Coalition for Asian American Children and Families Awarded the Groundbreaking New York City Council Communities of Color Nonprofit Stabilization Fund

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OUR MISSION:CACF, the nation’s only

pan-Asian children’s

advocacy organization,

aims to improve the health

and well-being of Asian

Pacific American children

and families in New York

City. Everyday, CACF is

challenging stereotypes,

connecting communities

and policymakers, and

empowering youth and

parents. CACF believes

that children of all

backgrounds should have

an equal opportunity to

grow up healthy and safe

and should live in a society

free from discrimination

and prejudice.  For

25 years, CACF has

promoted better policies,

funding, and services

for East Asian, South

Asian, Southeast Asian,

and Pacific Islander

communities.

HIGHLIGHTS INSIDE:Executive Director Letter - - page 2Health Care Expansion - - page 32014 Awards Gala - - - - - - page 4CACF Supporters - - - - - - page 5Youth LeadershipEducation Campaign - - - - page 6Healthy Eating & Active Living Campaign - - page 7

Visit CACF.org for info, to donate, or to get involved!

The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families, Inc. (CACF) is proud to announce our 15 organizations that are recipients of the Communities of Color Nonprofit Stabilization Fund:

• Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Services (Woodside, NY)• Arab American Association of New York (Brooklyn, NY)• Asian American Arts Alliance, Inc. (Brooklyn, NY)• Chhaya Community Development Corp. (Jackson Heights, NY)• Chinatown Manpower Project, Inc. (New York, NY)• Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence (New York, NY)• Council of People Organization, Inc. (Brooklyn, NY)• DRUM- Desis Rising Up & Moving (Jackson Heights, NY)• Korean American Family Service Center (Flushing, NY)• MinKwon Center for Community Action (Flushing, NY)• New York Asian Women’s Center, Inc. (New York, NY)• SAPNA, NYC (Bronx, NY)• South Asian Council for Social Services (Flushing, NY)• United Chinese Association of Brooklyn, Inc. (Brooklyn, NY)• Young Women’s Christian Association of Queens (Flushing, NY)

As part of the New York City Council Fiscal Year 2015 Budget, the City Council allocated $2.5 million to establish a Communities of Color Nonprofit Stabilization Fund for capacity building projects in community based organizations (CBOs) that have a demonstrated record of outreach to communities of color for recruitment of their executive director and members of the board of directors and experience serving communities where the majority of residents are people of color. CACF thanks the New York City Council for their support of this initiative.

The Communities of Color Nonprofit Stabilization Fund is a $2.5 million New York City Council discretionary fund awarded to the 3 contracting partners: the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families, the Hispanic Federation, and the New York Urban League along with the Asian American Federation and Black Agency Executives. CACF will disburse over $435,000 to fund capacity building efforts by organizations primarily serving the Asian Pacific American community ranging from arts, advocacy, and direct social services.

The newsletter for the COALITION FOR ASIAN AMERICAN CHILDREN AND FAMILIES • Winter 2015

CACF would like to thank its 2014 FUNDERS and all individual donors for their generous support of our efforts.

GOVERNMENT:

The New York State Department of Health • The New York City Council • Council Member Margaret Chin • Council Member Daniel Dromm • Council Member Julissa Ferreras • Council Member Peter Koo • Council Member Karen Koslowitz

• Council Member Carlos Menchaca • Council Member Paul Vallone • Council Member Mark Weprin • New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito

CORPORATIONS

American Express • The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi/ MUFG Foundation • ThomasArts Holding Inc.

FOUNDATIONSAbigail E. Disney & Pierre N. Hauser • Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum • Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment,

Advocacy, and Leadership • Atlantic Philanthropies • C.J. Huang Foundation • Fund for New Citizens of The New York Community Trust • MinKwon Center for Community Action • New York Foundation • Korean American Community Foundation • Ong Family Foundation • The Poses Family Foundation • Tiger Baron Foundation • W. K. Kellogg Foundation

Your contribution to CACF is more than just a donation – it is an investment in a better future for all children. To make a tax-exempt charitable contribution today, please visit our website at cacf.org/supportus_donations/html

or make checks payable to: Coalition for Asian American Children and Families, 50 Broad Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10004.

