Program areas at African Services Committee
Health Services: the organization provides hiv, viral hepatitis (b and c), gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, tuberculosis, and diabetes screening. Asc provides testing, counseling, education, prevention and linkage to care Services. Over 1,000 people receive testing, prevention and counseling Services annually at our testing center in the us, and over 4,000 received testing, prevention, and counselling Services at our clinics in ethiopia, annually. Chronic disease screening: the organization provided vision, hypertension, and diabetes screening through individual and community health screening open to all. Linkage to primary care, including medical escort and interpretation, hiv prevention trainings and outreach: our health care workers helped immigrant patients to enroll in low-fee health care, provided hospital navigation and medical interpretation to over 500 clients in 2023. In ethiopia, over 1000 patients were provided antiretroviral treatment for hiv at asc's clinics.
Social Services: Services such as hiv case management were provided to over 180 clients diagnosed with hiv, who received comprehensive entitlements counseling and support from our other Services, including access to our food pantry, and to client support groups. English as a second language classes were provided to African immigrants who strive to become independent and self-reliant. We provided english as a second language (esol) classes to approximately 35 immigrants during the 2023 fiscal year.
Legal assistance: immigration and hiv legal and advocacy Services. Assist immigrants in accessing and defending their rights, through immigration and employment discrimination cases, asylum cases and deportation defense, vawa and anti-trafficking cases, citizenship applications, family visas, custody and child support cases, for over 1,200 cases in the 2023 fiscal year.