, restaurants, and health sanitation.

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

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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

CSCSD
8775 Aero Drive Suite 138
San Diego, CA 92123
858.505.9906

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The “Chinese Service Center”, formerly known as the “Chinese Social Service Center”, was incorporated as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and officially began serving the Chinese community in 2003. The name was officially changed in 2005 to reflect the broader services provided and performed at the center.

In San Diego County, the Chinese population is 30,750 (2000 US census), which represents about 7-8% of the population within San Diego County. Although the Chinese population percentage is small, the majority of San Diego’s governmental agencies do not serve the Chinese population. Because of San Diego’s proximity to Mexico, most agencies serve the English and Spanish speaking public. Thus, governmental agencies do not provide Chinese bilingual written material or Chinese bilingual staff. The lack of Chinese bilingual staffing at the various governmental agencies stresses the significance of the Chinese Service Center’s direct assistance and services to the Chinese community.

Several non-governmental “social services” organizations in San Diego County also execute parallel services. However, only very few non-governmental social service centers are staffed with Chinese speaking personnel. The Cantonese and Mandarin dialects are the most predominantly used Chinese dialects spoken in San Diego County. The Chinese Service Center’s staff speaks several Chinese dialects: Cantonese, Hakka, Toishan, Taiwanese and Mandarin. The bilingual staff attracts many clients into a Center that fully appreciates and understands their problems and issues.

The Center began serving the Chinese community primarily by word of mouth. Currently, the Center is still serving the Community by word of mouth, but the majority of the Center’s clients assisted are walk-in, call-in, and referral based.

The Center provides the following services:

• ESL classes through community college
• Health Sanitation Classes for the Couunty of San Diego Health Department
• Health Seminars, Nutrition, Breast Cancer Awareness
• Health Screening, e.g. Hepatitis, Bone Marrow
• Chinese School Classes (Cantonese & Mandarin)
• Bilingual translation and interpretation, referral services, form assistance, government agencies referral, basic consumer education, food handling and sanitation classes, seminars of current medical interest

Beyond these services, the Center expects to broaden their services and activities and help develop the Center as an “active center,” where people of all ages can come and use our facility.

The Chinese Service Center’s mission is to provide services for the benefit of all ages and families of the San Diego Chinese community. We give personal attention to our clients which enable them to thrive in the San Diego community. The Center aims to provide developmental programs and training towards employable skills so that clients can gain self-confidence, self-respect and make meaningful contributions to their own independence and livelihood.

We work with a simple goal - to work towards a better future for the San Diego Chinese Community and bring much needed services to those in need.

The primary goals of the service center are:

• To provide essential programs for immigrants, with guidance and resources to facilitate their assimilation into their new environments.
• To provide vital programs for the elderly which coordinate informal support and recreational activities
• To offer crucial bilingual educational curriculums for children that focus on their total development, enrich their appreciation and understanding of their bicultural upbringing.

To accomplish these goals, the Chinese Service Center, conducts English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, under the guidelines outlined by the San Diego Community College District. Eventually, the Chinese Service Center will also develop other programs like house cleaning programs, restaurant cooking classes and training.

History
The “Chinese Service Center” was founded by Sally Wong-Avery. She started as a case worker for the San Diego Chinese Center (SDCC).

Opened since 1974, she later became its Executive Director in 1983, and she served in that position for four and half years. After attaining her law degree, she went into private practice, but sensed the need for Chinese social services in the San Diego Chinese community was still unfulfilled. She especially empathized with the newly arrived immigrants, as she was an immigrant herself. Ms. Wong-Avery continued providing social services under her “Chinese Professional Services” company for 15 years.

In 2003, Ms. Wong created the “Chinese Social Service Center” as a non-profit organization. Even to this day, Ms. Wong-Avery has always operated her services on a non-fee basis, accepting whatever donations the clients wanted to give. She has dedicated herself in providing these services to the Chinese community for over 30 years.

CSSD
8775 Aero Drive Suite 138
San Diego, CA 92123
858.505.9906

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As the oldest Chinese school in San Diego, the Chinese School of San Diego aims to provide a well rounded program of studies of the Chinese language and its culture. Throughout the program, emphasis is placed upon the development of fluency in Chinese listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translation.

These are developed with a broad, activity based approach. Students at CSSD develop a keen understanding of and appreciation of China, its language, history, culture, festivals, and traditions.

Our school is fully accredited by the San Diego Unified School District. We teach both Mandarin and Cantonese. Mandarin is the official Chinese dialect of more than 1.3 billion people in China & 28 million in Taiwan. Cantonese is the principal dialect used by 54 million Chinese in Hong Kong, Macau and South East Asia. We teach various ages and all levels: for Preschoolers, Youths, and Adults, providing Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced level classes.