COALITION FOR ASIAN AMERICAN CHILDREN AND FAMILIES50 Broad Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10004

A VOICE FOR CHILDREN, A FORCE FOR PROGRESS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Rebecca AlexanderErnabel DemilloJarrod Fong Jessie HarlinHenrietta Ho-AsjoeSharon Huang, SecretaryH. Sujin KimBong KohLarry Lee, TreasurerEdward PaulyMinh-Thu Pham Marisa Megur SeifanJoseph Suh, Board ChairpersonAngie WangJennifer Yuen

STAFFNoilyn Abesamis-Mendoza, Health Policy DirectorDavid Aguilar, Program Manager, Nonprofit Stabilization Fund

Jessica Chen, Program AssociatePatti Dayleg, Health Policy AssociateSarah Fajardo, Policy Coordinator, Education and Child Welfare

Mo Farrell, Policy AssociateSheelah Feinberg, Executive DirectorMarissa Martin, Director of Government AffairsRyan Natividad, Health Policy Coordinator Sumie Okazaki, William T. Grant Foundation

Policy Fellow Andrea Wu, Program Manager, Membership and

Communications James Wu, Program AssociateMitchel Wu, Program Manager, Youth and ParentsRudina Xhaferri, Development Manager ACTION COUNCILAnthony ChenAlice LeeXi LinPavan MakhijaWilliam NgTram NguyenSadaf Omar, ChairJessica Tsai

CACF Welcomes Sumie Okazaki, Ph.D.! Sumie joins CACF in 2015 as a William T. Grant Policy Fellow, focusing on education and child welfare policy. Sumie is a Professor of Applied Psychology at NYU, and conducts research on the impact of immigration and race (i.e., racism, racial identity, racialization) on Asian and Asian American adolescents and emerging adults within local and transnational contexts. With colleagues in anthropology, education, and developmental psychology as well as community partners, she has ongoing research projects with urban Chinese American adolescents and

immigrant young adults in New York City; Chinese parents and adolescents in Nanjing, China; Korean American adolescents and parents in Chicago; and current and former Korean early study abroad students in New York City and Seoul, South Korea. Sumie will be working closely with Mitch and Sarah to support CACF’s education policy research, as well as child welfare and health data collection and analysis.

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:

Dear Friends:

We had a great 2014, and have exciting plans for 2015! CACF continues to be a leader on behalf of children and families as you will read throughout this issue of Progress. We are very grateful for the support we received at our Annual Caring for Children Awards Gala, and are grateful for our many partnerships with community leaders, advocates, and our many members. We have a strong voice when we work together for change and progress.

Last year, we built new partnerships and launched a new initiative with the Communities of Color Platform, the Non-Profit Stabilization Fund, a fund created with New York City Council support to build the capacity of grassroots organizations that are on the front lines, working hard to ensure our communities have access to services and resources. We are also very proud of the work of Project CHARGE and our In-Person Assistors (IPA)/ Navigators who have helped to enroll over 3,000 people in the marketplace to get quality, affordable health care. We are also excited to have our ASAP and POWER cohorts meet again this year to ensure that youth and parents feel empowered and confident in school and at home.

I want to thank Jessica Lee, who served as CACF’s Interim Executive Director in 2014, and say how proud I am to lead such a strong and vibrant organization. In the coming year, I look forward to expanding CACF’s role in capacity building for our members and for the APA community; conducting successful advocacy campaigns that increases language accessibility and culturally competent translations; fighting for legislation on data disaggregation so that ALL APAs are accounted in our City and State data tracking systems to ensure adequate funding and services for our communities; advocating for contracts reform so that more of our APA led groups can compete for City and State contracts; and expanding our public health work with chronic disease education campaigns around diabetes and salt reduction. With this aggressive policy agenda, we are sure to improve the lives of Asian Pacific American children and families.

We look forward to working with you to make 2015 a year of successes!

