CHALLENGES THE ASIAN AMERICAN CUMMUNITY IS FACING

Economic Challenges:

The COVID-19 crisis has far-reaching impact on everyone, especially on Asian Americans workers, their families, and small businesses.

In NYC, the growth in Asian Americans filing for unemployment claims outpaced all other groups.

Asian American small businesses were left in the dark. They were hit not only harder, but also earlier by the COVID-19 crisis.

Many undocumented immigrants who make up a significant portion of our society's workforce lost their livelihoods. Plus, with limited, or even no access to COVID-19 relief programs.

Social Challenges

Asian Americans have been forced to face the skyrocketing Anti-Asian attacks and hate crimes since the pandemic.

Asian American immigrants are also experiencing disparities in access to relief programs due to language barriers, lack of reliable information and resource channels, and digital divide.

Our Actions and Service Impact

Despite losing our home in a 5-alarm fire just 2 months before COVID-19 shut down NYC, CMP quickly pivoted our services and focused on adapting and adjusting to meet the needs of the people we serve. We have been playing a key role in helping our community recover from the unprecedented crisis.

Our Service Impact During COVID

• Nearly 400 individuals enrolled in online ESL and work readiness classes. 76% of them achieved one or more levels of educational gain.

• 88% of disconnected youth were admitted to college.

• 600+ youth received valuable summer job experience and much-needed income.

• 675 job seekers were connected with 41 employers through our semiannual virtual job fairs.

• 1,057 people participated in our career readiness and development webinars.

• 600+ small businesses were provided business counseling, technical assistance, and online workshops.

• 200+ small businesses received COVID relief loan and grant application assistance. $2.6 million of relief aide was secured.

• 278 workers received unemployment insurance application assistance.

• 337 families were secured food and other basic essentials.

• 118 families were offered housing/rent mediation.

• $376,000 emergency cash assistance were distributed to 541 individuals.

• 6,000+ people were provided important and reliable daily COVID updates and resources.

• 7,800+ calls were made to inform people about free health care services.

• 1,000+ international students were reached and 120 attended CSSC webinars.

One thing is clear that none of these services would have become possible without our amazing supporters! Now our Campaign New Start is appealing for your support to help us continue our mission and better serve the community. Your donations will help workers acquire new skills, job seekers find new opportunities, and small business recover.

Moreover, CMP is working to have a new space ready soon, pending on the pandemic safety guidelines. Your donations will also support our effort in furnishing our new home in order to continue serving our community in a safe environment.

Our Goal: $100,000

How you can help

• $3,000 can help partially re-build a computer lab to provide digital literacy training to new immigrants.

• $2,000 can help partially re-build a health care lab for a health care career training program.

• $1,000 can buy office and printing supplies for one-month program use.

• $600 can buy clinical supplies for 1 training cycle of a health care career training program.

• $350 can purchase 1 accounting software for 1 student of the Basic Accounting and QuickBooks training program.

• $100 can purchase 1 textbook for a student of the Small Business Bootcamp.

• $50 can buy 1 air purifier filter to create a better and healthier classroom environment for our program participants.

• Contact us to explore more on how you can help!

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Thank you for your support!