As a non-profit organization, we take our mission seriously to foster our student’s life-long love of learning. We encourage the growth of the whole person and work with our students to help them grow into ethical, compassionate, and responsible members of the local and global community.

We prepare them to respect the views of others, beliefs, cultures, with concern to make a difference in the world. As part of our cultural enrichment, we also have fieldtrips to museums, Chinese bookstores, and community events.

HIS
111 North King Street, #505
Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
808.536.3883

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Honolulu was the site of two CISANI conferences in 1986 and 2003. Situated in the heart of Honolulu Chinatown is the Hawaii Immigrant Services, a private, independent agency in community services.

Its director Yuk Pang Law has been serving the Chinese community in Honolulu for the last thirty years. She started this independent agency for Chinese immigrants since 1990, and was joined by her husband Yip-want Law since he retired from his state job in 1996.

From its beginning, this agency has been a busy place providing a variety of services for Chinese immigrants from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indochina as well as local Chinese in such areas as filling out various kinds of forms, information and referrals interpretation and translation, notary service, and teaching bilingual citizenship classes for adults.

The agency has also been an active advocate in a number of community issues such as:

• Helping in the Census 2000 to inform the Chinese community about the importance of being counted in the census;
• Organizing rallies to support continuous government funding of community schools for adults;
• Helping to stop the devastating rumors of SARS in Chinatown
• Helping immigrant women to deal with domestic violence through the Advocate for Immigrant Women.

As a result of all these and many other community work in the past years, the agency has won a number of awards and honor certificates, from the Mayor of Honolulu, the state senate and house of representatives, the city council, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Police, Daughters of the American Revolution, as well as private agencies and individuals.

ISS
6/F Southern Center, 130 Hennessy Road
Wamchai, Hong Kong
852.834.6863

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International Social Service (ISS) is an international non-governmental organization without political, racial, religious or nationality bias with a General Secretariat in Geneva. In 1958, ISS was established in Hong Kong as a delegation which then became ISS Hong Kong Branch in 1972.

Through its global network of branches and correspondents, ISS helps individuals and families with personal or social problems which require intercountry cooperation. ISS Hong Kong responds to the community’s needs through the provision of services for individuals, families, children and migrants.

Since its inception, ISS HK has played significant roles in resolving problems arising from families geographically separated between Hong Kong and other territories / countries through our international network and the provision of direct and cross boundary services.

Establishment of the Integrated Family Service Centres (IFSC) and the ISS Family Institute (ISSFI) further our commitment to strengthen family relationship and support. While the IFSC provides community-based services to families in district level, the ISSFI offers family therapy training for professionals and clinical consultation services.

Services for children and youth are integral to the support provided by ISS-HK. We have long been engaged in arranging inter-country adoption, finding temporary homes for children in foster care and small group homes, and helping students with their personal or schooling problems.

Changes in the pattern of migration have redirected our efforts on preparing potential migrants from Mainland China for their future settlement in Hong Kong, and assisting Chinese new arrivals and migrants from different ethnic groups to integrate into the local community.

We have expanded to assisting elderly who have been approved by the government to reside in Guangdong Province, Mainland China to receive their social security assistance payment, and providing employment assistance programmes for the unemployed to secure jobs and live independently.

S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
87 East Pender Street,
Vancouver, B.C. V6A 1S9, Canada
606.684.1628

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S.U.C.C.E.S.S. (United Chinese Community Enrichment Services Society) is a non-profit, non-partisan and non-religious organization established in 1973.

S.U.C.C.E.S.S. is a member organization of the United Way.

In 1994, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. was granted the Citation for Citizenship Award by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and was accredited by the Council on Accreditation in 2004.

Led by a voluntary Board of Directors, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. acts as a bridge between immigrants and citizens and the community at large, participates in governmental and sectoral committee work and engaged in community consultation and liaison on policy and service issues.

At present, it has over 18,000 registered members.

Through its 12 offices, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. provides over 501,562 client-services and received over 886,479 attendances in various programs in 2003-4 through 350 professional staff and 9,100 volunteers and in collaboration with about 150 organizations.

S.U.C.C.E.S.S. shares a vision of multiculturalism. Multi-ethic or multi-lingual staff teams are employed in all locations. Our annual operating budget is about $17 million. About 60% comes from the government. The remaining is from the community.

S.U.C.C.E.S.S. is now in the process of preparing for accreditation by the Private Post-Secondary Education Commission andthe Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation. It will continue to develop links and partnerships with the public, corporate and non-profit sectors and will continue to be responsive to community needs and innovative in the provision of quality programs and services.