Sheelah A. FeinbergExecutive Director

Prior to her current role, Ms. Feinberg served as Executive Director of the NYC Coalition for a Smoke-Free City. During her tenure as Director, many tobacco control policies were passed including Tobacco 21, STEP, Smoke-Free Parks and Beaches. Prior to her work at the NYC Coalition, Ms. Feinberg conducted successful advocacy campaigns in Boston, M.A., and in New York, N.Y., covering a range of policy areas including economic self-sufficiency, parks development, workforce and community development, and public health. Ms. Feinberg has worked on political campaigns and served in the Clinton Administration in the White House as Deputy Associate Director of Presidential Personnel. She holds an M.A. from Saint Michael’s College and a B.A. from Goddard College.

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APA Community Accomplishes Another Successful Year of Healthy Eating and Active Living >>>

In 2014, APA HEALIN’ continues its work to address the disparities of the Asian Pacific American community in the areas of food systems, healthy eating, active living, and the

built environment. In partnership with EmblemHealth, Chinese-American Planning Council, and University Settlement-Houston Street Center, APA residents in NYC took small steps to be healthier through free fitness classes, cooking/nutrition demonstrations, and health education workshops. Collaborating with Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy, and Leadership (APPEAL), we kicked off July with “Good Eats, Safe Streets,” a month-long healthy eating and active living campaign highlighting the various work of APPEAL partners throughout the US and the Pacific Islands. As part of “Good Eats, Safe Streets,” we explored Jackson Heights with a walk audit, led by Mark Fenton, a CDC expert on healthy, walkable communities. Kalusugan Coalition celebrated its second year in organizing and running Queens Pop-Up Play Space, turning the city’s public areas into safe, engaging space to be physically active. This past fall, Lunch 4 Learning advocates celebrated a tremendous victory with the implementation of universal school lunch in NYC public, middle schools. Now, any middle school student, regardless of income status, is eligible for free school lunch.

For 2015, we’re keeping an eye on legislations regarding SNAP (formerly food stamps), sugar-sweetened beverages, and nutrition standards in meals of children and youth. A few initiatives in the pipeline include using geographic information system (GIS) mapping to assess street safety and active living in various neighborhoods; creating further awareness about sodium consumption in the APA community; and expanding universal school lunch to include other grade levels. For more information, please contact Ryan Natividad at rnatividad@cacf.org.

Fighting for a Fair Budget for the Asian Pacific American Community >>>The 15% and Growing Coalition, co-led by the Coalition for Asian American Children & Families and the MinKwon Center for Community Action, unites over 45 Asian led or serving organizations in the City to fight for a fair budget that protects the most vulnerable APA New Yorkers including children and youth, women, seniors, immigrants and low-income families. In February 2014, members of the 15% and

Growing Coalition held the 6th Annual Asian Pacific American Advocacy Day holding a press conference and rally on funding equity in discretionary funding as well as larger social service contract reform. When the budget was finalized at the end of June, we were thrilled to see that Asian led community based organizations received over $1.5 million in discretionary funds, showing a 19.5% growth over FY 2014 and a 110% growth since FY 2011. Please join us for our 7th Annual Asian Pacific American Advocacy Day on March 5th! For more information, please contact Marissa Martin at mmartin@cacf.org. 

Asian Pacific Americans Healthy Eating and Active Living In our Neighborhoods (APA HEALIN’) is a collaborative with the goal of addressing food systems, healthy eating, active living, and built environment disparities and inequities in APA communities in New York City.

The 15% and Growing Coalition is comprised of over 45 Asian led and serving organizations in New York City aiming for the State and City governments to have fair budgets that protect the most vulnerable Asian Pacific American New Yorkers. Coalition members employ thousands of New Yorkers and serve hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers.

We are happy to announce that the Asian Pacific American community continues to grow and we have updated our coalition name to the 15% and Growing Coalition so we continue to align with our growing population.

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Photo highlights from 2014 APA HEALIN’ Campaign

CACF Expands Health Care and Language Access for Thousands >>>

With the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, everyone has been asking, “What does this mean for me?”  This question becomes even more pressing for the Asian

Pacific American community, the State’s fastest growing racial group where prior to the ACA, 1 out of 5 of the community was uninsured.  CACF recognizes the tremendous gains that New York State has seen with the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act. As of September 30, 2014, 1.6 million New Yorkers have enrolled in coverage through the New York State Health (NYSOH) marketplace. In an NYSOH enrollment report released in July 2014, it showed that 15% of all enrollees, or about 134,500 people, identified as Asian. CACF along with our navigator network of 9 partners played an integral role in these efforts. During the last open enrollment period in 2014, our network of 21 navigators speaking 15 languages provided assistance to over 12,000 individuals to help them determine their health insurance options and successfully enrolled nearly 3,000. Additionally, Project CHARGE was successful in advocating for the New York State Department of Health to expand the number of translated health education documents for the state marketplace. This is one of many important steps to expand language access to thousands of limited English proficient health consumers. There are now documents in 17 languages including 8 Asian languages (Bengali, Simplified Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Japanese, and Urdu) as well as Arabic.  Although open enrollment has ended, eligible individuals and families may apply for health insurance coverage if they qualify for special enrollment for the following life events that involve a change in family status (marriage, birth/adoption of a child) or loss of other health coverage. Those that are eligible for Medicaid or Child Health Plus as well as small businesses are able to apply year round. To get connected to a certified in-person assistor/navigator, please contact Noilyn Abesamis-Mendoza at namendoza@cacf.org.

CACF Supports First Generation Initiative >>>CACF will continue to advocate for improved resources and support for first generation students’ college and career preparedness this year. We will lobby the New York City Department of Education to support the policy priorities of CACF’s First Generation Initiative, ensuring that the educational inequities experienced by first generation Asian Pacific American youth and children of first generation parents are addressed. Many colleges are developing retention plans targeting the needs of first generation students, and addressing some of these needs early on in our K-12 public education system can better prepare our students for college and careers. The Initiative will ensure that current Department of Education’s plans to improve students’ academic progress are also meeting the needs of first generation public school students, and will implement best practices to address the specific needs of these students. For more information, please contact Sarah Fajardo at sfajardo@cacf.org.

In 2013, CACF was selected among 50 organizations by the New York State Department of Health to receive the In-Person Assistor (IPA)/Navigator grant. CACF works with 9 Asian- serving organizations to provide health insurance enrollment assistance to uninsured Asian Pacific Americans and small businesses. 

Project CHARGE (Coalition for Health Access to Reach Greater Equity) is CACF’s 16-member pan-Asian health advocacy collaborative. 

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Patient navigators and other healthcare advocates celebrate the successes of the 2014 open enrollment period for the Asian Pacific American community

Youth Leaders Fight to Reform Guidance >>>CACF’s youth leadership program Asian American Student Advocacy Project (ASAP) continues to fight for their campaign to reform guidance for NYC public school students. Their campaign  entitled Campaign Bridge asks for standardized job descriptions for all guidance as well as comprehensive roadmaps for students. Earlier in February 2014, ASAP held an advocacy day urging City Council education members to hold an oversight hearing on Guidance in NYC public schools, and this hearing was secured in September. This hearing led to the passing of a new Guidance Bill to mandate the reporting on guidance workload and meetings for each high school. ASAP would like to thank all of our community partners who have come out and supported Campaign Bridge. Now that the issues of

guidance are more prominent, ASAP will continue to push for their recommendations to the Department of Education. For more information on ASAP or Campaign Bridge, please contact Mitchel Wu at mwu@cacf.org. 

CACF Launches Parent Leadership Program >>>CACF is excited to be partnering with the High School of Language and Diplomacy to be launching our parent leadership and engagement program Parents Organized to Work for Equal Rights (POWER).  We hosted a successful recruitment workshop for Asian parents on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at the High School located at the Washington Irving campus.  Recent immigrant parents are encouraged to apply.  For more information, please contact Mitchel Wu at mwu@cacf.org.

Child Welfare Advocacy Updates >>>CACF is working with our members and the Administration for Children’s Services to improve child welfare polices and services for Asian Pacific American (APA) communities. We are planning to conduct research on child welfare issues and policy changes impacting APA and new immigrant communities. CACF staff will also coordinate advocacy campaigns to improve data collection and reporting in regards to APAs in ACS, preventive, and foster care services, include provisions in City contracts that mandate

cultural competent, linguistically accessible services, and improve the recruitment of APA foster homes and families. For more information, please contact Sarah Fajardo at sfajardo@cacf.org.

CACF Continues to Fight for Legislation on Disaggragated Data >>>The momentum for disaggregated data has been building in recent years. Coupled with the recognition of fast growth rates of the APA community in New York and national efforts to create standards for the collection of demographic data, the Invisible No More campaign was launched in 2012. CACF has worked with City and State elected officials to introduce legislation on data disaggregation for the APA community. To date, we have received sign-ons and support from over 100 organizations locally and nationally for our data bills. Last year, in the State legislature, the Assembly bill (A1186b) passed but unfortunately the Senate version (S2348b) was not taken for a vote. We will continue to push for this in the 2015 Legislative Session and head up to Albany early in the year. The City bill (Intro 251) currently has 35 sponsors and we are looking forward to a hearing this year in the Government Operations committee. We look forward to continuing working with our partners for disaggregated data.  To get involved in the Invisible No More campaign, please contact Marissa Martin at mmartin@cacf.org.

ASAP is a leadership program for Asian Pacific American high school students who want to learn how to make positive changes in the public school system.

Follow ASAP and support Campaign Bridge on Facebook and Twitter. @asapcacf #Guidance4All

Parents Organized to Work for Equal Rights (POWER) is a leadership program aiming to support immigrant parents by building knowledge so they can become stronger community leaders, effective advocates, and increase their engagement in their child’s education at home, in school, and in their communities. 

ASAP Youth Dannie Li, Boey Zhang, Ying Dong, Cathy Zhou, Yuxuan Liu and Sanzida Talukder feeling excited after they presented their recommendations at the Education Committee’s Oversight Hearing on Guidance, September 29, 2014

ASAP members meeting with NYC Council Education Chair Daniel Dromm and NYC Council Education Team to discuss the passing of the recent Guidance Bill, December 15, 2014ASAP XI cohort. 22 youth leaders from 8 high schools representing all 5 boroughs

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2014 CARING FOR CHILDREN AWARDS GALA >>>

On October 29, 2014 over 330 guests joined us at the Caring for Children Awards Gala held at Tribeca Three Sixty° in New York City. The evening started with Joseph Suh, the newly elected Chairperson of the Board of Directors, thanking all guests and supporters gathered to raise critical funds for CACF’s programs that help thousands of Asian Pacific American children and families. He also

presented Caring for Children Service Awards to Jarrod Fong and Sujin Kim for their 10-year board service anniversaries and dedication to CACF. Jessica Lee, former Interim Executive Director, highlighted achievements from 2014, followed by a video presentation featuring ASAP, our youth leadership program.

CACF proudly honored three outstanding women for their contributions to the lives of Asian Pacific American children and families: Joy Lieberthal Rho, a social worker and founder of Also-Known-As, who was adopted as a child from Korea and has dedicated herself to helping international adoptive families explore race and culture; Rachael Chong, who left a career in finance to found Catchafire, an innovative online platform that matches professionals who want to volunteer their skills with nonprofits; and, LaRay Brown, Senior Vice President at the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, for her continued commitment to establish equal access to health care for all. The emcees for the evening were Cindy Hsu, anchor and reporter for WCBS-TV, and Alan Muraoka, cast member of the Emmy-winning series “Sesame Street”.  The awards were presented by Dr. Ram Raju, President and CEO of New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation; Kathleen Carney Sacco, Special Assistant to the U.S. State Department Special Advisor for Children’s Issues, U.S. Department of State-Bureau of Consular Affairs; and Christina Park, FOX 5 News.  The 2014 Caring for Children Awards Gala was generously sponsored by the Ong Family Foundation; Abigail E. Disney & Pierre N. Hauser; Montefiore, The University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine; The Poses Family Foundation; Schulte, Roth & Zabel; The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation; and The Koh Family.

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Bill Chong (second from right), Commissioner of the Department of Youth and Community Development at CACF Gala with Interim Executive Director Jessica Lee (second from left, Board member Larry Lee (left) and supporter Suki Terada Ports (right)

CACF 2014 Board of Directors

Alan Muraoka, the Gala’s emcee with children attending the Gala

Rachael Chong LaRay Brown